20 October 2026
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FUTMINNA Win NUGA Men’s Football Gold After Late Goal

FUTMINNA Male Football Team at the 27th NUGA The Federal University of Technology Minna (FUTMINNA) clinched the men’s football title at the 27th NUGA Games with a 2-1 win over Ekiti State University (EKSU) in Friday’s final hosted by the University of Jos. In a tight contest, FUTMINNA struck late to secure victory, capping off

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FUOYE Queens Win NUGA Female Football Gold

FUOYE Queens in the 27th female NUGA competition The Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) Queens have clinched their first NUGA female football title, defeating defending champions the University of Lagos (UNILAG) 2-1 in a gripping final in Jos. FUOYE came into the fixture under dramatic circumstances, having initially lost 9-0 to hosts University of Jos (UNIJOS)

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NUGA

NAqF Partners with NUGA to Train Swimmers

Dukwu Chamberlain, President, Nigerian Aquatics Federation (NAqF) The Nigerian Aquatics Federation (NAqF) has partnered with the Nigerian University Games Association (NUGA) to source for and train young Nigerians with swimming abilities.Dukwu Chamberlain, the NAqF President, announced the partnership at the 27th Nigerian University Games, organised in Jos. He noted that swimming remains one of Nigeria’s

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Universities

TECH-U Emerges 3rd Runner-up in Tech Competition

Tiamiyu Akinwale, of TECH-U, Ibadan, shines at the Falling Walls Lab competition Tiamiyu Akinwale, a 200-level student of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at Abiola Ajimobi Technical University (TECH-U), Ibadan, has emerged as the 3rd runner-up at the Falling Walls Lab competition. The competition, organised by the Falling Walls Lab in Germany and hosted by the

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Universities

NMCN Visits Iconic Open University

NMCN’s resource verification visit to the Department of Nursing Science at the Iconic Open University The Nursing & Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN) has conducted a resource verification visit to the Department of Nursing Science at the Iconic Open University. The visit was made to assess the university’s human and material resources available for educating

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Institutional Advancement

Fulbright Scholars Urge FG to Leverage Global Exchange

Fulbright Alumni Association of Nigeria (FAAN) during the its 20th Annual Conference and 25th Anniversary celebration Nigerian Fulbright Scholars have implored the federal government (FG) to invest more in international educational exchange programmes. According to them, the programmes have immense capacity to facilitate global cooperation, knowledge transfer, and national development. The scholars made this known

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Universities

LASU Don Advocates for Homegrown Software Solutions

Moses Adebowale Akanbi, a professor of computational mathematics at Lagos State University, has said that there is a need to develop homegrown software solutions. The Professor expressed this at the university’s 114th Inaugural Lecture titled ‘The Nature of Error: Human Fallibility versus Divine Infallibility in Computational Thought,’ adding that it will improve national development. Akanbi

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Unions

ASUU NEC Laments Federal Government Renegotiation Delays

Prof. Chris Piwuna, ASUU President The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has raised concerns over the federal government‘s delays in renegotiation, noting that it could have severe consequences on the country’s education sector. ASUU, in a statement signed by Prof. Chris Piwuna, its President, said that the emergency

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Universities

UNILAG Begins Digital Transformation

Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, VC of UNILAG, during the inaugural Registry Week Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), has notified the university staff to prepare for digital transformation. She stated this during the university’s inaugural Registry Week, themed “University Administration: The Future is Now.” Emphasising the need to go digital to

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Universities

UNILAG to Issue Certificates to Entrepreneurship Graduates

Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, Vice Chancellor, UNILAG The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has revealed its intention to award certificates to its graduating students in entrepreneurial studies.Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, the vice chancellor, represented by Prof. Muyiwa Falaye, the deputy vice chancellor (Management Services), mentioned this at the Entrepreneurial Hangout (1.0) themed ‘Fostering an Entrepreneurial Mindset in the

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