The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has reiterated its commitment to advancing digital governance in Nigeria. The agency’s Director-General, Matthew Adepoju, pledged in Abuja after NASRDA received the Best Federal Ministry, Department and Agency Digital Governance Award at the Nigeria GovTech Gala and Awards. Adepoju also received the Distinguished GovTech Trailblazer Award at the event.
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has restated its commitment to supporting Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as key drivers of industrial and economic growth in Niger State. Speaking at the Niger State Ecosystem Engagement Meeting on Strengthening the MSME Landscape in Minna, the State Coordinator of RMRDC, Dr Abdulrasheed Mohammed, represented
The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has declared tuition-free education for all 809 newly admitted students of Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna (AKUM), for the 2024/2025 academic session. Bago announced the university’s matriculation ceremony on Thursday, saying the initiative reflects his administration’s vision to make AKUM a model institution in Nigeria. He also announced that 2%
The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has called for greater investment in sweet potato production and processing to unlock its economic potential in Nigeria. The appeal came during an investors’ forum on sweet potato development in Osun State, themed “Investment Opportunities in the Production, Processing, and Marketing of Sweet Potato and its Value-Added
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has set October 31 as the deadline for candidates offered provisional admission to accept their offers for the 2025/2026 academic session. The announcement was made in a statement by the university’s management and released by its public relations officer, Benedicta Ehanire. The decision, the statement said, followed the Joint Admissions
The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) says the Federal Government is stepping up investment in renewable energy to address electricity shortages in universities and other public institutions. ECN Director-General, Dr. Mustapha Abdullahi, said this in a statement on Thursday marking his second year in office. He noted that the Renewed Hope Solarisation Project, introduced under
When the Federal Government announced on October 14, 2025, that students in the arts and humanities would no longer need a credit pass in Mathematics to gain admission into Nigerian universities, the news spread like wildfire. For many students, it sounded like sweet relief. After all, Mathematics has long been the “hard nut to crack”
When the Delta State House of Assembly announced the suspension of the Rector of Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Professor Emmanuel Achuenu, and the institution’s Bursar over alleged financial recklessness, many Nigerians sighed — not in surprise, but in weary familiarity. The suspected financial recklessness in Delta State Polytechnic was just another very familiar tale of
July 25 of last year will forever remain a red-letter day in the life of Professor Oluwaseun Olanrewaju Omotayo, a proud Nigerian scholar and global trailblazer. On that day, the Cedi Auditorium of the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS), Ho, Ghana, came alive as he delivered his Exaugural Lecture titled “Psychologizing in Sports:
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has been named among 18 tertiary institutions to benefit from the Federal Government’s ₦110 billion intervention fund to expand medical training facilities nationwide. President Bola Tinubu disclosed this during the university’s 40th Convocation Ceremony, stating that the initiative seeks to strengthen medical education and address the shortage of healthcare professionals.
