Month: April 2024
The Graduate Trainee Program of Stanbic IBTC Group has been designed to build capacity and create a sustainable pipeline in our group by developing young, talented, trained professionals for our future. It is an intensive program and unique opportunity for young people who are resourceful and
Alexander Victor, a Nigerian development expert, researcher, and entrepreneur, has been selected lecturer of the year at Dublin City University in Ireland. Victor beat nine others to become the university’s overall best lecturer. The Edo-born lecturer got the prestigious honour on March
(ASR) (Sundiata Post)-Africa, an affiliate of BUA Group of Companies, turned the sod of a N250 million Administrative Block and Conference Room at Al-Qalam University, Katsina, on Thursday. In 2022, ASR Africa announced the launch of its 2023 Tertiary Education Grant Scheme to cover 22
Tunji Olowolafe, the recently appointed Chancellor of Ekiti State University, has launched a unique concept to harness Nigeria’s youth’s limitless potential using a worldwide Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) platform. “I believe in harnessing the untapped potential of our
The Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Power and Energy Development (ACE-SPED) at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has given seed research grants totaling N12 million to twelve student groups. According to reports, the students displayed unique and entrepreneurial concepts that will
OSUN (Sundiata post) – A female staff member of the University of Ilesa in Osun State, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, on Wednesday, died as a container filled with cashew nuts being conveyed by a truck fell on her car. The accident, which happened along Ilesa/Ibodi
PLATEAU (Sundiata post) – Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Thursday opened bid for the award of contracts for the construction and renovation of 258 classrooms and other projects across the 17 local government areas of the state. Speaking at the event in Jos, Chiarman of the
LOKOJA Sundiata post ) Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, has commended Bola Tinubu for assenting to the Nigeria Student Loan Act, which establishes the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Reports that Tinubu, on Wednesday, signed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and
EBONYI (Sundiata post) – Tragedy struck at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi, following the death of a 200-level student, Ogboji David Chukwuebuka, who slumped on campus. Gathered that there was a football competition in the school organized by the
OSUN (Sundiata post) – A student of Oduduwa Polytechnic, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who gave her name as Jesulayomi Adedini, has accused a lecturer of the institution known as Ogunjana Adeolu of extortion and deliberate attempt to frustrate her graduation from school. It was gathered that
ABUJA (Sundiata post) – The Tinubu-led Federal Government has announced that it would begin a pilot phase of the student loan scheme with applicants from public tertiary institutions across the country. The spokesman for the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Nasir Ayitogo, made this known on
ZAMFARA (Sundiata post) – Government says it is set to recruit 2,000 English and Science subjects teachers in the state, an official disclosed Alhaji Wadatau Madawaki, the state Commissioner for Science and Technology made this known in Gusau on Tuesday. Reports that the commissioner
GUSAU (Sundiata post) – The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank funded intervention, will renovate 441 public primary and secondary schools in Zamfara.The Coordinator of the Project, Hajiya Sa’adatu Abdu-Gusau, disclosed this in Gusau on
The Honourable Minister of Education invites qualified and interested Nigerians to take the 2023/2024 Nomination Computer Based Test (CBT) for the Federal Government Scholarship Award. The Federal Scholarship Board ensures that excellent Nigerian students get both international and local
The Nigerian government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has encouraged interested and qualified Nigerians to apply for the 2024/2025 Slovakia National Scholarship Programme. The fellowship is intended for postgraduate programmes, Masters, and PhDs. This was revealed on the
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) has accredited the accounting programmes of 14 universities, three polytechnics, and eight tuition training centres, exempting its graduates from ICAN foundational courses. Dr. Innocent Iweka Okwuosa, President of ICAN, emphasised that
The Parent Teacher Association (PTA), an affiliate of the Down Syndrome Foundation of Nigeria (DSFN), has urged the federal government, the United Nations, and civil society organisations to fight prejudice against people with Down syndrome and other impairments. The PTA made the appeal during
Owolabi Salis, a famous Nigerian politician, has proposed the use of EDUBONDS to fund tertiary education. He explained that EDUBONDS retains educated persons to help the nation grow. According to him, it ensures that education reaches everybody. He said: “It is a creative design of a highly
A female staff member of University of Ilesa died in a tragic accident on the Ilesa-Ibodi route on Wednesday. A container filled with cashew nuts dropped off a truck and landed on the car driven by an unidentified female university employee. The mishap, which occurred just a few metres from the
Nigerians have praised President Bola Tinubu since he signed the Students Loan Bill into law, a provision that is supposed to assist impoverished students in accessing higher education. In this article, five categories of people ruled ineligible for the loan are highlighted. Below is the list