Study abroad company KC Overseas has announced an expansion to Nigeria with representatives in two of the country's biggest cities.

The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program has awarded a total of 583 fellowships to African diaspora scholars since its inception in 2013.

The PIE exclusively interviewed Sir Steve Smith, UK government International Education Champion; His Excellency Sarafa Tunji Isola, UK high commissioner for Nigeria; and Rupert Daniels, director of Creative, Lifestyle and Learning at the Department for International Trade.

Following the UK-India Enhanced Trade Partnership, it is now clear that Nigeria will be next in line for a deeper bilateral UK partnership led by the DIT.

Nigerians are anxiously waiting to fulfil studying abroad ambitions amid increased wait times from the Central Bank of Nigeria for discounted exchange rates.

Nigeria is growing faster than any other country year-on-year in terms of offers being made, according to new data from Uniquest.

A petition to abolish requirements for IELTS has reached nearly 75,000 signatures in Nigeria and prompted an official response from the UK Home Office. Timothy van Gardingen asks if Nigerian students could be exempt in the future.

The UK government is seeking to drive UK transnational education in Nigeria as a delegation visited the country in West Africa this week.