In line with the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Tinubu, the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) said, it has returned over 700,000 out school children back to school. The Executive Secretary of the commission, Aisha Garba, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja during the distribution of instructional materials...
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Founder of Isaac Balami University of Aeronautics and Management (IBUAM), Engr. Isaac Balami, has clarified that the N12.9 billion scholarship approved by Governor Babagana Zulum for 54 Borno indigenes is not a one-time payment, but a five-year comprehensive training package covering tuition, professional certifications, accommodation, insurance and technical exposure....
A pro-innovation group, Ideas Nigeria Movement (INM), has lauded the Chairman of Zinox Group, Leo Stan Ekeh, for sacrificing the pleasure of his 70th birthday with the offer of university scholarships to 1000 indigent Nigerian wiz-kids to study Computer Science in Nigerian universities. The scholarship has an estimated cost...
Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) has announced the commencement of applications for its 2026/2027 Overseas Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme, offering Nigerian students another opportunity to pursue advanced studies abroad in oil, gas and related fields. In a public notice shared via its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, @officialPTDF, the Fund...
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved over seven hundred and thirty million naira (N730,000,000) in scholarships for Borno indigenes studying in different institutions of learning across the country. The Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Engr. Lawan Abba Wakilbe, officially handed over the cheque on behalf of...
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The recent experience of Mallam Yushau Shuaib, the respected founder of PRNigeria, at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies (NIPSS), Kuru, was not just shocking—it was profoundly disheartening. What was meant to be a prestigious engagement with Nigeria’s foremost policy institute became, for him, an ordeal marked...
The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has awarded foreign postgraduate scholarships to 200 successful candidates under its 2025 scholarship program. The Director, Corporate Affairs, Mrs. Seledi Thompson-Wakama, announced that the Managing Director, Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, presented the award letters to the beneficiaries at a ceremony in Port Harcourt. Dr....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has promised to provide educational scholarship for children of the slain civilian JTF members that lost their lives along Dikwa-Marte road. Eight members of the Force were tragically killed in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attack along...
Kano State Governor, Abba Kabir-Yusuf has settled the outstanding N2.24 billion tuition and accommodation fees of 84 students stranded in Northern Cyprus, five years after their sponsorship was discontinued. Speaking during the presentation of certificates to the students on Thursday at the Government House, Kano, Yusuf said the affected...
by BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has warned the public regarding the activities of fraudsters offering non-existent postgraduate scholarships to unsuspecting victims. Director of Corporate Affairs at the NDDC, Mrs Seledi Thompson-Wakama, issued the warning in a statement released in Port Harcourt on Sunday. She...
The federal government has announced a five-year suspension of the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) programme to promote student growth, prioritise welfare, and strengthen Nigeria’s education system. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, made this known in a statement released in Abuja on Saturday by the Director of Press and...
The federal government has announced the discontinuation of the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship programme. Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, made this known on Tuesday in Abuja during a courtesy visit by newly elected officials of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS). He described the BEA programme...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Umara Zulum has approved over seven hundred and thirty million naira (N730,000,000) in scholarships for Borno indigenes studying in different institutions of learning across the country. The Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology, and Innovation, Engr. Lawan Abba Wakilbe, officially handed over...
Kano State Government says it has secured admission for 50 students and awarded them scholarships to study at AZHAR University in Cairo, Egypt, to boost Arabic and Islamic education in the state. The Commissioner of Education, Alhaji Umar Doguwa, stated this at a one-day stakeholders sensitization and interactive meeting...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto No fewer than 42 students of Sokoto indigenes, who are the first batch of the 100 beneficiaries of the Senator Ibrahim Lamido Education Trust Fund will depart Nigeria this week for India. Senator Lamido, who spoke in his Sokoto residence, when parents of the benefiting...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – As part of Nigerian Army commitment to non kinetic approach to counter insurgency and restoration of peace in consolidating civil military relations , the Office of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Nigerian Army Headquarters Abuja has introduced a special scholarship award to young...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has reaffirmed the state’s dedication to fostering an inclusive society through quality education and robust healthcare services. Zulum stated this on Wednesday when the state hosted a farewell ceremony for 103 indigenes who were awarded scholarships to pursue medicine...