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Lagos State Government 2024 Specialised ICT Training for Nigerian Youth

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 9, 2024

The Lagos State Government, through the Ministry of Wealth Creation and Employment, is happy to announce a chance for 200 unemployed youths to learn worldwide cutting-edge Information and Communication Technology (ICT) skills, therefore improving their employability prospects. The Lagos State

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Abdul Samad Rabiu 2024 Africa Initiative Scholarship Grant Scheme

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 9, 2024

The Khalifa University scholarship grant scheme is a generous award that would allow academically qualified students from low-income families across the country to continue their university studies at Khalifa University in Kano. It is a yearly tuition scholarship that will have a significant

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Google News Initiative JournalismAI Innovation Challenge 2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 9, 2024

The JournalismAI Innovation Challenge, supported by the Google News Initiative, aims to fund projects from news publishers to combat misinformation and disinformation, experiment with new formats for mobile, video, and audio, and increase subscriptions and revenue. The JournalismAI team at the

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Foundation enrols 50 vulnerable children in primary school

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 9, 2024

The Misilli Community Development Foundation claims to have helped register 50 disadvantaged and vulnerable children in primary school. The foundation’s founder, Isma’il Misilli, revealed this at a distribution of school bags and writing tools to vulnerable children in Gombe on

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Kwara Poly management, students demand justice for alleged killing of student by police

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 9, 2024

The management and students of Kwara State Polytechnic are demanding justice for one of the institution’s students, who was allegedly murdered by police in Ilorin, the state capital. In response to the tragedy, the institution’s Rector, Engr Abdul Jimoh Muhammed, expressed

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FG didn’t stop under-18s from writing WAEC, NECO – Education Minister

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 7, 2024

Nigeria’s Federal Minister of Education has stated that the government has not prohibited under-18 pupils from taking the West African Senior School Certificate Examination or the National Examinations Council examinations. Dr Yusuf Sununu, Minister of State for Education, clarified in

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Protest: Ede Poly changes expulsion of 27 students into suspension

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 7, 2024

The Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic in Ede, Osun, has modified 27 students’ expulsion to suspension for the 2023/2024 academic session. The council also pardoned four students who had previously been suspended by the school administration. According to NAN, the school

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NUC accredits Medicine, 4 other courses at Confluence University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 7, 2024

The Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi, has received full approval from the National Universities Commission to offer the Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS), LL.B. Law, and four other programmes. The four other programmes also approved by the

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Gov. Yusuf to honour 2 headteachers found working during vacation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa September 7, 2024

The Kano State Government says it would honour two primary school headteachers 2024/2025 academic term, which begins next week. Gov. Abba Kabir Yusuf made the gesture during an unannounced visit to Tsanyawa Central and Model Primary Schools in Tsanyawa Local Government Area, where he met with