Researcher wins $5m Gates Foundation grant to cut maternal deaths in...

A researcher at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Professor Ibraheem O. Awowole, has secured a US$5 million Gates Foundation-funded grant for a...

The imperative of mentor-mentee relations for academic succession in the ivory...

By Kenneth Azaigba A great university is not measured by buildings or rhetoric. It is often a product of...

Nigerian researcher secures $63,000 US Support for AI-Powered renewable energy project

A Nigerian researcher based in the United States, Oluwaseyi Amisu, has secured a combined $63,000 in project funding to develop an artificial...

JAMB plans UTME centre in Canada for 2027

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced plans to establish a Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) centre in Ottawa, Canada,...

Amnesty International urges Madonna University to reverse nursing student’s expulsion

Amnesty International has called on Madonna University, Elele Campus, Rivers State, to rescind the expulsion of a final-year nursing student and the...

Michael and Cecilia Ibru University asks Anthony Kila to step aside...

Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (MCIU), Delta State, has asked its Pro-Chancellor, Anthony Kila, to step aside from his responsibilities pending an...

Armless Gombe woman graduates after ASUU scholarship support

Twenty-six-year-old Maryam Umar, who was born without both arms, has graduated with a degree in Economics from Gombe State University after the...

Anthony Kila insists he is Professor, fails to provide evidence of...

Anthony Kila, Pro-Chancellor of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (MCIU), has insisted that he is a professor but has yet to provide...

Madonna University expels nursing student, suspends 14 over viral hospital video

Madonna University, Elele Campus, Rivers State, has expelled a 500-level nursing student and suspended 14 others following the circulation of a viral...

NITDA warns teachers, students against sharing sensitive data with public AI...

The National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has warned education stakeholders against entering personal, confidential or classified information into public artificial intelligence...

Investigation finds no evidence Anthony Kila was awarded professorship

An investigation by PREMIUM TIMES has found no evidence that Anthony Kila, the Pro-Chancellor of Michael and Cecilia Ibru University (MCIU), was...

Nigerian-born former university lecturer sentenced to 78 months for American student...

A 43-year-old Nigerian-born naturalised US citizen and former adjunct professor at Texas Southern University has been sentenced to 78 months in federal...

NABTEB extends 2026 November/December exam registration to October 8

The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) has further extended the registration deadline for its 2026 November/December examinations to midnight on...

Court of Appeal upholds Ndifon’s two-year jail term, orders fresh trial...

The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has upheld the conviction and two-year prison sentence imposed on Professor Cyril Osim Ndifon, former Dean...

Why UK removed Nigeria, Ghana from QTS application route

Teachers trained in Nigeria and Ghana can no longer apply for Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) in England through the overseas-trained teacher application...

UI’s first female bursar, Mariam Zakariyah, begins five-year tenure

The University of Ibadan (UI) has commenced a new phase in its financial administration with the assumption of office of Mrs Mariam...

Nigeria has made university ranking compulsory. Now it must make it...

By Oluwaseyi Dasho Nigeria has made participation in its national...

Sanwo-Olu appoints Ayodeji Badejo as 10th LASU vice-chancellor

Lagos State Governor and Visitor to Lagos State University (LASU), Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has appointed Professor Ayodeji Olawunmi Badejo as the university’s...

How facing an unexpected department switch shaped our university journey

By Okutu David and Okutu Daniel When we received our admission offers to Dennis Osadebay University, Asaba, it was...

NOUN appoints Ramatu Ibrahim Acting Bursar After Marafa’s Death

The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has appointed Mrs Ramatu O. Ibrahim as Acting Bursar following the sudden death of the...