The King’s College Old Boys’ Association Centenary Committee recently signed agreements with Glendora International Limited and FedEx Red Star Express, to distribute copies of the history of King’s College, titled ‘Floreat Collegium 100 Years of King’s College, Lagos’. This contract took place recently in Lagos. The Contract permits Glendora to handle the sales and distribution […]
Continue ReadingThe West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Saturday identified examination malpractice as a major challenge militating against its operations in its 64 years of existence. The council’s Head of Test Administration, Mrs Frances Iweha-Onukwu, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According to her, the scourge is a […]
Continue ReadingThe ever vivacious OAU chapter of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities has accused the management of the Obafemi Awolowo University of refusing to subject the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor for the institution to due process. The union maintained that the management was planning to impose a candidate on the institution instead of following due process, […]
Continue ReadingThe Yola zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed concern about the continuous release of incomplete salary to public universities. The Yola zone, which is comprised of Adamawa State Univerisity, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Taraba State University, University of Maiduguri and Yobe State University, raised the concern in a statement […]
Continue ReadingAt the joint 32nd, 33rd and 34th convocation ceremony, which happens to also be the 40th anniversary of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Ahmed Bola Tinubu, received an honorary doctorate degree in Business Administration. At the same even which was held on Saturday in Sokoto state, the Oba […]
Continue ReadingThe Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, has been closed indefinitely, following a protest over the killing of a female student by a commercial motorcycle operator. The public relations officer of the school, Luke Yakubu, told journalists in Lokoja on Tuesday that the closure was to prevent loss of lives and property, directing all students, including those […]
Continue ReadingAfriGrowth foundation is 10 this year and as part of its 10th year Anniversary Celebration, the Foundation has decided to refurbish 10 libraries in underserved communities in the North Central region of Nigeria. An African child who can read is a future leader who thinks, and to increase literacy of children in these schools, the […]
Continue ReadingThe National Youth Service Corps has stated that it will re-open orientation camps in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states before the end of 2016. This is as revealed by the Director-General (DG), Brigadier General Johnson Olawumi. Brigadier General Olawumi, old journalists on Thursday in Katsina that the decision followed the successes recorded in the fight […]
Continue ReadingThe level of challenges in the global and Nigerian economy, are unprecedented. There is therefore, a compelling need for Nigeria to be more globally competitive, to this end, quality education remains the key success factor in Nigeria’s quest for greatness. Speaking at a strategic education round table in Lagos, Prince Bimbo Olashore, the Chairman Board […]
Continue ReadingThe Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday, reacted to the recent removal of 12 vice-chancellors of federal universities by the federal government, describing it as a violation of the law. The ASUU president, Nasir Isa, stated this while briefing journalists on the “state of the nation”. On February 12, the federal government announced […]
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