A Nigerian scholar, Wale Adebanwi, has been appointed to the prestigious Rhodes Professorship in Race Relations in the School of Interdisciplinary Area Studies at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Adebanwi, who is currently a professor at the University of California, Davis, United States, will also be a Fellow of St Anthony’s College, Oxford, effective […]
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), has revealed that vsually impaired candidates often collude during examinations and that accounts for why their performance has “not really been wonderful”. Frances Iweha-Onukwu, head of test administration of WAEC Nigeria, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday. Physically challenged people […]
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The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) is hosting the 12th Nigerian Universities Staff Sports Association (NUSSA) Games slated for the 8th – 16th December, 2016, in Kaduna. The Games, which is aimed at fostering strong social collaboration among participating institutions, will take place simultaneously at the NOUN Campus, Ahmadu Bello Stadium, National Teachers’ Institute […]
Continue ReadingThe Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday confirmed that it had ended its one week nationwide warning strike over the non-implementation of a 2009 agreement with the Federal Government. The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, who said this in Abuja, urged lecturers to return to work. “We are making progress, especially with the […]
Continue ReadingThe National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday announced the approval/commencement of academic programmes at the Borno State University in Maiduguri, the state capital. The approval was stated in a letter presented to the Governor of the state, Kasim Shettima by the Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Rasheed Abubakar, at the headquarters of NUC in Abuja […]
Continue ReadingOne of the key achievements of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Wednesday in Abuja, was the approval of eight new private Universities in the country. Addressing State House correspondents on the outcome of the FEC meeting, the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwuka, said the approval followed a memo submitted by the […]
Continue ReadingAuthorities of the University of Lagos have expelled 125 students and rusticated 198 others for various offences, including examination malpractices during last academic session.The lists of the affected students were published on the university’s website on Sunday. The institution’s Deputy Registrar (Information), Mr Toyin Adebule, confirmed the expulsion and estimation to the News Agency of […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate on Thursday approved the extension of the validity of the results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) being conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to three years.The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the extension was contained in the new amendments made to the Act establishing the board. […]
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Embassy in Abuja, on Friday announced the opening of applications from qualified young Nigerians for the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship programme.The mission said the Mandela Washington Fellowship is the flagship programme of President Obama’s Young African Leaders Initiative, and a key part of the U.S. commitment to invest in the future of Africa. […]
Continue ReadingDr. Oluranti Adebule, Deputy Governor of Lagos State, has announced plans to shutdown 10,444 private schools operating illegally in the state.The deputy governor made the disclosure at the 3rd quarterly stakeholders’ forum of private schools owners held at the state Secretariat, Alausa in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday. As revealed, only 4,556 were duly registered and […]
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