The Managing Director of Eleganza Industrial City, Dr Folashade Okoya, will today receive the Distinguished Alumni Award from the University of Lagos Alumni Association. The event, taking place at Eko Hotels in Victoria Island, Lagos, will have Vice-President Kashim Shettima as the guest of honour, with Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu also expected to attend.
The University of Jos (Unijos) is enjoying a moment of national pride after breaking into the top ten Nigerian universities in the 2026 World University Rankings. It is the first time the Plateau-based institution has achieved global visibility, signalling a quiet but profound transformation in a public education system long beset by neglect. The news
Two new academic studies have found that weak supervision and unregulated funding in Nigeria’s madrasas and Almajiri schools are exposing young learners to extremist influences. The findings were presented in Abuja at a national briefing organised by the West Africa Network for Peacebuilding, in partnership with the Danish Refugee Council and the Stockholm International Peace
Each Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike is more than a pause in lectures; it reflects Nigeria’s recurring governance failure. The latest two-week warning strike, which began on October 13, has once again paralysed campuses across the country, sending thousands of students home and halting academic progress. At its core, this strike is a
The Governing Council of the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi State, on Wednesday, paid a courtesy visit to the Palace of the Onojie of Ekpoma, His Royal Majesty Barr. Anthony Ehizojie Abumere II, ahead of his investiture as Chancellor of the institution. The Pro-Chancellor, Emeritus Professor Olu Obafemi, who led the
A Nigerian-born consultant surgeon based in Ireland, Mr Emmanuel Eguare, has donated a range of medical equipment and consumables to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) to support healthcare delivery. Mr Eguare, a Consultant Colorectal and General Surgeon and Clinical Director at NAAS General Hospital, Ireland, said the gesture was aimed at easing the
The University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) has marked the 2025 World Anaesthesia Day with a series of emergency preparedness and life-saving sensitisation exercises for pupils and patients in Benin City. As part of the commemoration, pupils of the UBTH Staff School were trained on basic emergency response skills. At the same time, awareness campaigns
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has cleared the University of Ilorin of any wrongdoing in the handling of students’ loan deductions. Speaking to journalists in Ilorin on Wednesday, NELFUND’s Executive Director of Operations, Mustapha Iyal, said the university was in good standing with the agency. He confirmed that all outstanding payments had been settled
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja (FUL), Professor Olayemi Akinwunmi, says the institution’s progress in expanding academic programmes and infrastructure is being limited by inadequate government funding. Speaking at a pre-convocation press conference ahead of the university’s ninth convocation in Lokoja, Akinwunmi said the university could achieve more if the federal government provided additional
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has once again shut down Nigeria’s public universities — not out of rebellion, but in protest against what it calls a pattern of deceit and neglect by the federal government. The latest two-week warning strike, declared on October 13 2025, is ASUU’s response to what it describes as
