Oyo Nursing College Confirms 75 Students Benefited from NELFUND Loan

The management of the Oyo State College of Nursing Sciences, Eleyele, has confirmed that 75 students of the institution have benefited from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). The college’s provost, Dr. Gbonjubola Owolabi made this known in a statement by the state Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Dotun Oyelade during a management meeting held…

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JAMB Releases 2025 UTME-Mock Notification Slip for Printing

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the 2025 UTME-Mock Notification Slip is now available for printing. According to a statement released by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor Fabian Benjamin on Thursday, Candidates who registered for the optional UTME-Mock examination can now access their slips, which contain essential details such as the exam…

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World Bank Allocates $1.08b to Address Nigeria’s Education and Community Resilience Problems

World Bank has announced the approval of $1.08 billion in concessional financing for Nigeria, indicating a significant effort to enhance education quality, nutrition, and community resilience nationwide. According to World Bank The funding, revealed on Wednesday, will allocate financial support to three major initiatives: $500 million for the NG-CARES Program to strengthen resilience in households…

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JAMB Urges DE Candidates to Upload Results or Lose Admission

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has issued a stern warning to 2024 Direct Entry candidates who registered with awaiting results from the Interim Joint Matriculation Board (IJMB) and Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board (JUPEB) to upload their results immediately or risk losing their admission. In a statement signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor…

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TETFund to Establish 18 Innovation Hubs in Tertiary Institutions

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has announced plans to establish 18 new Innovation Hubs in tertiary institutions across Nigeria in 2025 as part of efforts to strengthen research and innovation. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, made the disclosure at the closing ceremony of the 30th Cohort of the Research for Impact (R4i)…

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FG Plans Tackling Shortage of Locally Published Academic Books – Minister

The Minister of Education, Dr. Morufu Olatunji Alausa, has maintained that the Federal Government is commited to reducing Nigeria’s dependence on foreign academic books through the TETFund Higher Education Book Development Intervention Project. Speaking at the public presentation of 50 TETFund-sponsored academic textbooks at the federal ministry of education Abuja on Tuesday, Alausa described the…

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Scholarship Offers: Pastor Adeboye Alerts Public on AI-Generated Fraudulent Videos

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has distanced himself from AI-generated videos falsely associating him with drug promotions and scholarship offers. In a statement on his Facebook page on Wednesday, Adeboye warned the public against falling for the deceptive videos, which have been widely circulated on social media….

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Experts Call for Urgent Action on Iodine Deficiency Affecting Nigerian Schoolchildren

Education and health experts have raised concerns over the long-term impact of iodine deficiency on Nigerian schoolchildren, warning that it is contributing to poor cognitive development and high dropout rates. At a stakeholder meeting on Tuesday, in Nasarawa state, the director of the technology and science education department at the federal ministry of education, Muyibat…

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