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- 26 Jul 2023
Lagos Ministry of Education Commends Unplugged Training Initiative by MTN Foundation
Ronke Matuluko, deputy director, Ministry of Education Lagos, says that the Unplugged training program by the MTN Foundation, will go a long way in impacting students in high drug zones in Lagos.…
- 21 May 2021
Lagos to Establish Education Radio
Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo, Lagos State Education commissioner, has announced plans by the Ministry of Education to establish an Education Radio Station solely dedicated to educational content. She…
- 3 Apr 2022
MTN Foundation Scholarship is a Step in the Right Direction for Improving the Educational Sector - Honorable Folasade
Folasade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education, Ministry of Education, Lagos State, has commended MTN Foundation’s scholarship programme for outstanding Nigerian students. L-R: Director, Science and…
- 7 Mar 2016
SAP’s Push for Technology in Education Continues FLL in Lagos
Annually, 29,000 children in over 80 countries around the world participate in a phenomenon known as the FIRST® LEGO® League. This year is no different as Nigerian kids get their thinking caps on to…
- 1 Jul 2022
Lagos State Commends MTN Nigeria’s Support for Education
The Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu has commended MTN Nigeria’s support for e-learning in primary and secondary schools across the state. Mr. Sanwo-Olu gave the commendation at the…
- 9 Feb 2017
Lagos to Train One Million Residents on Computer Coding
Ahead of the much anticipated roll out of CodeLagos, the Lagos State Ministry of Education on Tuesday said the programme would seek to teach at least one million Lagos residents to code by 2019 and…
- 30 Nov 2017
Lagos Unveils Coding Centres in Two Schools
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday launched two Coding Centres set up by 9mobile for CodeLagos, an initiative of Lagos State Ministry of Education with a charge on the private sector to key into…
- 11 Apr 2022
MTN Foundation Awards 360 New Scholarships to Nigerian Students
Three hundred sixty students received scholarships from the MTN Foundation during award ceremonies recently held in Abuja, Lagos and Owerri. Director, Science and Technology, Lagos State Ministry of…
- 2 Dec 2017
9mobile Launches Code Lagos Centre at Rabiatu Thompson Primary School
9mobile, Nigeria’s most innovative and customer-friendly telecommunications company, has launched a coding centre at one of its adopted schools, Rabiatu Thompson Primary School, Surulere, Lagos, as…
- 7 Feb 2023
Lagos State Applauds X3M Ideas For Its Decade-long Support of State Schools
Lagos State Government on Thursday, January 26, 2023 commended Nigeria's first international creative advertising agency, X3M Ideas for consistently delivering impactful social intervention projects…
- 20 Mar 2018
FG Approves Cisco Networking Academy in Federal Unity Colleges
The Federal Government of Nigeria through the Federal Ministry of Education has approved the Cisco Networking Academy Program as well as the establishment of 6 Internet of things (IoT) innovation…
- 16 Nov 2020
HP Launches Innovation, Digital Academy to Equip Educators in Nigeria with Digital Tools
HP Inc. has launched the HP Innovation and Digital Education Academy (IDEA) in collaboration with Intel, a leading producer of semiconductors and Mirai Partners, an education innovation consultancy.…
- 18 Oct 2021
US Consulate Trains 50 Lagos Teachers in STEM Methods
Fifty teachers from the Lagos State Education District One have completed a five-day STEM training workshop tagged “Global Air Drone Challenge for Teachers.” The teacher capacity building workshop…
- 13 Jan 2017
Coderina, FLL Begin 2016/17 Robotics Program for Students in Lagos, Abuja
SAP, the world leading business application software provider continues with investment in Education across Nigeria with a showcase event to launch the 2016/2017 season of the FIRST LEGO League; a…
- 11 May 2017
OLX Moves to Strengthen Ties with Government
Leading online classifieds, OLX Nigeria recently visited several government agencies and Lagos State ministries to form a mutually beneficial relationship between OLX and the government. The…
- 26 Sept 2019
SAP Africa Takes Code Week to Northern Nigeria
SAP Africa Code Week (ACW) has collaborated with Niger and Taraba state government in Northern Nigeria to bring digital skills training to teachers in the region for the first time. According to a…
- 23 Feb 2009
MTN launches ‘Textimania’ Game Show
MTN has launched ‘Textimania’, an educational television contest for pupils designed to improve their intellectual capacity. The show, which will run on national television for three…
- 5 May 2017
Etisalat, Zuriel Oduwole Empower Students with Career Counselling
Etisalat and global education advocate/film maker, Zuriel Oduwole, have inspired hundreds of secondary school students across Lagos State with career counselling sessions sponsored by the telecom…
- 25 Aug 2016
OBJ, Duke, Others Laud Ethan & Harriet Products, Initiative Launch
Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, former president of Nigeria, has applauded Ethan & Harriet Company for developing technologically inclined learning products for exposing Nigerians across social status…
- 26 Jun 2015
MTN Empowers Teachers, Students via 21 Days of Y’ello Care
MTN, leading telecommunications company in Nigeria, has ended its annual staff volunteerism programme, 21 Days of Y’ello Care, which focused on education. The annual programme initiated by the MTN…
- 19 Apr 2020
COVID-19: FG Plan Radio, TV School Classes and Exams
Authorities of the Federal Ministry of Education have met with the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN) to fashion out modalities for the take-off of the nationwide school radio and television…
- 22 Jun 2018
CodeLagos : 337 Schools to Participate in Coding Competition
Over 337 schools across the six Educational Districts in Lagos are all but set to slug it out in a four-day Code Week Competition, Special Adviser to the Governor, Mr. Obafela Bank-Olemoh said on…
- 12 Nov 2014
MultiChoice Opens More Resource Centres in Lagos
MultiChoice, Nigeria’s leading pay-TV operator, has returned to Lagos State for the third time since inception of its resource centre project in 2004, to inaugurate 10 additional centres. This brings…
- 4 Jun 2026
ESET Enhances Cybersecurity Awareness Among Lagos State MDAs Through Capacity-Building Programme
ESET Nigeria has successfully concluded a cybersecurity awareness training programme for staff of the Lagos State Government Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs), reinforcing the state’s…
- 5 May 2025
How MTN Employees Are Driving Social Change Through the Power of Corporate Volunteerism
In a world often dominated by corporate profit margins and bottom-line thinking, it’s easy to overlook the quieter revolutions happening behind the scenes. In Nigeria, one such movement is being…
- 24 Jan 2019
Nigerian Champions Emerge at SAP, Coderina & FMoE Sponsored FLL
Nigerian champions emerged at the two-day annual FIRST LEGO League (FLL) Nigeria National Championship hosted by Baze University, Abuja, January 18-19, 2019. Spectators at the event cheered on…
- 16 Jan 2022
Sterling Bank, FG Partner on Free Wi-Fi @ Airport
Sterling Bank Plc says it has collaborated with the Lagos State Port Health Authority and the Federal Ministry of Aviation to install free Wi-Fi connection and additional air conditioning units for…
- 31 May 2022
MTN Foundation Calls for Collaborative Fight Against Substance Abuse, Unveils ASAP 2022 ActivitiesMTN Foundation Calls for Collaborative Fight Against Substance Abuse, Unveils ASAP 2022 Activities
It’s no news that substance abuse is a major public health, social and individual problem and is seen as an aggravating factor for economic crises. A 2019 report by the United Nations Office on Drugs…
- 11 Apr 2025
MTN Staff Commission New Set of Classrooms at Iwerekun Community High School
In a remarkable demonstration of corporate volunteerism, MTN staff, through the Y’ello Care initiative, have renovated a school block at Iwerekun Community Senior High School, Lakowe. This effort has…
- 22 Jun 2019
Stakeholders at the 2019 African EduTech Conference Seek for Reforms in Nigeria’s Education System
Stakeholders at the maiden edition of African EduTech Conference have called for urgent rejigging of the nation’s education system, so as to address the current trend, in which the country allegedly…