•Pharmacy students of Novena University Novena University has gotten an increased quota for its Doctor of Pharmacy (Pharm.D) Programme from the Pharmacy Council of Nigeria (PCN). The news of the increase was communicated in a letter signed by Pharm. Ibrahim B. Ahmed, the Registrar of the Council, reports Saturday Independent. PCN, in exercise ...
•Nigeria and Ireland flags The Embassy of Ireland in Nigeria has announced that applications for the 2026 Ireland Fellows Programme will open on June 29, offering Nigerians the opportunity to study for a fully funded Master’s degree in Ireland. The embassy disclosed this in a post on its X handle today, stating that the programme […]...
•The protesting teachers, yesterday Teachers in junior and senior secondary schools across the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the aegis of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), yesterday staged a protest over the alleged delay in the release of their promotion letters by the FCT Civil Service Commission, demanding the resignation of the...
•NECO candidates The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2026 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE), with a total of 186,291 candidates having registered for the examination nationwide. According to NECO, the candidates sat for examinations in 12 subjects and were drawn from the 36 states of the federa...
The Governing Council of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, has withdrawn the promotion of Dr Edomwonyi Omon Edwin to the rank of professor following “serious breach of the institution’s Regulations and Schemes Governing Senior Staff 2017,” as amended. Edwin, of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Faculty of Clinica...
•Scene of the accident Tragedy struck the Rivers State University (RSU) yesterday when a female student, identified simply as Eno, was allegedly knocked down and crushed to death by a speeding vehicle in a convoy within the university campus. The victim, believed to be in her early 20s, was reportedly hit along Road A of […]
•School graduation ceremony A ban on extravagant graduation parties in elementary schools has been implemented in some states, prompting mixed reactions. Some view banning these ceremonies as a step back from acknowledging and celebrating important milestones in a student’s life. Graduation ceremonies have traditionally marked significant mile...
•Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina State The Katsina State government has announced automatic employment for indigenes who graduate with First-Class degrees, irrespective of the institution they attended across Nigeria. The state governor, Dikko Radda, unveiled the expanded policy at the closing ceremony of the maiden Katsina Students’ Week held...
•AUN and former Vice President Atiku Abubakar I have had the challenge and privilege of leading universities on three continents: Africa, North America, and, most recently, Europe, at the American University in Bulgaria (AUBG). But I will never forget in a hurry my experiences at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola. The AUN, where [...
•Prof Ado Jangargari A Professor at the Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State, Ado Garba Jangargari, has secured a Twenty-Five Million Naira (N25 million) grant under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) scheme. The grant was awarded in recognition of Prof Jangargari’s research proposal titled, “Tech ...

