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Barau Foundation offers postgraduate scholarships in AI, Robotics

Angel Ojonugwa July 18, 2024

KANO (Sundiata Scholar) – The Barau I. Jibrin Foundation (BIJF), established by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, has announced the opening of applications for postgraduate foreign scholarships in Artificial Intelligence, Forensic and Robotics Sciences. This is contained in a

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Olympiad: LASG applauds students’ ingenuity, pledges more computers for schools

Angel Ojonugwa July 18, 2024

Lagos, (Sundiata Scholar) – The Lagos State Government has commended the winners of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) finals for junior and senior secondary schools for their ingenuity and creativity in robot building. Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education,

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FCT security tightened as SSANU, NASU converge for protest

Angel Ojonugwa July 18, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata Scholar) – There is heightened security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and those of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) gathered for a protest on Thursday. Reports that a few

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Tinubu launches student loan, says education is key to fighting poverty

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

On Wednesday in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu delivered cheques to the first batch of recipients of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), also known as the student loan scheme. The president stated that the student loan was critical to combating poverty, aligned with his

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Electricity hike: Al-Hikmah University pays N72 million bills in three months

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

Prof Noah Yusuf, Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University in Ilorin, Kwara State, said that the university paid N72 million to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBDEC) over the last three months. He added that before the tariff hike, the university paid N8 million every month. Prof.

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Nigerian lady emerges best law graduate of UK university

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

Cherish Daniel Markson, a Bayelsa native, was awarded first prize from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom for her outstanding achievement in the three-year BA (Hons) Law with Social Sciences degree programme. Cherish, the university’s best law graduate is the daughter of

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IBB pledges to advocate for the reintroduction of religious knowledge in Nigerian schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

Former Military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has stated that reintroducing the teaching of Christian and Islamic religious knowledge in schools will help address some of the country’s social problems. Babangida pledged to speak with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and

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LASU, UNILAG, Pan-Atlantic sign agreement with US university to strengthen STEM education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

The Lagos State University (LASU), the University of Lagos (UNILAG), and the Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) have signed an educational cooperative partnership agreement with Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, to advance women’s education and strengthen STEM education. The partnership