By Elizabeth Osayande & Ifunanya Ndigwe Etiwa Tech, a technical training academy, has partnered with Alaro City, a multi-billion-dollar mixed-use city development firm, to equip a new cohort of vocational graduates with international trade certifications, aiming to combat youth unemployment in Nigeria. The graduation ceremony celebrated 44 young men and women who had successfully completed an […]

UNIVERSITY administrators have said unilateral appointments into key academic offices contradict established governance procedures across Nigerian universities. The administrators, who reaffirmed strict compliance with Conditions of Service, made the assertion in separate telephone interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)  in Akure. Registrars and senior university officials said appointments of Deans, Provosts and Heads of […]

By Adesina Wahab  A huge number of students, academic staff, and campus residents benefited from free, high-quality healthcare services at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, during the recently-concluded FastCare Medical Outreach. The day-long health intervention was specifically designed to address immediate medical needs, ease the financial burden of healthcare, and promote proactive wellness within the […]

Across the country, millions of children still study in buildings with broken or no fences, no lighting, no guards, and zero emergency response capability

By Elizabeth Osayande & Ifunanya Ndigwe  James Hope University, JHU, has positioned itself uniquely in the Nigerian higher education space by operating strictly as a postgraduate-only institution. The university located at Lekki, Lagos, focuses entirely on advanced learning and executive training. It has unveiled three flagship business programmes designed for a new era of learning shaped […]

By Musa Ubandawaki, SOKOTO In an effort to strengthen education and expand access to learning opportunities, the Sokoto State Government has commenced the construction and upgrading of 56 secondary schools across the state under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE) Project, a landmark intervention aimed at improving educational infrastructure and increasing school enrolment, […]

By Elizabeth Osayande  Barely six months after a book launch in his honour, Professor Ademola S. Tayo, Babcock University’s immediate past President/Vice-Chancellor, has pledged the proceeds to fund an educational support initiative for indigent students.  The initiative will provide an annual sponsorship for 10 students from Oke-Ila Orangun and 5 others from Inisha both in Osun […]

By Peter Duru, MAKURDI Thousands of students, staff and residents have been stranded following the collapse of a major culvert along the access road linking the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi (JoSTUM), formerly the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, with neighbouring communities in Benue State.  The culvert, located at Ake River between Antsah and Anini villages, […]

With over one million candidates unable to secure admission into tertiary institutions yearly in the country, over 300,000 admission spaces are always unfilled

Seplat Energy Plc has joined the Africa Social Impact Summit (ASIS) 2026 as official Theme Partner for the Education Session, as the summit prepares to convene Africa’s largest cross-sector gathering at the Eko Convention Centre in Lagos from 22 to 24 July 2026. Under the partnership, Seplat Energy Plc will lead the Education Session at ASIS […]