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
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
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 […]
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:
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
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
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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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 […]
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
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
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 […]
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