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Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved N1.3 billion scholarship for 997 nursing and midwifery students, who are indigenes of the state.
17 Mar
Nigerian celebrities gathered in Lagos to support the Nedu Foundation to assist in providing scholarship aid to 1,000 underprivileged individuals to broaden their horizons in higher education.
29 Feb
Media personality and comedian, Chinedu Emmanuel (a.k.a Nedu), and the Metropolitan School of Business and Management, United Kingdom, have unveiled an initiative that seeks to award full academic scholarships to 1,000 deserving individuals.
10 Feb
Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina has approved the release of N38.5 million scholarship for 77 students from the state studying at the Nigerian Law School.
31 Jan
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has presented the sum of one million naira each to the six public school students who recently won the presidential debate competition in Abuja. That was a fulfilment of his administration's pledge to give the ‘great six’ one million naira each alongside a full scholarship for their first degree in…
19 Jan
An educationist and Founder of Kingston Nursery and Primary School, Dr. Victor Basola, has rolled out measures to move about 2,000 out-of-school children off the street on free education.
17 Jan
An educationist and founder of Kingston Nursery and Primary School, Dr Victor Basola has rolled out measures to move about 2,000 out-of-school children off the street on free education. This is just as he called for an emergency in the education sector over government and corporate organisations’ laxity to sponsor free education to reduce the…
7 Dec
To encourage hard work among students, a non-governmental organisation, the Margaret Ogbeide Memorial (MOM) Foundation, has awarded scholarships to five best students of Abavo community for their exceptional performance in Junior Secondary School (JSS) 2 Mathematics examination. The students were tested in Mathematics and English Language, alongside 30 others, by officials from the state ministry…
14 Nov
Borno State Government has approved the immediate release of over N70 million for payment of scholarships for 300 orphans of Civilian Joint Tasks Force (CJTF) members who lost their lives as a result of fighting insurgency. The governor, Babagana Zulum, disclosed this, yesterday, in Maiduguri, while unveiling the procurement of 1,878 admission forms for the…
16 Sep 2023
To support indigent students and ensure more young people from poor household have access to quality education, the Coordinating Pastor, Heal the World Mission, Apostle Tola Olukilede, has earmarked N6,543,300 as scholarship for youth in the 2023/2024 academic session.
3 Sep 2023
Retired Justice of the Supreme Court and former Nigeria’s High Commissioner to Britain, George Adesola Oguntade, has given scholarships to students of Neander International School and Sports Academy (NISSA), Epe, Lagos. Justice Oguntade, who is the Founding Director and Chairman of the Governing Council at NISSA, extended his philanthropic reach by offering 50 per cent…
1 Sep 2023
Professor Ebiegberi Joe Alagoa, popularly known as E.J. and generically as ‘Kala Joe’, was the celebrant at a glorious ceremony in the capital of Bayelsa state last weekend to mark his 90th birthday which had actually fallen on the April 14th.

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