Borno State Scholarship Board (BSSB)Borno State Scholarship Board (BSSB)

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Borno State Postgraduate Internal Scholarship (Arts, Humanities, Social and Management Sciences)

Borno State Scholarship Board (BSSB), Nigeria

Scholarship overview

In July 2025, the Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Malam Bala Isa, announced two scholarship programmes approved by Governor Babagana Umara Zulum: Postgraduate Scholarships and Pilot Training Scholarships. This entry covers the Postgraduate Scholarships.

The Postgraduate Scholarships cover disciplines including Education, Arts, Social Sciences, Humanities and Management Sciences, with a focus on advanced research tailored to Borno State's challenges and opportunities. The Board said the application process would be transparent and inclusive and pointed applicants to bssb.bo.gov.ng for eligibility, guidelines and deadlines.

The portal also carries a headline for the Application Guidelines for the Postgraduate 2024 Internal Scholarship, which applies to Arts, Arts Education, Humanities, Languages, and Social and Management Sciences.

Award Information

  • Field: Arts, Arts Education, Humanities, Languages, Social and Management Sciences (2024 internal postgraduate guidelines headline); the July 2025 announcement also lists Education.
  • Intended for the youth of Borno State. The portal sign-up asks for NIN, BVN and the Local Government Area of origin in Borno State.

No application window is open. An Official Notice published on 27 July 2026 says there is no active scholarship application at the moment. The 2025 announcement did not give dates.

  1. Visit the BSSB portal at bssb.bo.gov.ng.
  2. Create an account through the sign-up page, providing name, email, phone, NIN, BVN, Local Government Area of origin, gender and date of birth.
  3. Follow the prompts and guidelines shown on the portal when a call is open. The guideline text visible on the pages read is cut off after the account-creation step, so later steps are not known.

Official links

How selection works

The Board only said the process would be transparent and inclusive.

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