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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,”

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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

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EU set to invest €10.8 million in six Nigerian universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 15, 2024

The European Union (EU) intends to invest €10.8 million in six Nigerian universities through the Intra-Africa mobility scheme. This scheme aims to improve learning mobility options for students, trainees, and staff throughout the continent, with a focus on the development of advanced green and digital skills. Didi Walson-Jack, the permanent secretary of the federal

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Abducted university students and NYSC members in Zamfara regain freedom

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 15, 2024

The remaining students of Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State, who were kidnapped by a bunch of bandits last year, have been released. On September 22, 2023, the criminals stormed the Sabon-Gida hamlet in Zamfara’s Bungudu Local Government Area and abducted 20 students. Females were most commonly taken from their hostels. Despite the arduous efforts of […]

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UNIBEN begins investigation as students ‘attack’ Akpata

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 15, 2024

Olumide Akpata, Edo state’s Labour Party governorship candidate, claims he was attacked by several University of Benin (UNIBEN) students. On Wednesday evening, the former president of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) hosted an interactive session at UNIBEN’s senior staff club, Oshodin Pavilion. Akpata claimed he was “attacked by some students” who

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Nigerian student receives National Research Award in the United Kingdom

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 15, 2024

Cynthia Okoli, a Nigerian student at Oxford Brookes University, has received a national research award for her work on a clinical trial in Oxford. Okoli first studied business administration before switching to an MSc in mental health nursing after working part-time on mental health wards. Okoli arrived in the UK in 2019 as an international […]

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LASUTH begins advanced professional diploma programme in hospital administration

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 15, 2024

The Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) management has made another critical step towards improving healthcare management by launching its Advanced Professional Diploma Programme in Hospital Administration and Management. The diploma programme, which aims to bridge the gap in healthcare management skills, was officially launched on Saturday in Ikeja with a

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ABU signs a public private partnership agreement to build 1600-bed student hostels

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 15, 2024

Ahmadu Bello University, ABU, has inked an agreement with Student Housing Company Limited to establish 1600-bed hostels in the institution through a Public Private Partnership, PPP arrangement. On Monday, April 8, 2024, the University and the development holding business signed a cooperation agreement at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria. It followed a proposal for the […]

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Ex-NAFDAC DG, former Ogun SSG, and others celebrate alma mater

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 14, 2024

Mrs. Yetunde Oni, former Director General of the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC); Dr. Demola Adegbite, former Secretary to the Ogun State Government; Prof. Ayodeji Oluleye, and other former students reunited on Saturday to commemorate their 60th anniversary of going to Ebenezer African Church Primary School (EBASCO) in Oke-Ado, Ibadan.

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Insecurity: FG employs hunters, vigilantes, pledges to put an end to school attacks

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 14, 2024

Mrs Halima Iliya, the National Coordinator of the Financing Safe Schools Initiative, said plans are in the works to actively engage hunters and vigilantes in intelligence collection in order to reduce school-related attacks nationwide. The National Coordinator stated this in an interview with NAN on Sunday in Abuja. She stated that aggressive community engagement and […]

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Tunde Onakoya to set new record for the sake of education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 13, 2024

Tunde Onakoya is set to confront his most challenging opponent yet: sleep deprivation. However, this is not your typical all-nighter fueled by caffeine. Onakoya is on a mission to beat the Guinness World Record for the longest chess marathon, all while raising awareness for a cause important to his heart: education for underprivileged African children. […]