Verified student financing and campus survival resources: NELFUND loans, federal and state scholarships, bursaries, student budgeting, and off-campus accommodation.
PTDF publishes an approved-universities list for each scheme, each cycle — and that list changes. This guide explains how the list works, what it contains, and where to find it — but it does NOT reproduce a list, deliberately, because any list reproduced here would be out of date the moment PTDF publishes the next … Read more
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) scholarship is Nigeria’s most directly oil-and-gas-focused government scholarship — for study in Nigeria and abroad, in oil, gas, and related fields. This guide is the current-cycle hub: it explains PTDF’s schemes, requirements, and application process, and tells you how to verify the 2026/2027 details — because amounts, deadlines, eligible … Read more
The PTDF Overseas Scholarship funds study abroad — at approved partner universities, in oil, gas, and related fields. It is distinct from the In-Country Scholarship (study in Nigeria, different universities, different process), and this guide covers only the overseas scheme. Amounts, deadlines, eligible courses, and approved universities change every cycle, and no amount, deadline, course … Read more
The PTDF In-Country Scholarship funds study in Nigeria — at approved Nigerian universities, in oil, gas, and related fields. It is distinct from the Overseas Scholarship (study abroad, different universities, different process), and this guide covers only the in-country scheme. Amounts, deadlines, eligible courses, and approved universities change every cycle, and no amount, deadline, course … Read more
PhD scholarships for Nigerians are awarded differently from undergraduate and master’s awards: the research proposal and the supervisor matter as much as grades. This guide names the established PhD programmes, explains how they select, and tells you how to verify each one for the current cycle — because amounts, deadlines, and eligibility change every year, … Read more
The Oyo State scholarship is run by the Oyo State Scholarship Board — for indigenes of Oyo State, for study in Nigeria and (where the board offers it) abroad. Oyo’s scheme serves indigenes studying across Nigeria’s institutions. This guide explains how the Oyo State scheme works in general, and tells you how to verify the … Read more
The Ogun State scholarship is run by the Ogun State Scholarship Board — for indigenes of Ogun State, for study in Nigeria and (where the board offers it) abroad. Ogun’s scheme serves indigenes studying across Nigeria’s institutions, including the state’s own large university population. This guide explains how the Ogun State scheme works in general, … Read more
Neither is universally better — it depends on what you need. A scholarship is better if you can get one, because you do not repay it. NELFUND is better for students who need reliable, structured funding for institutional charges and upkeep and cannot secure a scholarship, because it is available to every eligible public-institution student … Read more
The NELFUND upkeep loan is a monthly living allowance, paid directly to your bank account, that you request by ticking Upkeep on your application — separate from institutional charges, which go to your institution. It is optional, it is a loan (not free money), and it only runs during your active academic session. Upkeep is … Read more
NELFUND’s terms and conditions are the agreement you accept on the portal when you apply: a zero-interest loan, repaid from two years after NYSC at 10% of your income, secured by a Global Standing Instruction (GSI) mandate over your bank accounts, with obligations to keep your details accurate, to notify NELFUND of employment changes, and … Read more