{"id":798,"date":"2026-06-30T07:38:30","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:38:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/nlng-undergraduate-scholarship\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T07:39:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T07:39:14","slug":"nlng-undergraduate-scholarship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schoolnews.com.ng\/scholarship\/nlng-undergraduate-scholarship\/","title":{"rendered":"NLNG Undergraduate Scholarship (UGSS): How to Apply"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-798","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nigeria"],"acf":{"host_country":"Nigeria","host_school":"Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG)","closing_date":null,"study_type":["Nigerian Student"],"level_of_study":["Undergraduate"],"study_area":["Any\/All fields of study"],"scholarship_value":"&#8358;300,000\/year, renewable on performance","description":"<p><strong>Quick answer:<\/strong> The <strong>NLNG Undergraduate Scholarship Scheme (UGSS)<\/strong>, funded by Nigeria LNG, gives <strong>first-year<\/strong> Nigerian undergraduates <strong>&#8358;300,000 a year<\/strong> (renewable). 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