Education

  The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has been commended for its policies of gender equality which have manifested in both the number of women employed by the Agency as well as those sponsored for capacity development in country and abroad.   This was made known by the …

October 2022 Introduction If any person was born in 1955 in Obowo, the conventional way of writing his place of birth in academic reports would be something like this: “Obowo, Eastern Nigeria”.  If the author thinks that some of the readers would not instantly know the meaning of Eastern Nigeria, …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto Nov. 6, 2022 The Medical and Dental Academics of Usmanu Danfodiyo University (UDU) Sokoto and the University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH) have inaugurated a 10-member committee to serve as Branch Officers’ Committee (BOC) in their new trade union. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the new …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to “direct the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, and the acting Accountant General of the Federation, Sylva Okolieaboh to immediately reverse the apparently illegal deductions from the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities …

The Kano State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has confirmed that 14 rooms and other valuables were razed by an evening fire at Almajiri Tsangaya Primary Model Boarding School in Kanwa Madobi Local Government of the state. The Executive Secretary of SEMA, Dr Saleh Jili, confirmed the incident while leading a …

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) has said that the rumours of the death of a former acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Anthony Elujoba is false and must be discountenanced and discontinued. “The attention of the authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has been drawn to …

The Vice- Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Professor Timothy Abiodun Adebayo, has expressed sadness over the demise of Most Reverend Humphrey Bamishebi Olumakaiye, the Archbishop of Lagos Province and Bishop of Lagos Diocese, Church of Nigeria (Anglican Communion). A press statement issued by the Diocese of Lagos, stated that the …

  Prince Adekanmi Nureni Hammed Foundation (PANH), has awarded scholarships to 20 students of different Secondary Schools and promised to pay for their Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Dr Adeoye Olasoji, the Director of the Foundation, made this known at the 2023 May/June WAEC Sponsorship and Scholarship Award programme, held …

After eight months’ strike, one of the longest in the country’s history, university teachers finally returned, at gunpoint, to the classrooms on Monday.  It was the 16th time university teachers would be striking in 23 years. Frustrated parents and distraught students just couldn’t wait to hear that the strike had …

By Muhammad Nasir Sokoto Oct. 16, 2022 Qatar Charity Foundation has sponsored the education of 60 orphans in Sokoto State, the Chairman of the state Zakkat and Endowment Commission, Malam Muhammad Maidoki, has said. Maidoki said on Sunday in Sokoto that the 60 children will begin their primary school education on …

By Joan Nwagwu Abuja, Oct. 14, 2022 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members to resume all services hitherto withdrawn with effect from 12:01 on Friday. The ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this in a statement issued at the end of the union’s National Executive …

By Funmilayo Adeyemi/Gami Tadanyigbe Abuja, Oct. 14, 2022 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old strike conditionally. A former President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. “The union will issue …

– 100 people to get free glasses, comprehensive tests, medication courtesy of Nathels Eye Clinic, partners. Merilebon Academy, Uyo was venue for the berthing of a ‘School Eyecare program’ on Tuesday October 11, 2022. The School Eyecare Program is part of 3-days of activities to mark the 2022 World Sight …

Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has explained that the unrelenting struggle for a new Nigeria was, among other reasons, to build a better nation where the girl child would be free and safe to live and thrive. Obi made this known in his Message to mark the …

By Femi Ogunshola Abuja, Oct 10, 2022 The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said that the union will soon call off its eight-month-old strike.  Osodeke said this at a meeting with the leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday in Abuja. …

Monday, 10 October, 2022 While standing before a judge, any judge, you are a ‘petty man’ even if you are a professor of law. I am not being rude. You shouldn’t have any problem getting my drift if you go back and read William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar (Act I, Scene …

By Chinyere Nwachukwu  Lagos, Oct. 7, 2022 The Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Olawatoyin Ogundipe, has charged students to develop themselves more in the area of innovation, to compete locally and be relevant globally. Ogundipe gave the charge at the inauguration of a N70million Digital Engineering Laboratory located at …

President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday in Abuja said corruption in the education sector continues to undermine investments, while critics downplay funding by focusing only on budgetary allocations, urging a more comprehensive re-evaluation of expenditure. The President, who declared open the Fourth National Summit on Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector at …

By George Odok Calabar, Sept. 28, 2022 The University of Calabar, on Wednesday said that the alleged kidnapper, John Ewa, popularly called “John Lyon” was not a graduate of the institution. A statement issued in Calabar by the Registrar of the institution, Mr. Gabriel Egbe, said that the university’s management …

The Ijaw Diaspora Council (IDC) has pledged to partner with the Bayelsa State Education Development Trust Fund (BEDTF) in the execution of some projects in the state’s public schools. Prof Mondy Gold, President of IDC stated this when he led other principal officers of the council to engage the BEDTF …

By Funmilayo Adeyemi Abuja, Sept. 27, 2022 The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission (NUC) has recalled an earlier directive to Vice Chancellors of public universities to reopen the institutions in obedience to an order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN). Recall that NUC, in a letter …

The Lateefah Moyosore Durosinmi (LMD) Foundation has awarded scholarships to 40 pupils and students of Primary and Secondary school, while grants were given to 33 Women in Southwest State of Nigeria. The Chairperson, Board of Trustees (BOT), LMD Foundation, Prof Fatimah AbdulKareem, made the disclosure in her welcome address at …

By Ijendu Iheaka Prof. Francis Egbokhare, the Chairman, Governing Board, National Institute for Nigerian Languages (NINLAN), Aba, Abia, says that Nigeria can benefit from its many languages through integrating them with business, safety and security. He listed the advantages of speaking many languages to include improvement in networking skills, boosting …

By Gami Tadanyigbe Abuja, Sept. 22, 2022 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is waiting for its lawyers for professional advice, following the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) order restraining it from continuing with its strike. The President of the Union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, disclosed this …

By Glory Abuh-Adejoh/Joan Nwagwu Abuja, Sept. 21, 2022 The National Industrial Court on Wednesday restrained the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) from continuing the strike it embarked on Feb .14. Delivering judgment, Justice Polycarp Hamman, held that the court determined the application based on issue two as formulated by …