The Chevening fully-funded scholarship application for 2024/2025 will open on September 12, 2023. The scholarship programme was announced in a post on X (formally Twitter) on Monday. According to the statement, entries would be accepted for the 2024/2025 academic year till November 7, 2023. The Chevenin...
Kaduna State Governor Uba Sani has announced a downward review of school fees charged in the state-owned tertiary institutions. Addressing reporters, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Muhammad Lawal Shehu explained that “the review was part of his commitment in keeping his campaign promises to...
Academic unions and parents of students across the country yesterday urged Education Minister, Prof. Tahir Mamman, to ensure improvement in the welfare of academics, improved funding and remuneration, as well as stabilise the academic calendar, and tackle out-of-school children. The unions include the A...
Superstar singers, Davido and Burna Boy have each been nominated for four different awards at the 2023 Trace Awards. ‘OBO’ and the acclaimed ‘African Giant’ were nominated for the ‘Best Male’, ‘Song of the Year’, ‘Best Live’, ‘Best Collaboration’, ‘Best Artist’, and ‘Album of the Year,’ categories of th...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted eight members of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, along a highway in Zamfara State. The victims were kidnapped on Saturday, while traveling inside AKTC bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, to Sokoto State en route Zamfara State, to take part in the mandatory...
Sarki Abba, a student from Kano state, amazed exam authorities with his exceptional performance in the 1984 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) scoring nine distinctions. Doubting his achievement, he was brought to Lagos state to retake the exam under strict supervision. Abba con...
