At the inaugural 2025 Digital Higher Education Africa (DHEA) Summit, stakeholders emphasised that the continent’s future in tertiary education depends on embracing digital transformation powered by locally developed solutions. The summit, held in Lagos, brought together leading voices from academia, technology, government, and industry, with the theme “Digital Transformation in Further and Higher Education Institutions.”
Michael Chinda, Senior Special Assistant on Land, Urban, and Regional Planning to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has called for collaboration between the federal government and stakeholders to invest more in education. Chinda appealed at the weekend during the 10th anniversary speech and prize-giving day/graduation of Greater Kpaduma Community School (GKCS), as
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the commencement of full-time mode for seven (7) new academic programmes at Ekiti State University (EKSU), Ado-Ekiti. This followed the outcome of the May 2025 Resource Verification Visit, carried out by panels of experts from the commission to assess the human and material resources available for specific programmes,
Nigerian polytechnic students, under the National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), have barred Labour Party’s former presidential candidate, Peter Obi, from entering any polytechnic campus nationwide over an alleged misrepresentation of events during a recent student election at Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State. Speaking in Abuja, NAPS President Comrade Eshiofune Paul Oghayan accused Obi of
The image is inspiring: a young Nigerian in a graduation gown, holding a scroll with pride, smiling in front of a grand UK university building. That photo travels across WhatsApp statuses, Instagram feeds, and family groups back home, and rightly so. Nevertheless, what those photos do not reveal are the long nights, silent tears, and
Staff and students of the Urban and Regional Planning Department at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, have paid a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Adamu Ahmed. The group was led by Dr Yakubu Bununu, the Head of Department, who stated that the visit was to congratulate the Vice-Chancellor and offer prayers for his success.
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested two suspects for their involvement in a self-motivated kidnap and a foiled extortion attempt in the state. The two suspects, whose names were given as Chinecherem Okonkwo, 28 years old, a female student of Enugu State University of Science and Technology and Chinecherem Aronu, ‘m’, age 30 years
Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has appointed Prof. M. I. Umar-Buratai to lead an eight-member committee aimed at strengthening the university’s Directorate of Advancement and International Education (DAIE). The committee was officially inaugurated on Thursday, July 17, 2025, by Professor Adamu Ahmed, the Vice-Chancellor. The primary objective is to reform and reposition the DAIE for
Unity, strong leadership, and urgent healthcare reforms took centre stage at the 10th Annual Health Week Symposium organised by the University of Lagos Nursing Students’ Association (NUNSA), held at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). With the theme “Mentes fortes, Ductus fortes: Strong Minds, Strong Leaders – Passing the Torch to a New Era,” the
Sixteen indigent students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have received scholarship awards worth ₦ 8,925 million from the Professor Mike Adebamowo Foundation (PMAF) to alleviate their financial burdens and support their continued education. At the award ceremony held Thursday, July 17, 2025, at the Senate Lounge, UNILAG Senate House, Executive Director of PMAF, Prof.
