On Monday, July 8th, 2019, The Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) welcomed its largest cohort for the 4th Annual NHEF Scholars Program. A total number of fifty (50) students from the six Partner Universities of the Foundation – Ahmadu Bello University, Bayero University, University of Ibadan, University of Lagos, University of Nigeria, Nsukka and University

From July 5th to 12th, 2025, the Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) hosted its annual Programs Orientation Week in Lagos, bringing together 158 beneficiaries including 100 scholars, 30 faculty fellows, 24 graduate doctors, and 4 university leaders from six of Nigeria’s leading universities. This year’s orientation week was designed to reflect NHEF’s deepened commitment to not only nurturing individual excellence but also fostering systemic transformation across higher education, industries, and academic leadership...

The Nigeria Higher Education Foundation (NHEF) code-back challenge is a crowd sourcing initiative for and by NHEF Scholars to create their ideal NHEF App. The NHEF seeks to create a continuous development community to stay engaged with its Scholars across all cohorts. We believe that no one knows our impact better than our Scholars themselves. Hence,