Prof. Oladapo Afolabi, the Former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, has urged the federal government to reposition postgraduate education in the country. Delivering a paper on ‘Postgraduate Education: Agenda for National Development’ at the 2025 Annual Lecture of the School of Postgraduate Studies, Afolabi said this step will foster national development.
Past members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), who were promised PhD scholarship funds by former President Goodluck Jonathan in March 2015, have yet to receive them. Speaking with newsmen, one of the promised eighty-four NYSC members said the Jonathan administration failed to fulfil its promise after several protests. “In 2015, the Goodluck Jonathan
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), has announced that the institution’s Faculty of Law has the highest number of PhD. Holders among law faculties in Nigeria. He made this known on Monday, June 16, 2025, during a postgraduate retreat held at the University Auditorium Basement. Prof. Egbewole, who also
Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has announced the election of Professor Adetokunbo Oluwole Ilesanmi as the new Provost of the Postgraduate College. Prof. Ilesanmi, a respected scholar from the Department of Architecture, will now lead the college as it continues to improve the quality of postgraduate education at the university. The announcement marks a new
Rome Business School Nigeria has announced plans to work with the Lagos State Government to offer scholarships worth over N500 million to 200 to 250 residents. The scholarships will be for postgraduate and executive education, and the programme is expected to start in October 2025. The institution disclosed this fact recently when its Founder and
