Academic activities will commence at the Federal University of Agriculture and Development Studies, Iragbiji (FUADSI), Osun State, in October 2025, the Federal Ministry of Education announced on Tuesday. The assurance was given by a team led by Director of the University Education Department at the Ministry, Mrs. Rakiya Ilyasu, during an on-the-spot assessment tour of […]
Monarch University is a faith-based private university located in Iyesi-Ota, Ogun State, Nigeria. The institution received its operational licence on April 30, 2025, following approval for its establishment on March 3, 2025, by Nigeria’s President. History The plan to establish the university began as early as 2017, when the campus of Royal City College of Education
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has released the guidelines for the 2025 Batch A Stream II deployment. Prospective corps members are advised to follow the following guidelines to have a successful service year: 1) Prospective corps members (PCMs) are advised to print and sign the Addendum, which they will present and submit during registration
If you or your child scored 180 in the UTME, there’s no need to lose hope. Several universities in Nigeria accept 180 as their cut-off mark for admission into selected courses. While highly competitive programmes like Medicine or Law may still require higher scores, many departments are that accept 180 as cut-off mark in UTME
A district judge in the United States, Allison Burroughs, has issued a temporary restraining order against President Donald Trump’s attempt to ban Harvard University from admitting foreign students. Background Trouble started in early January 2025 when Trump directed the institution to report international students accused of misconduct to his administration, regardless of the degree, and
The AI-powered CropDiseaseDetector, designed by a group of students from Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, has won the Huawei ICT Skills Competition Global Finals, held in Shenzhen, China, from May 20 to 25, 2025. The team, tagged TeamABU2024, comprised a student from the Department of Computer Science, Hadiza Mohammed, and two students from the Department
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has officially begun the payment of arrears from July 2024, when the new N77,000 allowance (also known as allawee) tied to the N70,000 minimum wage (plus 10%) was approved by the Federal Government. The arrears will be extended till March 2025, when actual payments of the N77K allawee officially
Lighthouse University, Evbobanosa, Edo State, is a faith-based private university granted an operational licence on February 22, 2024, by the National Universities Commission (NUC). History The vision to establish Lighthouse University began in 1989. However, it initially started as Lighthouse Polytechnic, which was established in 2008. As a private polytechnic, it awarded National Diploma (ND) and
New City University is a private university located in Ayetoro Town, Mowe, KM 50, Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, Nigeria. The university was founded by Mr. Akin Akingbesote. History The plan to establish New City University in Ayetoro began some years ago, but the first accreditation team from the National Universities Commission (NUC) visited in June
The proposed N45,000 monthly stipend for students enrolling in the revived Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme will be disbursed by the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), following the approval of a N120 billion grant for the programme’s takeoff by President Bola Tinubu. TVET, according to the Executive Secretary of the National Board
