The Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG) has criticised Bishop David Oyedepo over an alleged comment on the use of hijab at Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State. In a statement signed by its National Missioner, Sheikh Abu Sheriff, the group said a viral video purportedly shows Oyedepo telling Muslim parents to withdraw their daughters
Business owners around the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) say they are eager for the return of students as the 2025/2026 academic session begins at the end of the month. Many traders and service providers say sales have dropped sharply since students left after their second semester examinations two months ago. Taxi driver Mufutau
The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has started an internal restructuring to improve academic excellence and administrative efficiency. Acting Vice-Chancellor Professor Olubunmi Shittu told the Governing Council that the redeployments across departments and faculties are to prepare for the next academic year and handle the large number of applicants. FUOYE has the third-highest admission applications for
The alumni of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) have promised to support the government in making the institution one of Nigeria’s top universities after its planned conversion to a University of Technology and Vocational Studies. Speaking at the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the association in Lagos, National President Builder Yemi Osibajo said the change
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has denied allegations of corruption and financial misconduct against its Governing Council Chairman, Senator Mao Ohuabunwa. The claims were made in a petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by Dr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma, a member of the university’s Governing Council. Dr. Darma accused the chairman of
Applications have opened for the 2026 NVIDIA International Graduate Fellowship Programme, which supports PhD students engaged in research across computer science, engineering, and related fields. Now in its 25th year, the fellowship will provide funding and an in-person summer internship at one of NVIDIA’s research offices in the United States, Canada, Germany, Sweden, Finland, Switzerland,
The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) says 70 per cent of the over 10 million out-of-school children in the country had benefitted from its digital literacy initiative, insisting 60 per cent of public primary school teachers, who did not possess basic digital literacy, had also benefitted. UBEC also stated that Nigeria had achieved tremendous digital
In line with its mandate towards public tertiary educational institutions, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has disclosed that six multidisciplinary research laboratories are being installed at different locations across the country. TETFund said four of the state-of-the-art facilities were currently being installed in Rivers, Kano, Abuja, and Lagos, while work on the two will
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic Offa branch, has accused the institution’s management of inflating the cost of an upcoming departmental accreditation exercise. The union alleged that the budgeted amount, put at N500 million, is excessive and unjustifiable. In a statement on Monday, ASUP chairman Dr. Idowu Atilola described the expenditure as
Six states have benefited from the Government of South Korea’s first phase of Education Project in Nigeria, getting modern digital learning infrastructure, teacher training, and locally developed educational content. Implemented by the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) in partnership with the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), the project targeted schools in Kano, Bauchi, Nasarawa, Ekiti,
