{"id":23385,"date":"2024-08-16T13:55:43","date_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:55:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?p=23385"},"modified":"2024-08-16T13:55:47","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T13:55:47","slug":"2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Wigwe University in Rivers State is inviting qualified prospective Nigerian undergraduates for her 2024 merit scholarship opportunity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Wigwe University Merit Scholarship will not only alleviate the financial burden of higher education but also provide an opportunity to achieve academic goals in Africa\u2019s leading institution of higher learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Eligibility Criteria:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Candidates must have chosen Wigwe University Isiokpo as their first choice and must score a minimum of 170 in the UTME.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Candidates must ensure that\u00a0<strong>their qualifying results are uploaded to JAMB<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Candidates whose O\u2019Level results are being awaited are advised to upload same to JAMB as soon as the results are released.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Candidates who fail to upload their Results to JAMB will not be considered.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Candidates who did not choose Wigwe University as first choice university but scored the required cut-off mark may also apply on the condition that they visit the JAMB Website and effect a change of their institution of first choice to Wigwe University\u00a0<strong>before the close of the Change of Institution application process on the JAMB Portal.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Benefits:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>All selected candidates will be offered a full scholarship opportunity to study at the Wigwe University.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Wigwe University Scholarship is aimed at supporting prospective students who have displayed exceptional academic achievements, leadership and entrepreneurship capabilities and a zest for continuous learning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to Apply?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wigweuniversity.edu.ng\/scholarships\/\">CLICK HERE TO APPLY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deadline:<\/strong> August 26, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Wigwe University in Rivers State is inviting qualified prospective Nigerian undergraduates for her 2024 merit scholarship opportunity. The Wigwe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23387,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[60,9,57,64,8],"class_list":["post-23385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-scholarship","tag-finance","tag-scholarship","tag-school-fees","tag-student","tag-university"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians - PressPayNg Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians - PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Wigwe University in Rivers State is inviting qualified prospective Nigerian undergraduates for her 2024 merit scholarship opportunity. The Wigwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"PressPayNg Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-16T13:55:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-16T13:55:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wigwe-University12.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"998\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"press_admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\"},\"headline\":\"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-16T13:55:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-16T13:55:47+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":231,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Wigwe-University12.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Finance\",\"scholarship\",\"School Fees\",\"Student\",\"university\"],\"articleSection\":[\"SCHOLARSHIP\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/\",\"name\":\"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians - PressPayNg Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Wigwe-University12.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-16T13:55:43+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-16T13:55:47+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Wigwe-University12.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/Wigwe-University12.png\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":998},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"description\":\"News and Updates From PressPayNg\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"PressPayNg Blog\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/01\\\/cropped-logo-dark.png\",\"width\":468,\"height\":117,\"caption\":\"PressPayNg Blog\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e\",\"name\":\"press_admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/07\\\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg\",\"caption\":\"press_admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/blog-api\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/presspay.ng\\\/news\\\/author\\\/press_admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians - PressPayNg Blog","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians - PressPayNg Blog","og_description":"The Wigwe University in Rivers State is inviting qualified prospective Nigerian undergraduates for her 2024 merit scholarship opportunity. The Wigwe","og_url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/","og_site_name":"PressPayNg Blog","article_published_time":"2024-08-16T13:55:43+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-16T13:55:47+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":998,"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wigwe-University12.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"press_admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"press_admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/"},"author":{"name":"press_admin","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e"},"headline":"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians","datePublished":"2024-08-16T13:55:43+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-16T13:55:47+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/"},"wordCount":231,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wigwe-University12.png","keywords":["Finance","scholarship","School Fees","Student","university"],"articleSection":["SCHOLARSHIP"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/","name":"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians - PressPayNg Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wigwe-University12.png","datePublished":"2024-08-16T13:55:43+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-16T13:55:47+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wigwe-University12.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Wigwe-University12.png","width":1500,"height":998},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/2024-wigwe-university-merit-scholarship-for-nigerians\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"2024 Wigwe University Merit Scholarship For Nigerians"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","name":"PressPayNg Blog","description":"News and Updates From PressPayNg","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#organization","name":"PressPayNg Blog","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cropped-logo-dark.png","width":468,"height":117,"caption":"PressPayNg Blog"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d190f9f0919168cffa93a7e976d3057e","name":"press_admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/PressPayNg-pic-150x150.jpeg","caption":"press_admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/presspay.ng\/blog-api"],"url":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/author\/press_admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23385"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23385\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23388,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23385\/revisions\/23388"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23387"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/presspay.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}