Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has put smiles on faces of some indigent students in University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) by providing financial assistance to help them in their education ASUU Trustee and Chairman National Visitation Panel of the union, Prof Sule-kano Abdullahi, disclosed this on Friday...
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The Rivers Representative on the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Board, Chief Tony Okocha, has offered scholarship and free Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination registration to indigent students. Okocha, who is also the Chairman, Rivers APC Caretaker Committee, announced the scholarship award and donation of educational...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum has approved the release of N 55.9m as scholarship allowances for 158 indigene students studying at the Federal University of Health, Sciences Azare Bauchi in different courses. Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Malam Bala...
The First Lady, Sen. Oluremi Tinubu, has offered scholarship, through the Renewed Hope Initiative (RHI), to the five rescued undergraduates of the Federal University Dutsin-Ma (FUDMA), Katstina state, who were abductors on Oct. 4. The first lady, alongside the Wife of the Vice President, Hajia Nana Shettima, on...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has awarded a N2 million scholarship grant to 10 brilliant indigent students of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria. Prof. Haruna-Mohammed Jibril, Branch Chairman of the union, made this known in an interaction with newsmen on Saturday in Zaria. Jibril...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the release of N500m as registration fees for 19 medical and 93 nursing students. The Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Malam Bala Isa, disclosed this on while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in...
By PATRICK ABANG, Calabar – In order to cushion the effect of petrol subsidy removal, a charity organization; Florence Agogo Foundation has awarded bursary to over fifty (50) indigent students across the eighteen (18) Local Government Area of Cross River State.s Speaking at a dinner night and the scholarship...
Sen. Babangida Hussaini, (APC-Jigawa Northwest), has offered N10 million scholarship to 254 indigent students from his constituency studying Science and Engineering in various tertiary institutions. Hussaini made the disclosure while presenting the money to the benefitting students through his foundation, Walin Kazaure Education Foundation, in Ringing on Monday....
Paul Sargent, Director of International Student Admissions and Programmes at the University of West Georgia, US. says Nigerians make up the institution’s largest international students population. Sargent said this on Wednesday, during a virtual university showcase, organised by the EducationUSA section of the U.S. mission in Nigeria to explore...
The management of Innoson Automobile Company, says the N3 million scholarship awarded to Miss Mmesoma Ejikeme will stand if found to be innocent of the allegation by JAMB of result manipulation. Mr Cornel Osigwe, Head of Corporate Communications at Innoson Group, stated this while speaking with the News Agency...
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), on Monday in Abuja, shortlisted over 5,000 applicants nationwide for award of scholarship for the 2023/2024 academic session overseas scheme. The Head, Oversees Scholarship Scheme in the PTDF, Mrs Bolanle Kehinde-Agboola, said this at a selected interview exercise for the shortlisted candidates for...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – A private institution, under the aegis of Famous Star Institute Of Management and Technology (FSIMT) Karu, in Nasarawa State, has offers scholarship to students for two years National Diploma programme. Addressing the students at the institution campus in Masaka during orientation, the Director of...
The House of Representatives candidate for Ebonyi/Ohaukwu federal constituency of Ebonyi, Chief Ndubisi Chibueze-Agbo, has offered scholarships to children of late Ikechukwu Udoka, who was killed by gunmen in the area. Udoka was a member of the Ebubeagu security outfit, set up by the state government. Chibueze-Agbo, of the...
The Wife of Anambra Governor, Mrs Nonye Soludo, has offered scholarship to a 13-year-old girl, allegedly impregnated by her 75-year-old guardian, Sunday Moghalu. Soludo made this known on Monday while receiving the victim and her baby in company of the state Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify...
Borno Government on Friday released N300 million as scholarship grant for 300 orphans of Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) volunteers who died while fighting insurgents in the state. The volunteers were involved in fighting Boko Haram and ISWAP side by side with the Nigerian military and other security agencies...
PATRICK ABANG Calabar Cross River State Governor, Ben Ayade has granted approval for immediate disbursement of funds as scholarship to indigenous students in tertiary institutions across the country. The Director General of Cross River State Scholarship Board, Comrade Nuela Tessy Anyin made the disclosure on Friday while speaking to...
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has approved an increment of 100 per cent on bursary payable to students of Lagos State origin in tertiary institutions across the country. The Executive Secretary, Lagos State Scholarship Board, Mr Abdur Rahaman Lekki said in a statement on Sunday that the increment...
The Chinese community in Nigeria on Friday celebrated its 2022 Mid-Autumn Festival, the upcoming Chinese National Day and Nigeria’s Independence Day in a colorful event in Lagos. The event, which was opened by the Chinese Ambassador to Nigeria, Cui Jianchun, had dignitaries from all walks of life. In his...
Former President Goodluck Jonathan has called for scholarships for talented African youths who are disadvantaged by low incomes. Jonathan made the call in his remarks during the 11th graduation ceremony of the Cavendish University Uganda (CUU), Kampala. Jonathan, who is the Chancellor of the University, in his remarks made...
The Niger Development Commission (NDDC) has resumed the suspended scholarship scheme as part of efforts to eradicate poverty in the Niger Delta region. Mr Udengs Eradiri, Special Adviser on Youths to the Interim Administrator, NDDC, Dr Efiong Akwa, who announced the development, said that it was part of NDDC’s...