Prior to the late 60s and early 70s, when most African countries were already savouring their independence from the colonial administrators, the prospects of University education within the African continent was very high but with the dynamics in politics, social and economic factors, the situation took a worse turn for …
The Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria has been thrown into a mourning mood following the death of its four lecturers in a car accident on the Abuja-Kaduna highway on Friday night.The lecturers, it was learnt, were returning to Zaria after a function in Abuja when they met their untimely death.Those who died include Professor …
A Yenagoa high court presided over by Justice Nayai Aganaba, Friday, sentenced a graduate of Geology from the University of Calabar, Okonkwo Michael, to seven years in jail for conspiracy and robbery of N200,000.Okonkwo Michael, according to the prosecution, had in 2011 conspired with one Innocent Ebere, trailed a driver …
The police on Monday in Abuja arraigned a 22-year-old student, Ibrahim Salisu, in a Wuse Zone 2 Senior Magistrates’ Court for beating up a policeman.Salisu, who lives at 4, Olumo Rock, Amasco Plantation Estate, Galadimawa in Abuja, is charged with joint criminal force and assaulting a public servant.The prosecutor, Cpl. Anigbo …
Undercover footage filmed by Panorama uncovered systematic fraud in the student visa systemThe Home Office has suspended English language tests run by a major firm after BBC Panorama uncovered systematic fraud in the student visa system.Secret filming of government-approved exams needed for a visa shows candidates having tests faked for …
The management of Federal Polytechnic, Ekowe, Bayelsa State, has acceded to the request of the state police command to stop the payment of salaries of seven of its employees wanted for their alleged involvement in last year’s killing of a 37-year-old staff of the institution, Mr. Frank Moses.Moses, a father …
Court Sentenced Student to 4-Month in Prison for Snatching Handbag:An Abuja Senior Magistrates’ Court in Wuse Zone 6 on Friday sentenced a student, Kamal Garba, 20, to four months in prison for snatching a lady’s handbag.Senior Magistrate Fatima Malo, sentenced the convict without an option to pay a fine after …
THREE Ijaw students’ groups in Niger Delta, yesterday, said that they will not be happy if President Goodluck Jonathan fails to seek a fresh mandate in 2015.In a statement by the leaders of Izon-Ebe Students, National Association of Izon-Ebe Law Students, NAILS, and National Associaiton of Izon-Ebe English Students, NAIES, …
Frederick Douglass, the African-American social reformer, writer and statesman said that “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free,” while Kofi Atta Annan, seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations, opined that “Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope.”These hard truths perhaps propelled the American University of Nigeria …
The National Coordinator, International Index Network (IIN), Prof.Yohana Izam, has said that with a true sense of participatory leadership, ethnic harmony and religious tolerance, Nigeria can surmount the challenges of nation building.Izam made the observation on Tuesday in Abuja at a media briefing and public presentation of IIN, an NGO, with focus on promoting research, advocacy …