The Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe has congratulated an academic in the university, Lola Akande for winning the 2017 Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) Prize for Prose Fiction. Dr Akande had along with Dul Johnson been declared joint…
Forté Foundation through the Imperial College Business School is pleased to offer Forté Fellowships to outstanding female students joining the Full-Time MBA. Worth Awards of up to £25,500 are available. In addition to the financial support provided, Forté Fellows have access to…
McKinsey invites female students and experienced professionals based in Europe, the Middle East and Africa to join us for our 5th Next Generation Women Leaders event. We passionately believe in developing outstanding female leaders. We do so every day, internally and with…
Hajiya Hafsat Abdulwaheed is the first female author in Northern Nigeria. She is the mother of a veteran journalist, Kadaria Ahmed and a wife of Kaduna State governor, Asia Ahmed El-Rufai. In this interview with ABDUSSALAM AMOO, the Kano-born rights activist bares…
The National Mathematical Centre (NMC) has deplored the poor performance of female students in mathematics and the mathematical sciences. Its Director and Chief Executive Officer, Professor Stephen Onah, expressed this concern on Sunday as he attributed it to their perception that the…
Delft Global Scholarships give talented, motivated and broadly interested female students from Sub-Saharan Africa the opportunity to study at the Delft University of Technology. Recognizing an under-representation of women in under-graduate and advanced STEM-related areas of study, booking.com aims to ensure equal…
As part of the activities to mark the 2017 International Day of the Girl Child, a non-governmental organisation, Project Forward Everyone (PFE) has organized a workshop for adolescent girls from public secondary schools in Ibadan. International Day of the Girl Child is…
The management of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has denied rusticating one of its students for dancing. This is according to its spokesman, Toyin Adebule. Recall that after a video of a student dancing with the statue of the late UNILAG Vice-Chancellor, Professor Babatunde…
Bejide Ifeoluwa is our EduCeleb of the Week. She was the 2016/2017 best graduating student at the Redeemer’s University, Ede, as announced at the 9th convocation ceremony of the institution held last week. This Microbiology graduate raised by a single mum, in this…
Boluwatife Akintomide focuses on the need to promote the education of women as well as women’s rights in the Nigerian society. Many young women are not able to get an education past the secondary level in Nigeria. They often leave school, vulnerable…
