Olakunle Ologunro Lagos-born writer Olakunle Ologunro has been awarded the Olive B. O’Connor Fellowship in Fiction at Colgate University for the 2025–2026 academic year. The fellowship provides a stipend, office space and a supportive intellectual environment for writers completing their first books, with teaching duties of one creative writing workshop per semester. Ologunro, who holds
Muhammad Ghali Salisu, secretary, Lado Development Foundation (LDF) The Lado Development Foundation (LDF) has awarded scholarships to 17,888 students from Katsina State studying in various tertiary institutions across Nigeria. Speaking during the disbursement ceremony at the Federal University Dutsin-Ma, the Foundation’s secretary, Muhammad Ghali Salisu, said the beneficiaries were drawn from all 34 local councils
APM Terminals, Apapa, Lagos, has awarded scholarships to 51 students in its host communities. Some of the beneficiaries include Ojora Muslimot, a final-year Economics student at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), who appreciated the company’s kind gesture, describing it as a financial relief. Ismael Ganiyu, the Vice Chairman of Apapa Local Government, described the scholarship
Sunbeth Global Concepts Ltd has introduced a N10 million initiative, the Sunbeth Excellence Partnership Programme (SEPP), to bridge the gap between academia and industry while nurturing innovation among Nigeria’s youth. The long-term programme aims to identify, celebrate, and empower outstanding students from 20 Nigerian universities in key fields, including engineering, agriculture, logistics, energy, and finance.
The Niger State Governor, Mohammed Bago, has declared tuition-free education for all 809 newly admitted students of Abdulkadir Kure University, Minna (AKUM), for the 2024/2025 academic session. Bago announced the university’s matriculation ceremony on Thursday, saying the initiative reflects his administration’s vision to make AKUM a model institution in Nigeria. He also announced that 2%
Osun State University, Osogbo, has announced an opening for a Post-Doctoral Researcher under the Modelling for Decisions in Dynamic (MoDD) Africa project funded by the Wellcome Trust through the Ifakara Health Institute. The project seeks to build a network of African modellers with expertise in geospatial analysis, epidemiology and health systems, with a focus on
The Presidency has rolled out a series of education support initiatives across the South-West region through its Community Engagement Office, benefiting schools in Ondo, Ekiti and Osun states. Under the “BAT-STEM: Inspiring Growth Through Education and Mentorship” and the “South West Initiative for Transformation (SWIFT)” projects, thousands of pupils and teachers have received learning materials,
