Nigerian students studying abroad under the Federal Government’s Bilateral Education Agreement and their parents are set to stage a protest today (Monday) over the non-payment of scholarship stipends, which they say has pushed many scholars into distress, The PUNCH learnt. The demonstration, according t...
The Federal Government has opened the application portal for the Student Venture Capital Grant, a new national initiative aimed at supporting student-led innovation with equity-free grants of up to ₦50m. The announcement was made in a statement issued by the Federal Ministry of Education and signed by B...
Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, has secured the approval of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to run eight new undergraduate and 19 postgraduate programmes. The undergraduate programmes are B.Sc. Film and Multimedia Studies; B.Sc. Industrial Physics; BSc Data Science; B.Sc. Public Rel...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has disbursed N116 billion to cover institutional fees and upkeep allowances for students across the country. The Managing Director of the Fund, Akintunde Sawyerr, revealed this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, reiterating th...
From Shomolu, Lagos, where his story began, to South Africa, where he is currently based under the management of MCE Entertainment, For Gbolahan Lawal, popularly known as Spaceboy Mecury’s path has been shaped by resilience, relentless work, and an unshakable belief in his talent. His fingerprint...
Paystack has suspended its co-founder and chief technology officer, Ezra Olubi, following an allegation of sexual misconduct involving a subordinate. Paystack, the Stripe-owned Nigerian payments company, has suspended its co-founder and chief technology officer, Ezra Olubi, following an allegation of se...
