The Vice Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Prof. Olusola Kehinde, on Wednesday, disclosed that at least 5,000 students of the university had benefited from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) scheme. The VC said the university had received about N840million from NE...

Nigerian whistleblower Yisa Usman, former Deputy Director of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has been named the closest runner-up for the 2026 Ellsberg Whistleblower Award, which carries a €10,000 prize. The award went this year to Colombian environmental whistleblower Andrés Olarte...

There was tension at the University of Cross River State, UNICROSS, as the Vice Chancellor, Prof Francisca Bassey, pegged the cost for renting an academic gown for the matriculation ceremony at N10,000. The students argued that the cost was way too high against the two thousand naira which used to be th...

The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has extended the application deadline for the 2025/2026 academic session from 31 January 2026 to 27 February 2026. The Director of Strategic Communications at NELFUND, Mrs Oseyemi Oluwatuyi, announced the extension in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja. Sh...

The Anambra State Government has reaffirmed its partnership with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, pledging continued support for the expansion of Computer-Based Test centres in the state. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, made the pledge on Tuesday in Awka when...