The University of Benin has won the Africa Outstanding University Award of the Year for 2023 in Rwanda. The Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Lilian Salami, was also honoured as Africa Pillar of Education for her impact in education development on the continent. According to a statement by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire on Saturday in Benin, …

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has paid the insurance benefit to the family of a corps member Omale Victor with state code EB/21A/1487, who went missing in 2021 during his service year in Ebonyi State. Victor, who was 24 years old at the time, was declared missing on 9th November 2021, by his roommate Innocent Ujah, who reported to …

Kellogg’s Nigeria has given educational scholarships to 150 youngsters who emerged as winners of the fourth edition of Kellogg’s Superstars Essay Competition. A statement by the organisation explained that Kellogg’s gave a cash reward of N150,000.00 to each winner, saying the Kellogg’s Superstars Essay Competition was instituted in 2019 for the benefit of young children between five and 12 years …

No fewer than 176,408 candidates will sit for the optional mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on 30th March, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said. The Board directed the candidates who registered for the optional mock-UTME to proceed to print the notification slips for the examination. The board explained that the notification slip contained the candidate’s registration …

Cambridge Partnership for Education and HP launch an inaugural EdTech Fellowship. The Fellowship will bring together leaders working in Sub-Saharan Africa to advance digital transformation in education systems across the continent. The HP Cambridge Partnership for Education EdTech Fellowship is a seven-month programme that aims to equip senior government officials, advisors and NGO/business leaders with the knowledge and skills to …

The Minister of Youths and Sports Development, Mr Sunday Dare has disclosed that the Federal Government would soon increase the monthly allowance of members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members He said there is an improved proposal for the increment of their allowance before President Muhammadu Buhari, for approval. At the inauguration of the committee for the 50th …

President-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated a prominent Professor of History and African and African Diaspora Studies, Florida International University, Prof. Saheed Aderinto, for winning the prestigious Dan David $300,000 prize in History. In a personal statement, Tinubu said: “By this rare achievement, Prof. Aderinto has not only further etched his name in academic excellence but has also made …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the 2023 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It was earlier fixed for next Thursday, but has now been shifted to Thursday, 30 March. “The shift in date is partly owing to the change in the date for the Gubernatorial and State Houses of Assembly Elections earlier scheduled to hold on …

Prof. Zakari Ladan of the Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry, Kaduna State University (KASU), and other co-researchers have developed a mosquito-repellent fabric. In a statement by KASU’s Public Relations Officer, Adamu Bargo, in Kaduna on Sunday, the institution said this was part of efforts aimed at ending the malaria scourge. Bargo said that the product was the outcome of …

As part of deliberate efforts to introduce pupils to practical farming at tender age and boost their interest in the agelong activity when they come of age, not less than 150 pupils from public primary schools across Ondo State recently embarked on excursion to the demonstration farms of the Federal University of Technology and Federal College of Agriculture, both in …