Senator Sunday Katung (PDP–Kaduna South) has awarded scholarships worth N40 million to 400 indigent students from his constituency to support their tertiary education. Each beneficiary received N100,000 through the Sunday Marshall Katung Foundation, which managed the disbursement of the funds. Speaking at the presentation ceremony in Kafanchan on Saturday, Katung, represented by Bature Likoro, chairman
Lagos State University (LASU) has opened applications for undergraduate students interested in participating in a digitisation project under its Study Work Scheme. According to the university, the selected students will assist in developing LASU’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Portal, a digital platform designed to enhance access to academic materials. The project will involve converting and
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that strikes are never its preferred option in resolving disputes with the Federal Government, stressing that industrial action is only taken after all negotiation efforts have failed. ASUU President, Professor Christopher Piwuna, stated this after meeting with the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND in
A Nigerian researcher, Abayomi Ayoola Oladejo, is gaining international attention for pioneering the use of data analytics and predictive modelling to improve safety on construction sites around the world. Oladejo, a PhD candidate at the University of Colorado Boulder and research assistant with the Construction Safety Research Alliance (CSRA), is developing models that help construction
The Senate has intervened in the ongoing two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), moving to prevent a full-scale shutdown of academic activities across Nigeria’s public universities. Members of the Senate Committees on Labour, and on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, met behind closed doors with ASUU’s national leadership at the National
The Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) has criticised the practice of naming universities after a single health profession, describing it as discriminatory and contrary to the spirit of inclusivity in healthcare education. Speaking ahead of the PSN’s 2025 Annual National Conference (DABO 2025) scheduled for next month in Kano, the society’s president, Prof Ayuba Tanko,
Ebonyi State University has expelled three students allegedly caught with firearms during the recently concluded Students’ Union Government election. Vice Chancellor Prof Michael Awoke announced the expulsion at the inauguration of the new SUG executives at the university’s main campus in Abakaliki over the weekend. He said the decision followed a police investigation that led
The President of the University of Lagos Alumni Association, Ifeoluwa Oyedele, has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend its ongoing strike and return to the classrooms. Mr Oyedele appealed the association’s 55th Anniversary Awards and Recognition Dinner held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos, on Friday night. He urged the
The Vice Chancellor of Isaac Balami University of Aeronautics and Management (IBUAM), Air Vice Marshal (rtd) Prof Paul Jemitola, has announced the establishment of Africa’s first privately owned university dedicated to aeronautics and management studies. Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Jemitola said that an aviation expert and entrepreneur, Engr, founded the institution. Isaac
Fourteen pharmacists have been inducted as Fellows of the Nigerian Academy of Pharmacy at its 2025 Annual General Meeting, held at the College of Medicine, University of Lagos. The event also featured a valedictory session in honour of the late Chief Oludolapo Akinkugbe, the academy’s founding president and a pioneer in the pharmaceutical industry. NAPHARM
