Saturday, July 25, 2026

Education

July 17, 2026

20 children killed in school bus crash in Uganda

A school bus carrying pupils veered off the road in eastern Uganda on Thursday, killing 20 schoolchildren and a teacher in Kapchorwa district.

school bus crash in Uganda
July 17, 2026

UNICEF praises Nigerian government for rescuing kidnapped Oriire schoolchildren

UNICEF has commended the Nigerian government for rescuing 39 abducted schoolchildren and five teachers in Oyo state.

Released Oyo hostages
July 16, 2026

10 candidates emerge overall best as FG releases 2026 common entrance results

The 10 candidates scored 202 out of the maximum obtainable 210 marks.

July 16, 2026

Trump issues new rule limiting international student visas to four years

Under the rule, students on F visas and exchange visitors on J visas will only be able to stay in the US during the length of their programme up to four years.

July 16, 2026

FG unveils Nigeria Genomic City to drive research, innovation

The federal government has unveiled the Nigeria Genomic City initiative as part of efforts to transform the country into a knowledge and innovation-driven economy.

Tunji Alausa
July 16, 2026

Lack of practice, mentorship hampering engineering sector’s progress: NBTE

NBTE boss noted that the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Highway and Sokoto-Badagry Super Highway were designed offshore.

Idris Bugaje
July 16, 2026

Abia, Enugu collaborate to train 150,000 tech talent

Abia and Enugu have called for stronger regional collaboration to train 150,000 tech talents and incubate 3,000 startups across Nigeria.

Governor Alex Otti and Governor Peter Mbah
July 16, 2026

U.S. reaches $4 million civil settlement, compliance agreement with WVUHS

The West Virginia United Health System, doing business as West Virginia University Health System, has agreed to pay $4,177,139 and entered a memorandum of agreement to resolve civil allegations of Controlled

July 16, 2026

ICPC, EFCC ask scholars, students to lead Nigeria’s anti-corruption crusade

The ICPC chair has urged social science scholars and students to anchor anti-corruption crusades at all levels.

11th National Conference of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Usman Danfodiyo University, Sokoto
July 16, 2026

Pankshin varsity launches initiative to plant 300 trees

To sustain its ecosystem, the Federal University of Education, Pankshin, Plateau, has launched a tree-planting initiative to plant 300 trees around the school.

Tree planting (Credit: Dataphyte)