bridging information and transformation
Alex Otti Foundation has granted 50 indigent students nationwide N250,000 scholarship each for the 2025/2026 academic session under its undergraduate scholarship programme. At the event held at Government House, Umuahia, the governor and founder of the foundation, Alex Otti, said the scholarship is based on merit and open to all Nigerians. “The programme was instituted […]
The Federal Ministry of Education has unveiled a Communications Strategy and Framework (2025–2027) to strengthen information sharing, public trust, and accountability across Nigeria’s education sector. The Framework is developed with the support of Partnership for Learning for All in Nigerian Education (PLANE) and UK International Development. Speaking at the unveiling in Abuja, the Minister of […]
The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Nigeria, is set to record a major breakthrough in sustainable transportation by cutting down more than one hundred and twenty (120) metric tons of carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions by the end of 2025. This milestone is one of the benefits of the Electric Vehicle (EV) initiative, launched by the University […]
Awardee of the Network of Book Clubs and Reading Culture Promoters (NBRP) 2025 Champion of Reading Award, Professor Chinwe Anunobi, has urged students not to allow Artificial Intelligence (AI) to diminish their intellectual capacity. Instead, she challenged them to rise above passive consumption and become active producers of knowledge that will guide and enrich AI. […]
Every October 5, the world pauses to celebrate Teachers’ Day, a moment dedicated to honouring the indispensable role of educators in shaping societies accross the world. In Nigeria, as preparations are underway to celebrate teachers at the Eagle Square on Sunday, the occasion comes with a bittersweet taste from the teachers’ experience. Behind the tributes […]
Nigeria is standing on the verge of another fuel crisis—and it’s not because of global oil shocks or pipeline vandalism this time. It’s because a powerful union has decided to pull the plug on the country’s most ambitious industrial project: the Dangote Refinery. Let’s be clear. Sacking 800 workers is no minor issue. Every worker […]
The Executive Secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arc. Sonny S. T. Echono, has warned that Nigeria’s universities must embrace digital transformation or risk being left behind in the race for global competitiveness. Delivering the 15th Convocation Lecture of Osun State University, Osogbo, he declared that technology is not merely an add-on but […]
Residents of Benin City, the Edo State capital, now live in fear following the upsurge of jewelry robbers who snatch gold necklaces from them and, in some cases, shoot their victims. Eyewitnesses said the gang of robbers, who are yet to be apprehended, are heavily armed with AK-47 assault rifles and drive a Lexus Sport […]
The Bauchi State Special Schools Management Board has removed the vice principal (Academics) of Jibril Aminu Model Secondary School and demoted her to a classroom teacher for administering severe corporal punishment to a student. The decision was reached at an emergency meeting of the board’s senior management committee, which reviewed reports of the incident that […]
The rift within the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) national leadership widened on Wednesday as the national secretary of the party, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, rejected the dissolution of the party executive in Akwa Ibom State. The national secretary said the dissolution of the Akwa Ibom leadership as announced by the national publicity secretary, Hon Debo Ologunagba, […]