
2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee Champion Emerges
Faizan Zaki (FAY-zahn ZAH-kee), a 13-year-old speller from Allen, Texas, is the champion of the 2025 Scripps National Spelling Bee.Zaki earned the prestigious title in round 21 when he correctly......

FG Selects 12 Universities to Roll out Locally Manufactured EVs
The federal government has picked twelve universities, two from each geopolitical region of the country, to manufacture electric vehicles.The initiative, which is part of the First Nigeria polic......

FG Reveals Quality Assurance Scheme for Secondary Schools
The Federal Government, through the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), has unveiled a nationwide quality assurance monitoring and evaluation scheme designed to transform the......

Fed Govt Unveils Ultra-Modern Home, School for Visually-Impaired in Lagos
The Federal Government yesterday inaugurated a state-of-the-art educational and residential facility for visually impaired children in Surulere, Lagos.The new complex located at the Bethesda Hom......

TVET Skills Programme Attracts 90,000+ Applicants Within One Week
The Federal Government has received more than 90,000 applications for its Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) initiative, less than a week after the portal went live.This was disc......

Gates Foundation Partners Nigerian Government to Launch $7.5m AI Initiative for Education
The federal government has launched the Nigeria Artificial Intelligence (AI) scaling hub in partnership with the Gates Foundation to accelerate the responsible adoption of AI technologies in hea......

NUC Approves Accreditation for Six Academic Programmes for Summit Varsity
National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved full accreditation for six academic programmes for the Summit University, Offa, Kwara.The six programmes that underwent assessment by the NUC......

WAEC Refutes Story on Cancellation of English Language Exam
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has dismissed a viral press release claiming it had cancelled the English Language paper written on Wednesday, May 28, in the ongoing WASSCE for scho......

Nigerian Entrepreneurs Launch Platform for Local Freelancers
Two Nigerians have launched Hamzry, a naira-based digital marketplace exclusively built for Nigerian freelancers.Officially launched in April 2025, the project was created to give Nigerian digit......

Industrialist Lulu-Briggs Donates 5,000-Seat Auditorium to Baptist College of Theology
Dr Seinye O.B. Lulu-Briggs, Chairman and CEO of Moni Pulo Limited, has donated a 5,000-seater auditorium to the Baptist College of Theology, Obinze, Imo State, in a gesture she described as an a......