Osun State Government is at loggerheads with the Christ Apostolic Church over a piece of land set aside for the building of an elementary school, FEMI MAKINDE writes. When members of the Christ Apostolic Church, Araromi, Osun State converged on their church premises on Wednesday morning for a prayer session, …
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, yesterday, said it would collaborate with the National Universities Commission, NUC, to checkmate incidence of fake corps members in the country. The partnership, Vanguard gathered, will also improve the quality of graduates coming out of the Corps Producing Institutions, CPIs, for mobilization for the …
Nigeria Polytechnics Are Overstretched – Rector: Ilorin – The Rector of Kwara State Polytechnic, Alhaji Mas’ud Elelu, on Wednesday said that facilities of Nigerian polytechnics were being overstretched due to increase in student population. He attributed the situation to pressure from the various quarters including government and the society to …
15 Students of UNILORIN Get PTDF Scholarship Awards: Fifteen students of the University of Ilorin have won the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF) scholarship awards. Six of the beneficiaries are from the Department of Computer Science, five from the department of Mechanical Engineering, three from the Department of Chemical Engineering …
Three female students of the University of Abuja suffered injury following a fire outbreak at the hostel of the school’s mini-campus in Gwagwalada, Daily Trust learnt yesterday. A witness said the incident occurred on Sunday night when most students had gone to bed. She said only one room was affected …
ASUP Strike: Seems No Hope for Strike to End Soon: Polytechnic lecturers have been on strike in the last four months. Is there any hope that the strike will be called off soon? Michael Oche on some of the issues The strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of …
Graduate Robber Regret: I Should’ve Fled Nigeria After Stealing N45m : The Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Lagos State Police Command has apprehended a 30-year-old man believed to have been the mastermind of two robberies at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja in 2012 and 2013. The suspect, Samuel Mayegun, …
THE Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has decided that candidates in the 2014 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, would compulsorily register only one university, one polytechnic, one college of education and one innovative enterprise institute. It is considered a solution to challenges with admissions to higher institutions. Candidates formerly …
Nigerians in Cote d’Ivoire Appeal to Jonathan for Scholarship Awards: Some Nigerians resident in Cote d’Ivoire on Friday in Abidjan appealed to President Goodluck Jonathan to extend scholarship awards to Nigerians living abroad. They spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) when they turned out en masse to welcome …
Nine-Year-Old Girl Sweeps GCE Creditably: As at today, January 11th, 2013, nine-year-old Anjolaoluwa Mautin Botoku cannot lay substantial claim to widespread fame. She has however served notice that her name is one that the world should watch out for in the future. At her very tender age, she has written …
Heinemann Publisher Donates Books Worth N5m to Oyo Schools: Wife of the Oyo State Governor, Mrs Florence Ajimobi, has received books worth N5m from Heinemann publisher to complement her ‘Educate a Rural Child’ project, the News Agency of Nigeria reported on Thursday. The Senior Special Assistant on Social Welfare in her office, …
Okojie Describes Nigerians Poor Reading Habits as Embarrassing: Prof. Julius Okojie, the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), has described the poor reading habits of Nigerians as embarrassing. Okojie made the remark on Wednesday in Abuja at the presentation of a book entitled: “The Jonathan/Sambo Presidency in Nigeria; …
Alhaji Kamaldeen Oladeji, an official of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Wednesday said that the examination body would create more Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres in Lagos. Oladeji, the Coordinator, JAMB National Headquarters Annex, Lagos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos that the centres would …
Reasons for the Cancellation of 2nd Choice in UTME – JAMB: Many candidates registering for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, were shocked when they were given the choice to pick only one university of their choice, contrary to the traditional first and second choice options of universities and/or …
FG Faults ASUP Negletion Allegation, We Can’t Abandon Polytechnic Education: The federal government on Wednesday faulted the allegation by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) that it has neglected polytechnic education in the country, saying vocational and technical education remain the corner stone of the ongoing transformation in the …
Final Year Student of Benue State University Dies in Hotel Room: A 21-year-old final year female student of the Benue State University, BSU, Joan Adaaku, has been reportedly found dead in a hotel room located in the heart of Makurdi, the Benue State capital. We gathered from sources who preferred …
A Part-Time Student of the Polytechnic, Ibadan Commits Suicide: A part-time student of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, Timilehin Ayobami Ogundare, has been found dead in his room in Ilupeju area, Baasala, Asero, Abeokuta, Ogun State. He was believed to have committed suicide by hanging himself. According to PM News, …
The National Board for Technical Education has accredited 12 new programmes for the Federal Polytechnic Mubi, Adamawa State. The Rector of the polytechnic, Sadiq Yahya, said four Higher National Diploma and eight National Diploma courses in the school received the board’s nod. He spoke in Kaduna on Monday while receiving …
42 Indigent Students Earn Carter Foundation Scholarship Award: Forty-two indigent but brilliant secondary school and university students have been awarded the 2013/2014 Carter Foundation Scholarship. The awards were announced on Thursday by the chairman of Louis Carter Industries Ltd, Chief Louis Onwugbenu. While the secondary school scholarship is valued at …
FG Appoints New Director-General for NYSC: The Federal Government, on Tuesday, announced the appointment of Brigadier-General Johnson Olawumi as the new Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja and signed by Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, the Secretary to the Government …
We Will Produce a Nobel Laureate Very Soon – UNIOSUN VC: The Vice-Chancellor of the Osun State University, Prof. Bashiru Okesina, had said the school is planning to produce a Nobel Laureate within its first 25 years. The vice-chancellor said this at the opening of Information and Communication Technology workshop …
‘Funding of Tertiary Education Should not be Left for Govts Alone’: The Proprietor of Eruku Polytechnics, Eruku, Kwara State, Mr. Joel Sule, says funding of tertiary education in the country should not be left for governments alone. He, therefore, called on the private sector and corporate organisations to support the …
Nyako Commends Adamawa Varsity for Excelling in Academic Activities: Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State has commended the state university in Mubi for excelling in academic activities. Nyako made the commendation on Monday in Yola while receiving a letter of award and trophies won by the university in an academic …
After ASUU Strike: NDU, OAU to Resume on January 6 2014: Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa State will resume academic activities on January 6, 2014, its Registrar, Mr. Tombra Morris-Odubo, has said. The registrar made this known in a statement in Yenagoa on Monday. Students, he said, would return to …
After ASUU, Colleges of Education Lecturers Begin Strike: Two weeks after the Academic Staff Union of Universities suspended its strike, lecturers in the colleges of education on Tuesday commenced their own strike. The lecturers, under the auspices of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, made this known in a letter …