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Tinubu mandates the inclusion of NOUN graduates in NYSC and law school

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 18, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Federal Ministry of Education to incorporate graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) into the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and Nigeria Law School. Tinubu spoke at NOUN’s 13th convocation ceremony, emphasising equitable

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Zulum approves N1.3 billion scholarship for 997 nursing and midwifery students in Borno

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 18, 2024

Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum has granted a N1.3 billion scholarship for 997 indigenous nursing and midwifery students. According to a statement released yesterday, the scholarship scheme got around 1,080 nominations, with 40 coming from each of the state’s 27 local government regions. It said that 997 applicants passed an entrance exam and were eligible […]

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We guarantee transparency and accountability with Student Loan Funds – NELFUND

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 18, 2024

Mr. Akintunde Sawyer, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has stated that the fund will be properly administered. The NELFUND executive emphasised that the fund is intended for indigent children who require unrestricted access to education. He stated that NELFUND will ensure that every kobo disbursed from the fund is

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ASR Africa begins construction of a N250m office block at Usmanu Danfodiyo University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 18, 2024

The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa), the philanthropic initiative of BUA Group Chairman, Abdul Samad Rabiu, has begun construction of the N250 million Abdul Samad Rabiu College of Health Sciences Office Block at Usmanu Danfodiyo University in Sokoto State. The development of the office block began with a groundbreaking ceremony performed on the […]

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Sokoto FCE matriculates 2nd set of 318 students

Angel Ojonugwa April 17, 2024

SOKOTO (Sundiata Post) – The Federal College of Education (FCE), Gidan Madi in Sokoto State, on Wednesday, matriculated 318 students during its 2nd matriculation ceremony held at the college. reports that the college, which was established in 2019, started academic activities in 2023 with eight programmes. The programmes comprised metalwork technology, woodwork

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OCP Africa offers N10 million to enhance agricultural education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

OCP Africa, a subsidiary of phosphate manufacturer OCP Group, has pledged N10 million to the Brightest University Fund, a crowdfunding campaign that supports outstanding agricultural science students in Nigeria. According to a statement, the contribution takes the project closer to its N100 million goal of offering scholarships to the top 81 students who emerged from […]

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FBS Re, Insurfeel Initiative offers 26 LASU students N66.30 million insurance

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

Twenty-six Lagos State University (LASU) students will get N66.30 million in insurance coverage donated by FBS Reinsurance Corporation in partnership with the Insurfeel initiative. Prof. Raheem Olasupo Akewusola, the immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Management Science, and his successor, Prof. Akanji Rafiu Bankole, received free coverage during the event held on

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UI students reject planned 750% increase in tuition fees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

Students at the University of Ibadan have opposed the planned 750 percent fee increase for new students. The President of the University Student Union, Samuel Tobiloba, and the General Secretary, Olaniyi Dolapo, issued a statement requesting a meeting with management to discuss the modifications. The Union said in a statement that it was shocked to […]

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Ajayi to deliver the 7th inaugural lecture at Caleb University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

Prof. Adesola Ajayi, who won the first National Education Award, will give the 7th Inaugural Lecture at Caleb University (CU) in Imota, Lagos, tomorrow. In the university’s multipurpose hall, Ajayi, a professor of microbiology, will give a lecture titled “From Abraham, the Greek philosophers, housewives, the French industrialist to modern biotechnology:

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Student Loan Scheme set to launch with 1.2 million beneficiaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

The first group of beneficiaries of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration’s Student Loan Scheme would include 1.2 million young Nigerians. The process of participation in the initiative, whose enabling law was signed by President Tinubu on April 3, would begin “anytime soon,” according to Mr. Akintunde Sawyer, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer

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FG suspends mining operations within OAU and surrounding areas over illegal activities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

Mining activities within the university, its teaching hospital, and surrounding areas have been suspended indefinitely by the federal government, acting through Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dr. Dele Alake, pending the conclusion of investigations into suspected illegal mining around Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching

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WAEC releases May/June SSCE timetable

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed the timetable for Nigeria’s 2024 May/June SSCE examination. The examination will start on Tuesday, April 30 with Foods & Nutrition and Home Management. This was stated in a paper released by WAEC via its X handle (previously known as Twitter), @waecnigeria. According to WAEC, candidates for the […]

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UNILAG College of Medicine inducts 38 radiographers

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

38 radiologists were inducted on Tuesday by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) College of Medicine (CMUL). 36 inductees from CMUL and two from Lead City University, Ibadan, participated in the department’s ninth induction ceremony, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to NAN, during the induction event, the department’s best graduating

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UNICEF calls on Nigeria to secure education and children’s future

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

The Nigerian government has been urged by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to secure children’s education by making sure that early warning systems are in place in 37 percent of schools across 10 states to detect risks like school attacks. They are making this request in light of a report that claims 1,680 schoolchildren […]

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NECO postpones Common Entrance Exams into Unity Colleges over low enrollment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

Due to low enrollment, the National Examinations Council, NECO, has delayed the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination for Federal Unity Colleges. It also rescheduled the entrance examination at the Federal Government Academy in Suleja. With the current arrangements, the Common Entrance Examination, which was originally set for April 20th, 2024, has been moved to June

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How FG rescued over 1000 abductees without ransom – NSA

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, claims that the Federal Government has recovered over 1,000 victims of verifiable mass abductions across the country without paying ransom. Mr Ribadu stated on Monday in Abuja, while welcoming 22 rescued students and staff from the Federal University Gusau, that the covert operations were carried out in recent […]

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Kogi government launches registration portal for student bursary awards

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

The Kogi State Scholarship Board (KSSB) has officially launched an online platform for bursary award registration for students in tertiary institutions across the country. The “Ododo Students Support 2024” bursary grant is only open to Kogi students currently enrolled in higher institutions across the country. Addressing journalists in Lokoja on Monday, Afolabi

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NANS praises Tinubu on Student Loan Act, requests for security in campuses

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) applauded President Bola Tinubu for recently signing the Student Loan Bill into law. Mr. Mathew Okoye Okpala, the newly elected NANS chairman of Anambra State’s Joint Campus Council (JCC), made the announcement during a press conference yesterday. During the meeting, Okpara, a student in the Department of Political

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UNIJOS students protest substandard health facilities and death of colleagues

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

Students from the University of Jos (UNIJOS) came to the streets yesterday to protest the substandard health facilities on campus, which they said contributed to the untimely deaths of two classmates. The protesters, who were mostly Dental Surgery students, attacked the school gate, waving placards with varied inscriptions and chanting slogans like ‘Insufficient

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9 indigent children receive Hand2Hand foundation scholarship

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 15, 2024

Nine indigent children from Abuja’s suburbs, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), have been accepted into the Hand2Hand Foundation’s scholarship programme, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to improving the lives of underprivileged children through education and sports. The children, four girls and five boys, were enrolled in the hand2hand scholarship