By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Federal Ministry of Education has warned Nigerians to disregard the false and misleading statement circulating online, alleging the cancellation of the 2025 WAEC examinations due to widespread malpractice. This is contained in a statement in Abuja on Sunday by the Director Press, Federal Ministry of Education,Continue Reading
By Ishaq Zaki The Sen. Abdul’aziz Yari Scholarship Initiative Committee in Zamfara, says it has spent N216 million on the payment of school fees to 2,055 orphans and other indigent students for the first year. The Chairman, Publicity Sub Committee, Alhaji Ibrahim Danmalikin-Gidangoga, disclosed this at a news briefing inContinue Reading
By Nabilu Balarabe No fewer than 40,630 secondary school girls will soon benefit from Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE-AF) project in Yobe. The figures represent the first cohort of the CCT component of the project. Alhaji Abdullahi Bula, the project’s coordinatorContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Managing Director, Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Akintunde Sawyerr, has appealed to tertiary institutions across the country to refund to students who had paid tuition fees before NELFUND disbursement to institutions. Speaking at a media engagement in Abuja on Thursday, Sawyerr warned that institutional non-compliance couldContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says it has disbursed over N73.2 billion in interest-free loans to 396,252 students across Nigeria’s 36 states and the FCT. This marks a significant milestone in the fund’s first year of operation. Speaking at a media engagement in Abuja on Thursday,Continue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) says while the agency does not guarantee jobs, it is developing a centralised job portal to give beneficiaries early access to employment opportunities in Nigeria and abroad. The Managing Director, NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr, made this known during a media engagement seriesContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi Prof. Lar Patricia Manko, acting Vice Chancellor of Yakubu Gowon University (Former University of Abuja) has narrated how she resolved the lingering crises in the institution and brought warring parties to peaceful resolution, months into her appointment. Speaking to newsmen in Abuja, the Professor of Microbiology, saidContinue Reading
By Douglas Okoro The management of Ebonyi State University (EBSU) has set 150 as the minimum cut-off mark for admission into any of its programmes for the 2025/2026 academic session. The institution announced this in a statement by its Admission Ofiicer, Mr Innocent Izekwe, on Thursday in Abakaliki. According toContinue Reading
By Mujidat Oyewole Prof. Wahab Egbewole, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, has sought support for two strategic initiatives in order to set standard of excellence in the institution. The Vice-Chancellor made the appeal during the Award of Excellence and Investiture of Distinguished Alumni and Unilorin Ambassadors on Wednesday, inContinue Reading
By Christian Njoku Prof. Florence Obi, Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar (UniCal), has vowed to resolve the ongoing quota crisis in the institution’s Dentistry programme before leaving office. Obi, in a press conference on Tuesday in Calabar, explained that the crisis was as a result of the MedicalContinue Reading
