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
You may have heard that the federal government is reviving vocational education and that the government is planning to pay N45,000 as monthly stipend to each of the beneficiaries of TVET. This article sheds light on everything you need to know about TVET, application process, duration of training, monthly stipend, and what may hinder your
There are some courses whose cut-off marks are 230 and above, depending on the number of candidates who scored above the benchmark. Some of these courses are often regarded as highly competitive. They include Medicine and Surgery, Law, Engineering, and Nursing, among others. However, you should not lose hope just because you are not among
If your mark in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) is low and falls below the cutoff mark for your preferred course of study, you can change your course to another one that accepts lower marks. Here is the step-by-step guide on how to change your course and institution on the JAMB portal: We
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of under-age candidates who participated in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement on Sunday, May 25, 2025, JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor, Fabian Benjamin, clarified that the released results do not qualify the candidates for admission if they performed below the
It’s exactly one year since the application portal for the student loan scheme known as the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) opened for undergraduates in public institutions across Nigeria. Applications for the loan began on May 24, 2024. To mark the one-year anniversary, the management of NELFUND says it has disbursed over ₦56.85 billion, comprising
