Education Archives — Page 12 of 24

September 27, 2021 No Responses

UBA Foundation Opens 2021 National Essay Competition Portal

UBA Foundation, the corporate social responsibility arm of the United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, has announced the commencement of the 2021 edition of its annual National Essay Competition (NEC) in Nigeria with a call for entries. The National Essay...

September 27, 2021 No Responses

Shell Donates Subsea Training Facilities To Uniport

The Nigeria deep-water arm of global energy giant, Shell, has donated multimillion naira laboratory equipment and software packages to the Offshore Technology Institute of the University of Port Harcourt as part of the company’s Nigerian content human capita...

September 24, 2021 No Responses

UNILAG, Three Others Get £1.9m Research Grant

The University of Lagos (UNILAG), two other Universities in Africa and one in the United Kingdom, have been awarded a research grant worth £1.9m by the United Kingdom Research Institute (UKRI). The grant, which is for a three-year research project (2021-2...

September 24, 2021 No Responses

Access Bank, Firm Donate Hand Washing Facilities To 20 Schools

Access Bank Plc and Xploit Consulting Limited, on Thursday, donated handwashing facilities to 10 schools in two Local Government Areas of Nasarawa state as part of measures to reduce the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic in the state. Dr Tayo...

September 21, 2021 No Responses

New LASU VC Seeks Support Of Staff, Students

The newly-appointed Vice-Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, has urged all members of staff and students to support and cooperate with her administration for peace to continue to reign in the institution. Th...

September 15, 2021 No Responses

FG Increases To N8.5b TETFund Grants To Varsities, Others

The Federal Government has increased Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) research grants to universities and other tertiary institutions to N8.5 billion, up from the N7.5 billion in 2020. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who announced th...

September 11, 2021 No Responses

Igali, FUTA Pro-Chancellor Hails 14 Dons Over National Research Grants

The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council, Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, Ambassador Godknows Igali have described the institution as a citadel of learning with a crop of excellent scientists at par with their contemporaries in other ...

September 7, 2021 No Responses

Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International To Build School In Ewu

In its effort to contribute to nation-building and economic development, the Chris Oyakhilome Foundation International (COFI) through the InnerCity Mission network of schools is breaking barriers to education by providing marginalised and vulnerable children a...

September 6, 2021 No Responses

Shell Donates Auditoriums, Eight Lecture Rooms, Others To Maritime University

Governor of Delta State, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, has described phase one of the infrastructure projects donated to the Nigerian Maritime University in Okerenkoko, Delta State by The Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited (SPDC) and its joint venture...

September 1, 2021 No Responses

UNICEF Targets 9,000 Beneficiaries In Katsina Education Support

Not less than 9,000 are to benefit from the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) cash transfer to support education programme in Katsina State.. An education specialist in Nigeria, Kano field Office, Mr. Muntaka Mukhtar, d...

August 28, 2021 No Responses

Dare, Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, Udenwe make Final Shortlist For NLNG’s Literature Prize

The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature on Friday announced The Girl with Louding Voice by Abi Dare, The Son of the House by Cheluchi Onyemelukwe-Onuobia, and Colours of Hatred by Obinna Udenwe as finalists for 2021 The...

August 19, 2021 No Responses

Nexford University Partners Sterling Bank On Capacity Building, Others

Nexford University, a Washington D.C. based next-generation online university, has announced new partnership with Sterling Bank, one of Nigeria’s commercial banks. Nexford University in a statement sent to City BusinessNews (www.citybusinessnews....

August 19, 2021 No Responses

School Feeding Programme Gulps N1.8b In Ondo

The Federal Government has spent over N1.8 billion on the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP) in Ondo State in the last three years. A statement issued on Wednesday by Mrs Nneka Anibeze, the Special Assistant on Media to the...

August 19, 2021 No Responses

NEPZA Backs Partnership To Develop Abuja University

The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) has expressed readiness to support the partnership between Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ACCI) and University of Abuja for the university’s permanent site development. A statement by Mr Martin...