A study by Dr Otitoju Beulah, a member of the African Centre of Excellence for Water and Environmental Research and a researcher at Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, has raised fresh concerns about the quality of drinking water available to…

The management of Wesley University, Ondo, Ondo State, has announced a 50 per cent reduction in tuition fees for some programmes, excluding medicine and surgery, nursing, law, and select medical and allied health courses. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Samuel Obeka, announced…

Borno and Kogi States shone brightly at the 2025 MTN Anti-Substance Abuse Programme School Quiz Competition Grand Finale, with schools from both states taking the top three positions in the keenly contested national event. The competition, streamed live on YouTube…

The Deaf community has renewed calls for the compulsory teaching of sign language in all Nigerian schools and for a stronger collaboration between mainstream teachers and special education teachers, saying true inclusion remains impossible without these reforms. They made the…

A cultural heritage scholar, Ayankola Ayanwuyi, has said Africa can unlock new pathways for education and technological innovation by decoding ancestral knowledge systems, citing the Ifa corpus as a prime example of indigenous wisdom with modern relevance. He said that…

The Daniel King Educational Foundation has unveiled a programme designed to train 100 children and teenagers as young food scientists by 2026. This was brought to the fore when the foundation recently took some pupils on an education tour of…

No fewer than 240 students of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Ondo State, graduated from the institution with first-class honours from various departments of the university. The institution said the 240 first-class graduates were out of 2,747 students who…

From a curious child who couldn’t resist taking gadgets apart to a top graduate in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Covenant University, 21-year-old Victor Emmanuel-James from Akwa Ibom State exemplifies purpose, consistency, and resilience. He sits down with TEMITOPE ADETUNJI…

Women in higher education in Africa still face discrimination, harassment, and exclusion from leadership positions. This is part of the findings of research conducted by the British Council in collaboration with the African Network for Internationalisation of Education, titled “Higher…

A professor in the Department of Veterinary Surgery and Theriogenology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Adetola Ajadi, has announced a N1m donation to be awarded to the best graduating student in his department during the university’s forthcoming 33rd…

Head of the Department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Prof Adebimpe Adenugba, has stated that the grant provided by the Federal Government is insufficient to ensure the effective running of Nigerian universities. She made this known while receiving…

The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, has matriculated 6,356 students for the 2025/2026 academic session, the highest student intake recorded by the institution in nearly four decades. The acting head of the Directorate of Public Relations, Olasunkanmi Olajide, disclosed this…

The Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, has called on university staff to prepare for sweeping changes as the institution embarks on a digital transformation journey. She made the remarks during the maiden Registry Week of…

Covenant University has been ranked the best African university in the 2026 Times Higher Education Interdisciplinary Science Rankings. The university is ranked first in Nigeria, first in Africa, and 49th globally. Published on THE’s website on Thursday, the Interdisciplinary Science…

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, has called on the Federal Government to urgently commence a sincere renegotiation of the long-standing 2009 ASUU–Federal Government agreement, in the interest of securing the future of Nigerian…