The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Mr. Emmanuel Chukwuka Ukala (SAN), has set up a scholarship fund for indigent students of the university, whose studentship would otherwise be truncated by financial difficulties. The scheme, which is worth 2 million naira annually, would run …
OAU Gets N1.2billion World Bank Grant to Build Knowledge Park:Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has won a N1.2billion World Bank grant for the building of a knowledge park targeted at boosting academic activities in Africa and beyond.According to the university’s public relations officer, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, the grant …
LAGOS — Students of the Lagos State University, LASU, for the second day running, went on the rampage, yesterday, destroying the school’s property, burning tyres on the expressway and disrupting the second semester examinations.The students were disenchanted with the management of the school for closing the registration portal against about …
Over 35 illegal schools have been shut down within Calabar and its environs, yet the growing number of such educational outlets has become a source of concern to the Cross River State Government, writes MUDIAGA AFFE It was the late Afrobeat king, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who sang in one of his …
The questions that you, the job seeker, ask in an interview can make or break your chances of getting hired. But many job seekers, new and old, make the rookie mistake of asking the questions below. Are you making that mistake?Don’t ask these questions during an interview: “Are You Going To …
Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Dr. Oluranti Adebule has charged teachers in the state to always put in their best in the discharge of their duties so as to distinguish themselves among their peers.This charge came following the emergence of two teachers, Mrs. Mosunmola Tolu-Alalade of Community Senior High …
WAEC Laments Lack of Teaching Staff in Schools:The Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has lamented the dearth of teaching staff in schools, just as it also called on state governments and proprietors of private schools to procure detectors to prevent candidates from smuggling in …
Rivers State Government Unifies Academic Calender for Rivers Schools:The Rivers State Government has stated that it will unify the academic calendar and the curriculum for both public and private schools in the State. Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi disclosed this in a meeting with the National Association of Private …
There was pandemonium at the Upper Court 4 in Anguwan Jaki, Bauchi State, yesterday, as an angry mob almost lynched seven suspected homosexuals brought to court for trial.One of the suspects was identified as the Principal of a Government Secondary School in the state.The development forced security personnel at the …
SERAP Sues Fashola Over Spending on Education:THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State for his alleged failure to release to it information and documents relating to government’s spending on certain projects in the education sector.The group joined the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for …
The federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) yesterday engaged in a hot exchange of words over who is to blame for the over eight-month-old strike by the polytechnic lecturers.ASUP members had embarked on strike on April 17, 2013, to press home their demands …
EFCC Nabs LASU Graduate That Uses Fashola , Okonjo-Iweala Names For Fraud:The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, says it has nabbed a 34-year-old man, Anthony Ezechukwu, for allegedly using names of some prominent Nigerian political figures and spouses of others to dupe unsuspecting members of the public.The anti-graft agency said …
FG, ASUP Leaders Disagree on Payment of Arrears:The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics on Tuesday disagreed over the circumstances surrounding the ongoing strike of the union.They also failed to reach a compromise on the modalities for the payment of the N20.4bn arrears of the new salary …
We’ve Met all The Requirements for NUC Accreditation – Bingham University:Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Board of the Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Prof. Dogara Je’Adayibe, has said that the medical institution has met all the requirements for its accreditation by the National Universities Commission.Je’Adayibe stated this …
‘Jamb is Exploiting Us’ – Cybercafé Operators:Cybercafé operators in the country have urged President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly to examine the books of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, with a view to checking its alleged excesses and exploitation.This came as The PUNCH investigations on Monday showed that …
UNILORIN Approves N4.5m for 3 Researchers:The authorities of the University of Ilorin have approved N4.5m for three of the institution’s academics.The school Vice-Chancellor, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, announced this on Monday while receiving three of the scholars in his office.The beneficiaries are professors Kunle Ayorinde; Victor Alabi, and Taiwo Ibiyemi.He said …
FG Plans to Employ 1000 Teachers in Unity Schools:The federal government plans to employ one thousand teachers to address the shortfall in Mathematics and science teachers in unity schools across the countrySupervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, stated this Monday at a meeting with principals of Federal Unity Colleges in …
ASUP Leaders Set to Meet Education Minister on Tuesday Over Strike:In a bid to end the months-long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, the leaders of the Union will be meeting with the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday.According to an e-mail statement …
This is to inform all the indigenes of Rivers, Delta and Bayelsa States that they are invited for 5th Annual Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) Niger Delta Postgraduate Scholarship Scheme. The objective of the scheme is to provide an opportunity for qualifying students from these Niger Delta States …
A middle aged man, Tunwase Kabiru, serving life sentence, Saturday, graduated with 4,308 students who bagged various degrees at the third convocation of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Lagos.Kabiru, who came in company of the prison officials, was awarded a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Human Resources Management.He …