Sunday, December 15, was no doubt an eventful evening when distinguished personalities, led by His Excellency, Governor Babajide Sanwo-olu; family, friends and well-wishers gathered at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos to launch yet another book, written by Munachi Mbonu. The book, Father’s Will: a book woven around a Super Corp who consistently solved earth shaking […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has said it will sanction members who enrolled in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS), despite its boycott order. Some ASUU members had begun registering on the payroll platform last week against the union’s directive to shun the scheme. Following the development, ASUU’s administrative body across Nigerian […]
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It was an all-female top three affair, as 14 year-old Jolaosho Oluwatoroti Otokini of Louisville Girls High School, Ogun State, emerged the overall winner of the 2019 edition of the UBA Foundation National Essay Competition, winning the grand prize of an educational grant of N2,000,000.00 to study in any African university of her choice. Oluwatoroti […]
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Adegboyega Adenekan, a former school supervisor at Chrisland Schools has been sentenced to 60 years imprisonment by an Ikeja domestic violence and sexual offences court. The presiding judge, Sybil Nwaka, handed down the sentence after convicting Adenekan of a lone-count charge of defiling a two-year-and-11-month-old pupil. Adenekan had pleaded not guilty to the charge the […]
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The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, Prof Idowu Olayinka has handed over six officials of its Distance Learning Center to the Department of the State Security over examination malpractice.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) gathered that the officials were arrested last Friday and had been cooling their heels in the custody of the […]
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Students from UWC East Africa – one of Africa’s most diverse boarding schools – were awarded the 2019 Young Aurora prize and a $4000 grant for their Smokeless Kitchens project, which aims to reduce the overwhelming effects of smoke experienced in the kitchens of indigenous communities of the Chagga and Maasai tribes in Moshi, Kilimanjaro. […]
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has made it mandatory that any candidate for the 2020 examination must have the National Identity Number (NIN). The examination body, also stated that candidates without the NIN would not write the exams. JAMB stated “All Candidates wishing to take the 2020 UTME must have the National Identification […]
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The Governing Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has approved 15 new courses for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to give opportunities to Nigerians wishing to study in the institution. Prof. Peter Okebukola, the Chairman, Governing Council, NOUN, said this in Abuja on Thursday while briefing newsmen. He noted that three of the […]
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Reacting to a 13-minute documentary on sexual assault released by the BBC Africa Eye on Monday, University of Ghana (UG), condemned the act, saying UG is against such. Stella Amoa, the school’s director of public affairs, says the institution will not shield any employee or student found to have engaged in sexual harassment or misconduct. Yaw Gyampo, […]
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The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says it has arrested ten persons who attempted to enroll with fake certificates during registration in some of its orientation camps. NYSC Spokesperson, Adenike Adeyemi, said in a statement that three of the culprits who were apprehended in Taraba State Orientation Camp claimed to have graduated from Istop University, […]
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