Not wanting to live in the shadow of his father, Champz is set to carve a niche for himself in the highly competitive Nigerian music industry. Fourteen-Year-Old rising rapper, Boluwatife Balogun who goes by the stage name Champz, has said his ambition is to inspire both young and older generations. The...
Four medical students from the University of Benin, Edo state, have been selected as finalists for the student venture capital grant (SVCG) of the federal government. The scheme, introduced in November 2025 in collaboration with the Bank of Industry (BoI), aims to provide up to N50 million in non-diluti...
A 14-year-old Nigerian student, Oluwadamilola Adeolu, has won the Junior category of the 2026 African Spelling Bee held in Harare, Zimbabwe. Adeolu, a student of St. Lawrence Metropolitan College, Ado-Ekiti, clinched the top prize after defeating contestants from over 30 African countries at the conti...
The University of Lagos on Tuesday inaugurated the reinstated Students’ Union Executive Council, marking the restoration of student unionism a decade after its suspension by the institution’s management. The university’s Senate had, on April 24, 2016, suspended the Students’ Union following intense prot...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has issued a strong warning to the Federal Government, raising concerns over unresolved labour issues and deteriorating conditions in the nation’s university system. The warning was issued at the conclusion of its 54th National Executive Council meet...
Nearly 60 per cent of employers in Nigeria say graduates are not job-ready, underscoring a widening gap between academic training and industry expectations, a new report has revealed. This comes as experts urged Nigerian undergraduates to boost their employability by acquiring soft skills and leveraging...
