Tech entrepreneur and visionary leader Sarah Kadoon Ajekwe is transforming the safety technology landscape through SheltHer, a groundbreaking mobile and wearable platform designed to empower individuals to seek discreet emergency assistance when traditional phone access is compromised. Spanning a powerf...
The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere; National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS and the Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP, have mounted pressure on the Federal Government for the immediate release of the abducted National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members in Imo State. Whi...
Twenty-six-year-old Maryam Umar, who was born without both arms has graduated from the Department of Economics, Gombe State University, after the Academic Staff Union of Universities awarded her a N1.68m scholarship following a PUNCH report on her plight. Maryam, who writes and performs household chores...
The Senate of the Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State, has expelled one student and rusticated two others for one academic session over various acts of misconduct. According to a statement by the institution on Tuesday, the decisions were taken at the university’s 33rd Reg...
A 15-year-old Nigerian-American student, Tomisin Olawepo-Hashim, has won the Junior Film & Art category of the 2026 Cambridge Language Collective Schools’ Essay Competition in the United Kingdom. Tomisin, who competed in the junior category for students in Years 10 and 11, was recognised for her ent...
The University of Ilorin has “promoted 13 academic staff members to the rank of Professor” across various disciplines. The university disclosed this in a statement issued and shared on its website and social media pages on Sunday. The promotions cut across the medical sciences, education and pharmaceuti...
