The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has denied reports that it refused to register Science and Laboratory Technology, SLT, graduates at its Gombe State orientation camp. The reports alleged that polytechnic graduates, who studied SLT, were denied access for not having professional certificates from...
University of Ibadan (UI) Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Prof. Peter Olapegba, has clarified why students were ordered to vacate school hostels. The management earlier on Saturday released an internal memorandum ordering the students to vacate the halls of residence before 2 pm following the o...
The Chairman, Governing Council and Pro-Chancellor of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, Dr. Omo-Ehijele Frank Odafen has reinstated the council’s commitment to repositioning the university to achieve optimal functionality. He stated this during a courtesy visit with members of the counci...
Captain Kelechi Ndukwe, a Nigerian-American, has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first Nigerian to command a United States Navy warship. Promoted from the rank of Commander to Captain, Ndukwe’s new role is the culmination of a distinguished 20-year career in the US Navy. In 2021, Ndu...
The British Government has awarded 82 Nigerians, the prestigious Chevening and Commonwealth scholarships to study a wide range of postgraduate programmes in the UK in 2024. This is according to a statement by Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, Senior Communications and Public Diplomacy Officer at the British High C...
Tunde Onakoya, the Nigerian chess player and coach who holds Guinness World Records for the longest marathon chess game has arrived in Maiduguri to promote the game among the youths. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Onakoya, who is the founder and convener of “Chess in Slums in Africa” that...
