Education Archives — Page 7 of 18

January 26, 2022 No Responses

APPEALS Project Team Concludes Study Tour To Ghana

As part of efforts to facilitate knowledge acquisition and experience sharing within the West African sub-region, a delegation of the Nigeria Agro-Processing, Productivity Enhancement and Livelihood Support (APPEALS) Project has concluded a one-week Study Tour on Knowledge Management to Ghana. The...

January 13, 2022 No Responses

NCC Boss, Danbatta, To Deliver Fountain University’s Convocation Lecture

Apparently spurred by the vision, objectives and successes of policies, programmes and projects instituted by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to bridge the digital divide and encourage the youth to harness derivable benefits of the Fourth Industri...

January 7, 2022 No Responses

Adeboye, Wife Donate Multi-Billion Naira Building To Redeemer’s Varsity

Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, is now positioned to compete with other outstanding universities globally, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has said. Adeboye said this at the ...

December 15, 2021 No Responses

NLNG Awards Eleven Overseas Postgraduate Scholarships

Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) on Tuesday in Port Harcourt, River State awarded postgraduate scholarships to eleven (11) Nigerians to pursue Masters’ degrees in leading universities in the United Kingdom (UK). NLNG offers post-primary, undergraduate, and p...

December 7, 2021 No Responses

Dangote Refinery Awards Scholarship To Students In Host Communities

As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) programmes, Dangote Oil Refining Company has awarded scholarships to students of 137 tertiary institutions and secondary schools from its host communities in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos State. The company said ...

November 23, 2021 No Responses

WAEC Releases 2021 WASSCE Results, Hikes Fees To N18,000

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has increased registration fees for school candidates for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) from N13,950 to N18,000, beginning from 2022. WAEC Head of National Office (HNO), Mr Patric...

November 21, 2021 No Responses

TETFund Seeks More Research Investments In Varsities

Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, has called for more investments in research in the country’s universities. Bogoro made the call while delivering a lecture marking the 12th Founder’s Day and 9th Convocati...

October 21, 2021 No Responses

JAMB Registrar Seeks Transparency In Exam Processes

The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Is-Haq Oloyede, has urged stakeholders in the education sector to establish a pedigree of integrity. He urged them to do this by sticking to honesty, probity and transparency in examination processes and result computation in...

October 15, 2021 No Responses

Adebowale Emerges UI’s 13th Substantive VC

Prof. Kayode Adebowale, has emerged as the 13th Vice-Chancellor of Nigeria’s premier university, the University of Ibadan. The announcement was made by the Chairman of the institution’s Governing Council, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, on Thursday at the Sena...

October 10, 2021 No Responses

UNICAL Approves Digital Profiles Of Students

Vice-Chancellor, University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the implementation of the Intelligent Digital Identity System (IDID) and the production of biometric-based intelligent identity cards, in order to have digital profiles of students of th...

September 29, 2021 No Responses

Revisiting Digital Technology Impact On Young Children

The Nigerian Communication Commission (NCC) has concluded a survey across Nigeria on the impact of digital technology on young children. According to NCC, the survey Titled: Study On Young Children And Digital Technology: A survey Across Nigeria, is...

September 28, 2021 No Responses

Ikeja Electric donates educational materials to Lagos school

Ikeja Electric Plc has donated educational materials to the pupils of Odi-Olowo Nursery and Primary School, Idi-Oro, Mushin, Lagos, as part of its Personal Corporate Social Responsibility (PCSR) initiative. The electricity distribution company made this ...

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...