A 26-year-old student of the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos State, Udochukwu Prisca, is in urgent need of N30m to undergo a kidney transplant at the Gbagada General Hospital. Gifting Volunteer Network, a non-profit group supporting indigent medical patients, in a statement sent to PUNCH Metro, on Tuesday, stated that Prisca,
In a move to transform its public sector, the Lagos State Government said it had fully institutionalised its competency framework in all ministries, departments and agencies. Having progressed beyond the pilot phase, the framework, according to the government, is now a standard human resource instrument deployed across all agencies of
The National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) has fully accredited all the programmes presented by Kwara State Polytechnic and also approved several new ND and HND programmes for the 2025/2026 session. These include ND in Law, Medical Imaging, Chemical Engineering, and HND in Agribusiness, Journalism, Mechatronics, and more. NBTE praised
The Students’ Union Government of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has appealed to the Oyo State House of Assembly to stop Governor Seyi Makinde’s plan to rename the institution. In a letter signed by the SUG President, Comrade Oladipupo Olamide D, the students said changing the name would erase the school’s history,
The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Sonny Echono, has explained that the agency suspended its foreign scholarship programme for lecturers due to rising costs and the growing number of scholars who fail to return to Nigeria after studying abroad. He noted that the sharp fall in the naira meant spending nearly
The Lagos State University of Science and Technology (LASUSTECH) is pleased to announce the commencement of the State of Origin Verification Exercise (SOVE) for the 2025/2026 admission exercise. This exercise is specifically for candidates of Lagos State origin who chose LASUSTECH as their first choice in the 2025 Unified
The Speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament, Hadja Ibrahima, has called for a strong legal framework for Artificial Intelligence development across West Africa. She made this call on Monday at a delocalised meeting of the parliament’s Joint Committee in Dakar, Senegal, focusing on education, science, and digital innovation. The meeting’s theme
Ondo State-owned tertiary institutions remain grounded following the 14-day warning strike declared by the Joint Action Committee of the state tertiary institutions beginning midnight on June 19. The affected institutions are the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko; Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology; University of Medical Sciences, Ondo and the
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has introduced a new feature on its portal, allowing candidates to accept or reject admission offers using USSD codes 55019 and 66019. This development marks a significant shift from the traditional method of accepting admissions through the JAMB Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS)
LASU Changes Admission Screening Method: Now Uses 60/40 Grading System The Lagos State University (LASU) has announced a new way of calculating scores for admission. If you are planning to gain admission into LASU, this is very important news for you. The school has changed how it scores candidates during