Education Archives — Page 17 of 19

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 the competition held in...

February 1, 2018 No Responses

Diamond Bank sets aside N433m for DiamondXtra season 10

Diamond Bank has set aside N433 million as the total prize money to be won in its Diamondxtra Season 10 reward scheme which kicked off on Wednesday in Nigeria. A statement from the Bank explained that Over 4,950 customers...

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...

January 18, 2018 No Responses

Photo News

Vice President, Yomi Osinbajo in a group photograph after he delivered a lecture titled: ‘Africa Rising’ at Harvard Business School, Boston, United States of America (USA).

December 15, 2017 No Responses

Microbiologist wins N5m Heritage Bank’s Sponsored Next Titan Season-4

A 22-year-old entrepreneur, Mr. Iyeh Kennedy has emerged winner of Season 4 of the Next Titan, Nigeria’s entrepreneurial reality TV show sponsored by Heritage Bank Plc, as headline sponsor. Kennedy is the MD of Blue Leaf Herbs and Spices which...

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 26, 2017 No Responses

NLNG awards 10 overseas post-graduate scholarships

October 18, 2017 No Responses

Buhari Signs University of Petroleum Resources Bill

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja pledged continued support for the socio-economic development of the Niger Delta region. Giving the assurance at a brief ceremony in the State House to sign the bill establishing the University of Petroleum Resources,...

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...

September 28, 2017 No Responses

Ewatto Grammar School Old Student Association (EGOSA) Celebrates 40 Years Anniversary

Ewatto Grammar School Old Student Association (EGOSA), will on Friday, September 29, 2017 kick of a three-day anniversary celebration to mark the 40 years of the establishment of the secondary school. The secondary school, which was established in 1977...

August 17, 2017 No Responses

First Bank Photo News

L – R: Ismail Omamegbe, Head, Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability, FirstBank; with Zuriel Oduwole, Girl Education Advocate and World’s Youngest Filmmaker; and some young participants at the Zuriel Oduwole Film Class Initiative.

August 9, 2017 No Responses

NECA unveils e-leaning scheme to boost entrepreneurship

In its continued endeavour to join hands with Government to address the time bomb of high unemployment among Nigerian youths which was recently put at 80% by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association (NECA) in partnership...