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...
The Federal Government yesterday disbursed N2.25 billion to 45 students from tertiary institutions across the country under its Student Venture Capital Grant (S-VCG) initiative. The programme, launched in December last year in Abuja by the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, is designed to support...
The Federal Government has unveiled a new entrepreneurship initiative for tertiary institutions. The programme is a part of efforts to tackle graduate unemployment and promote job creation across the country. The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, who launched the Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Busi...
