Fast Credit Finance Company Limited has announced the commencement of applications for its 2025 Scholarship Program, offering ₦250,000 each to 40 students from families of Nigerian Police Force personnel. The initiative, which runs until September 30, 2025, aims to ease the financial burden of higher education while promoting academic excellence. According to the company, the
Stakeholders have urged the Federal Government to integrate anti-human trafficking studies into the curriculum of colleges of education across Nigeria to curb the rising menace. The call was made at a one-day Step-Down Training of Trainers on Anti-Human Trafficking for over 70 lecturers from colleges of education in Asaba, Delta State. Mrs Ijeoma David-Ukoko, Delta
Social media influencer and education advocate Alex Onyia has criticised wealthy Nigerians for not doing enough to support young people, particularly students aspiring to study abroad. Onyia, the CEO of Educare, an education technology platform, stated that the lack of scholarships and mentorship from privileged Nigerians contributes to the significant gap in educational attainment between
The Lagos Egbeda Lions Club has donated exercise books to pupils of Ore Ofe Nursery and Primary School, Agege, and State Primary School, Dopemu, in commemoration of World Literacy Day. The President of the club, Mrs Ijeoma Udeh, said the gesture was part of its “Back-to-School” service project, aimed at supporting pupils, including those with
Stakeholders in the education sector have called the attention of the government at all levels to the increasing rate of reported cases of cultism and other vices among primary and secondary school pupils in the country. They made the call at a press conference leading to the 40th Anniversary of BARAKAAT school in Ibadan. Malam
The Minister of State for Education, Prof Suwaiba Said Ahmad, has described the National Library as Nigeria’s apex repository of knowledge and an irreplaceable guardian of the nation’s intellectual heritage. Ahmad remarked in a post on her official X account after joining First Lady Oluremi Tinubu at a press briefing on the library project. She
The Kano State Government has approved the recruitment of additional mathematics teachers for deployment across secondary schools in the state. The State Commissioner for Education, Dr Ali Makoda, announced the decision during the distribution of admission letters to Senior Secondary School One (SS1) students at Maryam Aloma Girls’ Secondary School in Kano. Makoda said the
The Jigawa state government has approved N869.6 million for the construction and rehabilitation of Tsangaya schools, according to the Commissioner for Information, Youth, Sport, and Culture, Mr Sagir Musa. The Commissioner disclosed this at the end of the State Executive Council (SEC) on Tuesday in Dutse. He said the fund would facilitate the renovation of
Taraba State Governor Agbu Kefas has lamented the state of education and infrastructure in the state, vowing to take urgent and direct action to address the long-standing challenges in the sector. The governor described the state’s education system and technological infrastructure as “very bad,” noting that unreliable data and outdated technology have slowed down ongoing
Dr Stella Ifeyinwa Anumnu, a specialist in educational management at the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos, has called on Nigerian tertiary institutions to integrate knowledge management with entrepreneurship training to drive innovation, job creation, and national prosperity. Delivering her inaugural lecture titled “Knowledge Management Versus Entrepreneurship: The Missing Link,” Anumnu argued that embedding
