Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said the qualifying examination for the award of federal scholarships will hold on Thursday, January 17.

The scholarships include those into Nigerian public tertiary institutions, the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholarship obtainable overseas, and the Sustainable Development Goals' Scholarship for females.

Mr Adamu said the examination will take place in the six geo-political zones simultaneously from 7.00a.m to 2.00p.m same day.

The minister said this in a statement by the spokesperson of the education ministry, Ben Bem Goong, Wednesday evening.

Mr Goong advised the candidates to go with the print-out of their applications to the examination centres to enable th...