The Federal Government has announced a slash in allowances of foreign scholars currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others, by 12.7 per cent due to economic hardship in the country. The students in a swift reaction, lamented the debilitating impact the slash in allowances would have on the welfare of foreign lands. The government’s decision to slash the …

The European Union (EU) yesterday launched the second phase of its education programme – ‘Expand, Integrate and Strengthen Systems (EISS)’, to build the capacity of teachers in Nigeria. The EU Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Ms Samuela Isopi, who spoke at the launch in Abuja, explained that the second phase, which focuses on teachers, complements the first phase, Education and …

No fewer than 33 Nigerian students have received full scholarships totaling $2.92m to attend American universities and colleges for the 2024/2025 academic session. The scholarships were received through the Opportunity Funds Programme of the United States Consulate General in Lagos. The programme is designed to increase access to US higher institutions for highly qualified international students who have limited resources …

The Federal Government has donated new chemical laboratory equipment worth N100 million to the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State. It was gathered that the laboratory was equipped with the Inductively Coupled Plasma-Optical Emission Spectroscopy, the product of the research laboratory upgrade partnership between the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion and the PZ Cussons Nigeria Limited. …

Yusuf Gagdi, a member of the House of Representatives from Plateau State, has gifted his daughter, Aisha, a new Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV) in celebration of her graduation from Lead British International School Abuja and her impressive performance in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). Aisha’s graduation ceremony was marked by her father’s surprise gift, which he proudly shared on …

A Nigerian student in the United States, Preston Nnadi, has emerged winner of the Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. national championship held in Orlando, Florida. Nnadi, who just completed his second year at Steele Early College High School, topped 195 finalists at the live event and was named the Microsoft PowerPoint (Microsoft 365 Apps) U.S. national champion. As the first-place winner, …

No fewer than 5,658 candidates who scored 300 and above in Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examinations (UTME) missed out on admissions into tertiary institutions between 2019 and 2023, recent data obtained from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has revealed. Sunday PUNCH reports that while tertiary institutions are at liberty to determine their respective benchmarks for admission, there is a widely …

The Governing Council of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State has announced Prof. Carol Arinze-Umobi as the new acting Vice Chancellor of the institution. Arinze-Umobi’s appointment followed the removal of the former acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Joe Ikechebelu, who was removed during a meeting at the Council Chambers of the institution, on Saturday. This was disclosed in a letter by …

The Ekiti State Government has approved payment of N29,400,000 as bursary awards to 196 indigenes at the Nigeria Law School (Bar 1) for the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions. This is contained in a statement issued by the Secretary of the Ekiti Scholarship Board, Mrs Bukola Faluyi, and made available to journalists on Saturday in Ado-Ekiti. Faluyi said, “The disbursement …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has cautioned against any move capable of worsening the country’s present economic situation, especially with the new service scheme released by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) The union chapters in Ekiti, Kwara and Ondo axes, at a press conference in Ado-Ekiti, on Thursday, said the new scheme was capable of killing …