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March 5, 2018 one Response

Dangote Donates N1.2B Business School To BUK

Foremost businessman, Aliko Dangote at the weekend donated a N1.2 billion ultra-modern business school edifice to the Bayero University, Kano, (BUK), the first of its kind in Northern Nigeria. According to the business mogul, talks are on to affilate the...

February 13, 2018 No Responses

Edo partners NIGCOMSAT on e-learning facilities in schools

The Edo State Government has commenced negotiations with the Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT) for the provision of e-learning facilities in schools across the state. Commissioner for Science and Technology, Hon. Emmanuel Agbale, disclos...

February 4, 2018 No Responses

Covenant University defeats UNILAG, OAU, others in research competition

Covenant University has emerged the first place winner in Nigeria’s stage of global CFA Institute Research competition. Covenant University beat University of Lagos and Obafemi Awolowo University which emerged second and third place winners, respectively, in...

January 29, 2018 No Responses

Education crucial to eradicating militancy’

Mrs Judith Amaechi, the Founder of Empower Support Initiative (ESI), a non-governmental organisation, says early education is the key to eradicating militancy and the use of children in carrying arms. Amaechi, who said this while speaking with newsmen on Sun...

December 8, 2017 No Responses

UK varsity graduates 59 Nigerian cadets

The Capacity Building initiative of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) through the Nigerian Seafarers Development Programme (NSDP) has again received another boost as 59 of the beneficiaries have graduated from the Liverpool John M...

December 4, 2017 No Responses

Ambrose Alli varsity student emerges winner of NIMASA’s essay competition, gets N500,000 education grant

A second year Medical student of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State, Miss Elizabeth Ezekiel, has emerged the winner of the Essay Competition organised by the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) to commemorate the 2017 World ...

November 21, 2017 No Responses

Samuella Sam-Orlu Emerges Winner of 2017 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition

It was an all-female affair as fifteen year old Samuella Sam-Orlu of British Nigerian Academy Abuja, emerged the overall winner of the 2017 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, winning an educational grant of N1,000,000.00 to study in...

October 17, 2017 No Responses

Heritage Bank senior executives get ICA awards

Institute of Credit Administration (ICA) has conferred distinguished awards on two senior management executives of Heritage Bank Plc at the Nigeria Credit Industry Awards and Postgraduate School of Credit and Financial Management (PSCFM) graduation ceremony he...

July 24, 2017 No Responses

UBA foundation takes reading culture campaign to Kenya, donate 500 books to secondary school

The United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc, through its Corporate Social Responsibility arm, the UBA Foundation, continued on its quest to educate and empower African youths as it visited Our Lady of Mercy Girls Secondary School in Nairobi to donate...

June 2, 2017 No Responses

Heritage Bank, GTA host 500 pupils

No fewer than 500 pupils participated in the Heritage Bank Plc-GTA Communications Limited Children Day Celebrations organised for 20 primary and secondary schools in different parts of Lagos State over the weekend. Apart from the exited pupils and students....

April 5, 2017 No Responses

Obaseki restates commitment to improve education

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has reiterated his administration’s commitment to improving the standard of education in the state. Obaseki stated this when he received executive members of the Idia College Old Girls Association (ICOGA) at the Edo State...

March 22, 2017 No Responses

Heritage Bank, Lagos Reps sponsor one-day seminar for JAMB students

As part of its initiative to develop the advancement of education in Nigeria, Heritage Bank Plc in partnership with a House of Representative member in Lagos State, Honourable Nurudeen Olaitan Akinwunmi at the weekend organised a one day JAMB seminar...

March 15, 2017 No Responses

Atiku endows education fund for Onukaba’s children

Former Vice President and chieftain of All Progressives Congress, Atiku Abubakar has endowed an education fund for the children of his late aide, Dr. Adinoyi-Ojo Onukaba. Onukaba, who died on his way back from former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s 80th ...

November 25, 2016 No Responses

Ifeoluwa Abiodun emerges winner of 2016 NSE essay competition

Miss Ifeoluwa Toluwanimi Abiodun, a 14 year old student of Babington Macauley Junior Seminary, Ikorodu, Lagos State, has emerged the winner of the 2016 edition of the Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) Essay Competition for Senior Secondary Schools students in Niger...