Prizes
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Jul. 11th 2020
Ireland Sponsors Poetry Competition in Nigeria
In honour of one of its greatest writers, James Joyce (1882 – 1941), the Irish embassy in Nigeria has announced a poetry writing competition to celebr......
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Apr. 28th 2020
Entry for NLNG Nigeria Prize for Science 2020 Ends Midnight April 30, 2020
Photo credit: NLNG Entry for the Nigeria Prize for Science 2020 ends midnight GMT, April 30, 2020. The organizers of the prize, Nigeria Liquefied......
Oct. 5th 2020
Association of Nigerian Authors Calls for Entries for 2020 ANA Literary Prizes
The Association of Nigerian Authors has made a call for entries for its annual literary prizes, 2020 edition. This was announced by the association’s General Secretary, Maik Ortserga. This year’......
Sep. 25th 2020
ANA Honours Late Poet Ikeogu Oke, Calls For Entries For Ikeogu Poetry Prize
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) under the national leadership of Mr. Camillus Ukah has honoured late poet, Okeogu Oke, with an annual poetry prize category for teenagers in secondary schools......
Oct. 5th 2020
Association of Nigerian Authors Calls for Entries for 2020 ANA Literary Prizes
The Association of Nigerian Authors has made a call for entries for its annual literary prizes, 2020 edition. This was announced by the association’s General Secretary, Maik Ortserga. This year’...
Sep. 25th 2020
ANA Honours Late Poet Ikeogu Oke, Calls For Entries For Ikeogu Poetry Prize
The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) under the national leadership of Mr. Camillus Ukah has honoured late poet, Okeogu Oke, with an annual poetry prize category for teenagers in secondary schools...
Jul. 11th 2020
Ireland Sponsors Poetry Competition in Nigeria
In honour of one of its greatest writers, James Joyce (1882 – 1941), the Irish embassy in Nigeria has announced a poetry writing competition to celebrate Bloomsday, which is always observed on July 16...
Apr. 28th 2020
Entry for NLNG Nigeria Prize for Science 2020 Ends Midnight April 30, 2020
Photo credit: NLNG Entry for the Nigeria Prize for Science 2020 ends midnight GMT, April 30, 2020. The organizers of the prize, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, had earlier made a call for entry fr...
Authors
Jan. 18th 2023
Four Writers Storm Ilorin For Imodoye Residency
Established by Dr Usman Oladipo Akanbi, the Imodoye Writers Residency is a private initiative for writers and visual artists keen on completing their ongoing work in a conducive environment at no cost......
Jan. 18th 2023
Four Writers Storm Ilorin For Imodoye Residency
Established by Dr Usman Oladipo Akanbi, the Imodoye Writers Residency is a private initiative for writers and visual artists keen on completing their ongoing work in a conducive environment at no cost...
General News
Nov. 4th 2023
National Library of Nigeria launches AI-Powered E-library platform Boldscholar in Abuja
The National Library of Nigeria has launched Boldscholar, an AI-powered E-library platform with indigenous contents, managed by Boldscholar Research Limited, an education-technology company in Nigeria......
Sep. 12th 2021
Prof. Chinwe Anunobi Appointed As The National Librarian Of NLN
Encomium has continued to pour in for Prof. Chinwe Veronica Anunobi who was recently appointed as the National Librarian/Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Nigeria on September 8, 2021......
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Jan. 26th 2021
Buhari Inaugurates Presidential Steering Committee On Alternate School Programme, Targets Out Of School Children
Photo credit: Theirworld As part of the plans to address the issue of out-of-school children in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has on Tu......
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Jan. 18th 2021
Covid-19 Test Not Required For Returning Students
Photo credit: World Health Organization The federal ministry of education has warned schools to refrain from testing students for Covid-19......
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Jan. 15th 2021
FG Maintains Schools Will Reopen On January 18, Releases Fresh Guidelines For Safe Reopening
The federal government has re-emphasized that schools will resume studies on Monday, January 18. It made this known after due consultation with stakeh......
May. 22nd 2020
Cambridge University: Lectures to be conducted online until 2021 summer
Picture Credit- AFP - Students walk through Cambridge University in Cambridge, east of England Cambridge University has announced that due to coronavirus pandemic, its next academic year shall b...
May. 12th 2020
The National Universities Commission Enjoins Vice-Chancellors to Keep Universities Shut
Prof. Abubakar Rasheed. Picture Credit: NUC The regulatory body of Nigerian universities, The National Universities Commission (NUC) has instructed all the university Vice-Chancellors not to re-o...
May. 11th 2020
FG Resumes School Feeding Programme on Thursday May 14, 2020
The Honorable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs at the NHGSFP. Photo Credit: Federal Ministry of Information and Culture In fulfillment of President Buhari’s promise on March 29 to continue school...
May. 11th 2020
Africa’s Education Sector Badly Hit as 1.235 Billion Learners Globally are Forced to Remain at Home for Fear of COVID-19 Pandemic
The world has been terribly shaken by COVID19 pandemic. Every sector of human activities is in serious comatose. Of all the sectors, the education sector particularly has been hard hit by the effect o...
Campus Gist
Aug. 18th 2021
Beware: NUC Releases A List Of 58 Fake Universities
Once again, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has released a list of fake universities in Nigeria. This is to warn unsuspecting candidates who are seeking admission and could be deceived to a......
Apr. 14th 2021
FUTO: Prof. Nnenna Oti Becomes The 8th Vice Chancellor
Prof. Nnenna Oti has been appointed the 8th Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). This was revealed in a press briefing by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing......
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Nov. 17th 2020
Vacancy: Federal University Of Health Sciences Otukpo Recruits Teaching And Non-Teaching Staff
The Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, Benue State invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for appointments into various t......
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Nov. 11th 2020
Ogundipe Reinstated As University Of Lagos Vice-Chancellor
Following the report of the Special Visitation Panel to the University of Lagos, President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reinstatement of Oluwatoy......
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Sep. 23rd 2020
Delta State University Reopens On October 5, Begins Sale Of PG Forms
Delta State University, Abaraka has announced resumption of studies in phases for its students, effective October 5, 2020. The management announced th......
Sep. 1st 2020
University Of Ibadan Announces Post UTME Screening For 2020/2021 Admission Exercise
University of Ibadan has announced its post UTME screening exercise for prospective candidates who seek admission into the university.According to the public announcement released by the school Regist...
Aug. 22nd 2020
UNILAG: President Buhari Sacks Acting Vice-Chancellor, Suspends The Pro-Chancellor
University of Lagos Senate Building In a press release issued on Friday by the the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, FG has directed...
Jul. 31st 2020
University Of Ibadan Stays On Top On The Webometrics Ranking Of Nigerian Universities
UI VC and staff in front of the newly commissioned electrical and electronic engineering laboratory building Based on July 2020 webometrics ranking report, University of Ibadan is ranked ab...
Jun. 27th 2020
Maritime University Okerenkoko and University of Port Harcourt Get New Vice Chancellor and Acting Vice Chancellor Respectively
According to a document obtained from the Ministry of Education, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Emmanuel Munakurogha Adigio, as the Vice Chancellor of the Nigerian Maritime Univers...
Digest
Apr. 25th 2021
Footprints In The Sand Of Time: A Prof’s Memoire
The Early YearsIn the search for a common definition of this apt quintessence of a self-made man, an etymological analysis would prove useful. Before the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967 to 1970, having con......
Apr. 25th 2021
Footprints In The Sand Of Time: A Prof’s Memoire
The Early YearsIn the search for a common definition of this apt quintessence of a self-made man, an etymological analysis would prove useful. Before the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967 to 1970, having con...
Books
May. 4th 2020
The Road to Bauchi and Other Poems: a Brief Review
Published by Kraft Books, Denja Abdullahi’s new book, The Road to Bauchi and Other Poems is a slim volume of forty two short poems grouped into four sections, namely: “Bauchi Poems”, “Haiku Poems”, “O......
May. 4th 2020
The Road to Bauchi and Other Poems: a Brief Review
Published by Kraft Books, Denja Abdullahi’s new book, The Road to Bauchi and Other Poems is a slim volume of forty two short poems grouped into four sections, namely: “Bauchi Poems”, “Haiku Poems”, “O...
Edu-Statistics and Funding
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Feb. 8th 2021
UNESCO Calls For Application For The 2021 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant
UNESCO calls for application for the 2021 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant. The research grant which is open to young postgraduate scholars (men and wo......
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Jan. 12th 2021
COVID-19: FG Postpones School Resumption Indefinitely
The Honourable Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, has on Monday postponed school resumption indefinitely due to high rise in cases of coronavirus......
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Oct. 20th 2020
Diverted N2.67 Billion: ICPC, FME Launch A Full Scale Investigation
The Minister of Education, Adamu, has ordered an investigation into the report by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commiss......
Aug. 18th 2021
Orji Uzor Kalu Offers Scholarship To Medical Students In 12 Selected Universities Nationwide
Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation has announced scholarship for 650 fresh students who may have interest in studying medicine and surgery in 12 selected Nigerian universities across the country in the 2022/20......
Apr. 13th 2021
FG Sets Up Panels To Probe Finances Of Federal Universities
L-R: Perm. Sec., Fed. Min. of Edu., Sonny Echono and Exe. Sec. NUC. Prof. Abubakar Rasheed The federal government has on Tuesday inaugurated visitation panels to probe financial management,......
Feb. 8th 2021
UNESCO Calls For Application For The 2021 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant
UNESCO calls for application for the 2021 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant. The research grant which is open to young postgraduate scholars (men and women) not more than 35 years of age at the time of...
Jan. 12th 2021
COVID-19: FG Postpones School Resumption Indefinitely
The Honourable Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, has on Monday postponed school resumption indefinitely due to high rise in cases of coronavirus in the country. The Minister explained that the d...
Oct. 20th 2020
Diverted N2.67 Billion: ICPC, FME Launch A Full Scale Investigation
The Minister of Education, Adamu, has ordered an investigation into the report by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) on tracing to personal account the sum...
Sep. 29th 2020
Sadiya Farouq: Count Me Out Of The N2.72b School Feeding Money Found In Personal Accounts
Photo Credit: ThisDayLive The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in a tweet on Monday has distanced itself and the Minister in charge of the ministry fro...
Conferences
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Oct. 26th 2020
Faculty Of Environmental Studies International Conference 2020 Goes Online, Partners With Boldscholar
Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Nigeria Nsukka holds an international conference on the “Theoretical and analytical foundations for su......
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Jul. 29th 2020
Call For Papers: SEER Journal, Boldscholar Host International Students’ Conference
Sustainable Empirical Environmental Research Journal (SEER Journal- ISSN 2635-3520) calls for paper submissions from teachers, postgraduate and underg......
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Jul. 16th 2020
Call for Papers: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Damian Ugwuntikiri Opata
Call For Papers: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Damian Ugwuntikiri Opata"Coloniality of Knowledge, Cultural and Textual Productions in Africa: T......
Feb. 17th 2021
Ikeoha Foundation Holds Webinar On Innovative Road Transport Solutions In Nigeria In Response To Covid-19 Pandemic
Ikeoha Foundation, in conjunction with the Traffic and Transportation Planning Research Group of University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus will hold a webinar on Friday, February 19, 2021, to discuss the to......
Dec. 7th 2020
Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba Inducted Into The Fellowship Of ANA
Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba (on a red cap) receiving a plaque from Mr Camillus Ukah, ANA PresidentThe Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, was on Friday night induc......
Jul. 29th 2020
Call For Papers: SEER Journal, Boldscholar Host International Students’ Conference
Sustainable Empirical Environmental Research Journal (SEER Journal- ISSN 2635-3520) calls for paper submissions from teachers, postgraduate and undergraduate students with respect to an international...
Jul. 16th 2020
Call for Papers: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Damian Ugwuntikiri Opata
Call For Papers: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Damian Ugwuntikiri Opata"Coloniality of Knowledge, Cultural and Textual Productions in Africa: Treaties in Honour of Damian Opata"Professor Damian...
Jun. 6th 2020
International Institute of Engineers and Researchers (IIER) calls for papers in academic research
International Institute of Engineers and Researchers (IIER) is calling for papers for the following chains of annual international conferences which will be held in Lagos, Nigeria, beginning 29th till...
Apr. 28th 2020
Academics World Beats Lockdown, Holds its Conference amidst COVID-19 Pandemic
Irrespective of the devastating blow COVID-19 pandemic has dealt on the entire globe, which has forced everyone on a lockdown, the Academics World has refused to be compelled to suspend its conference...
Edu Tech
Jun. 5th 2021
Boldscholar Partners With MElimu India To Deploy E-Learning Solution To Schools In Nigeria Amidst Security Challenges
As Nigeria battles insecurity, which has continued to disrupt academic studies in some parts of the country, Boldscholar forges a marketing partnership with mElimu Edutech Private Ltd, India, to deplo......
Jun. 14th 2020
Solutions for Distance Learning
The fear of spread of coronavirus pandemic may have paused physical learning in institutions across the globe, with over 1.186 billion learners in 144 countries (as reported by UNESCO on Sunday, June......
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May. 25th 2020
Google E-learning Tools for Your School, also Suitable for Deaf Students
The world is currently almost on stand-still due to COVID-19 pandemic. This period has birthed a lot of technological solutions and many more are stil......
Jun. 5th 2021
Boldscholar Partners With MElimu India To Deploy E-Learning Solution To Schools In Nigeria Amidst Security Challenges
As Nigeria battles insecurity, which has continued to disrupt academic studies in some parts of the country, Boldscholar forges a marketing partnership with mElimu Edutech Private Ltd, India, to deplo...
Jun. 14th 2020
Solutions for Distance Learning
The fear of spread of coronavirus pandemic may have paused physical learning in institutions across the globe, with over 1.186 billion learners in 144 countries (as reported by UNESCO on Sunday, June...
May. 25th 2020
Google E-learning Tools for Your School, also Suitable for Deaf Students
The world is currently almost on stand-still due to COVID-19 pandemic. This period has birthed a lot of technological solutions and many more are still undergoing development to help find a way to mit...