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About the 2016 SUPRA Nordic Scholarship Programme Applications are currently being invited for the 2016 SUPRA Nordic Scholarship Programme.  The SUPRA Nordic scholarship is one of the most important features of NIAS’ Support Programme for Asian Studies. It is designed to make NIAS’ digital library and other resources accessible to PhD candidates and MA students in the …

According to media reports, prison inmates who desire to further their education across the country have been granted 100 per cent waiver by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). It was gathered that the development is to help the institution deliver on its mandate of making education accessible to the less privileged in the …

The Screening admission test of Primary Six pupils into the Lagos Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools for the 2016/2017 academic session will hold on Saturday, 14th May, 2016 between 8am and 2pm. In a release on Monday, the Lagos State Examinations Board noted that the test will be conducted in two versions, Computer …

Music don, Innocent Idibia popularly known as Tuface Idibia on Tuesday, May 10th 2016, marked a very special day for him as he was conferred with an honorary degree – Master of Arts in Music (MA) by the Igbinedion University, Okada. His wife, Annie Idibia, the staff of the University, friends, family and fans were …

According to media reports,in its bid to ensure that the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has an uninterrupted supply of electricity, the institution has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with an American company, Arrow Capital Solar Company, to produce 500 mega watts of solar energy. The project, that would gulp N600 billion, would commence immediately …

According to NAN, the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, says the Federal Government is working toward establishing six new universities of science and technology to expand the access to tertiary education. The Education Minister Malam Adamu Adamu, disclosed this at a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum on Tuesday in Abuja. While speaking at …

The Minister for health Professor Issac  Adewole has assured the Management of  University of Uyo (UNIUYO) Teaching Hospital UUTH in Akwa Ibom of the Federal Government commitment to  its  overall development. Professor Adewole who stated this yesterday when he visited the Teaching  Hospital to assess   infrastructures available at the Teaching Hospital explained that the Federal …

The team from the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) at this year’s edition of the 8th National Mathematics Competition for University Students (2016 NAMCUS) in Nigeria, which took place in Abuja, have been crowned the best in the country. This is even as the feat has earned the university the slot to represent Nigeria …

4 LASU students have been suspended from the school for cultist activities and improper conducts. This was contained in the university’s official bulletin. The bulletin quoted the institution as saying that conducts of the suspended students could cause breach peace on the campus. The bulletin said the University’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, took the decision on behalf …

Fed Poly Oko has enabled the Online Portal For Checking Of Semester Results. This is to inform all students of Federal Polytechnic Oko that the portal for the checking of semester results has been enabled. This simply means that henceforth, students can check their results online via this link: http://federalpolyokoexams.edu.ng/results/stwelcm.php About Fed Poly Oko The Institution …

A seven-year-old student born without hands has won a US national handwriting contest. Anaya Ellick from Chesapeake, Virginia, does not use prosthetics. To write, she stands to get the proper angle, holding a pencil between her arms. Her principal, Tracy Cox from Greenbrier Christian Academy, describes her as an “inspiration”. “She does not let anything get in …

The House of Representatives yesterday mandated its Standing Committees on Tertiary Education and Services, and Federal Judiciary to investigate the non-enrolment of law graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) into Nigerian Law Schools. The resolution followed the adoption of a motion tagged “Call on the Council of Legal Education and the Body …