Education

Rosemont College, a private, coeducational, Catholic liberal arts college in southeastern Pennsylvania in the town of Rosemont, 11 miles west of Philadelphia within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, had its 96th Commencement (Graduation) Ceremony, on Saturday, May 11, 2019. In the beautiful ceremony within the serene and picturesque premises of the …

By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, May 13, 2019 The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it remitted  N5 billion to the Federal Government purse after the conduct of its 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contained in the board’s weekly bulletin, signed by it’s Head of Media and …

By Babatunde Ogunrinde Lagos May 13, 2019 The Nestle Milo Secondary Schools Basketball Championships, designed to empower youths, no doubt left fond memories in the hearts of the fans in Bauchi, where its 2019 edition dunked off with the Sahara Conference finals. The competition, now in its 21st edition, held …

By Veronica Dariya Bwari (Abuja), May 10, 2019 The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) said that it would release the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results Today, Saturday. The board’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Abuja. According to him, the board will …

  The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN;  on Tuesday flagged off the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme tagged Ekiti-Kete School meal in Ekiti State, making Ekiti the 31st state to commence the Federal Government initiative. Flagging off the programme in Ado- Ekiti on Tuesday, the Vice President said 75,020 pupils …

By: Hamza Suleiman Maiduguri, May 6, 2019 The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday confirmed the abduction of a male corps member, Abraham Amuta, by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno. The Borno State Coordinator, Mr Rabiu Aminu, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Maiduguri. Aminu disclosed that the corps member …

By Polycarp Auta Jos, May 6, 2019 The Police Command in Plateau has recovered the decomposed body of Miss Mercy Naan, a 23-year-old 200 level student of the University of Jos. Mr Terna Tyopev, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the command, in a statement on Monday in Jos, …

By Ugonne Uzoma Owerri, April 29, 2019 Mr Sam Onwuemeodo, the Chief Press Secretary to Gov. Rochas Okorocha of Imo, has decried the public protest against the siting of the University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences at Umuagwo. In a statement issued in Owerri on Monday, Onwuemeodo described the alleged …

  turnpot@gmail.com  0705 263 1058 “But let justice run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream” – Amos 5:24. “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere… I must confess that I am not afraid of the word ‘tension’… Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it …

Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, has appointed three new professors in various departments. According to a statement from the office of the Vice- Chancellor, Rt. Rev. Professor Dapo Asaju, the new appointees are Professor Bode Sowande, a renowned Playwright and Director, in the Department of Performing Arts and Music, Professor William …

The Small and Medium Enterprises Development Agency (SMEDAN) on Tuesday said some 104 young business owners are benefiting from its entrepreneurship training schemen in Bayelsa. The capacity building programme runs from April 15 to 19. Dr Dikko Radda, Deputy Director of SMEDAN in his remarks, noted that over 37 million Micro, Small and …

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has called on all politicians in the state to take advantage of his post election olive branch for the development of the state. Speaking during a congratulatory visit by the Governing Council of the Rivers State University at the Government House,  Port Harcourt on …

Robert Awokuse In what could be described as dream come through, a Lagos-based journalist with Blueprint Newspaper Limited, Mr. Temitope Musowo has won a PhD scholarship  award by Honourable Olusola Hakeem Sokunle, a member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, representing Oshodi-Isolo constituency 1. Musowo emerged the overall winner …

Ilishan-Remo, April 2019: The current financial reporting system in the country has been described as inadequate in addressing the strategic earnings of corporate and individual entities. This assertion was made by Prof. Ishola Akintoye, a professor of Accounting at Babcock University, Ilishan- Remo while delivering the university’s 28th Inaugural Lecture; …

  turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533 News, last week, that some land-grabbers poisoned Opa Dam, the main source of water supply to the Obafemi Awolowo University (formerly the University of Ife), Ile-Ife, made me sick to the marrows. What has taken over this country? How bold has criminals and criminally-minded persons …

Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State on Tuesday performed the ground-breaking ceremony for the administrative building of the first University of Education in the South East geo-political zone, the Enugu State University of Education in Ihe, Awgu Local Government Area amid jubilation and excitement. The University which would be a …

Prof Chijioke Nwaozuzu has been appointed the new Director at the Emerald Energy Institute, Federal University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria. Until his appointment, he was the Deputy Director of the EEI. Chijioke Nwaozuzu is a native of Mbieri in Imo-State, Nigeria. He attended Government Secondary School, Owerri, Imo-State (1973-78) with …

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a Freedom of Information request to governor Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa of Delta State requesting him to use his “good offices and leadership position to urgently provide information on details of the budgetary allocations and actual spending by your government to provide and …

By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, April 4, 2019 President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday said that Nigeria now ranked amongst  the leading democracies  in Africa and  in the Commonwealth 20 years after  it began to experience uninterrupted democratic culture. President Buhari was the visitor  at the final day of the 50th Convocation …

By Chinyere Nwachukwu Lagos, April 2, 2019 A 77-year-old female retiree was among the 1,008 students of the Faculty of Education, University of Lagos, who were awarded first degree on Tuesday at the institution’s 2017/2018 Convocation Ceremonies. The convocation was the university’s 50th. The retiree, who refused to mention her …

By Peter Ejiofor Lagos, March 27, 2019 Nestlé Nigeria recently refurbished facilities in two primary schools to help create a more conducive environment for teaching and learning in communities where its factories are located. The move, the company restated, was in line with its commitment to improving livelihoods in the …

By Aderogba George Abuja, March 26, 2019 The Citizens Advocacy for Social and Economic Rights (CASER) has condemned the suspension of Mrs Vero Igbigwe, the Head Teacher of Okotie-Eboh Primary School, Sapele, Delta State. Mr Frank Tietie, the Executive Director of CASER, a Civil Society Organisatgion (CSO) stated this in …

The Federal Ministry of Education has waded into the feud between the local chapter of Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) and the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti, (FUOYE), Prof. Kayode Soremekun. The supervising ministry, it was learnt after receiving the petition from the ASUU local chapter …