By Kabiru Danladi Lawanti Department of Mass Communication, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria-Nigeria [email protected] We read, from friends, former course mates, former students and present about their views on the industrial action declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Mostly not so favourable, others cross the line by resorting to abuse,Continue Reading
Did you know that the Persian scholar of medicine, Ibn Sina (980-1037) suspected that some diseases were spread by microorganisms? To prevent human-to-human contamination, he came up with the method of isolating people for 40 days. He called this method al-Arba’iniya (“the forty”). Traders from Venice heard of hisContinue Reading
It is becoming worrisome that protecting, providing and promoting the welfare and well being of Nigerian workers mean little or nothing to our government. As a matter of universal principle from John Lock and Thomas Hobbs perspectives the primary responsibility of government all over the world is to protect herContinue Reading
Update On CoronaVirus Pandemic – Sunday 5th April, 2020 • Italy reports 4,316 new cases of coronavirus and 525 new deaths. Total of 128,948 cases • 151 coronavirus deaths in Iran, raising death toll to 3,603 • Governor Cuomo: #coronavirus deaths surge by 594 to 4,159 in #NewYork state •Continue Reading
Update on CoronaVirus Pandemic – Sat April 4th, 2020 • US sets new highest daily coronavirus death toll, with over 1,400 fatalities. United States coronavirus death toll reaches 7000 • UK #coronavirus death toll rises by 708 to 4,313 • Belgium reports 1,661 new cases of coronavirus and 140 newContinue Reading
By Waziri Isa Adam Barely a year after the Chinese Government awarded full scholarship to 45 Students from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, another set of 45 students have been offered full scholarship scheme by the Central South University in a joint “3+2” academic programmeme between the two Universities. The offerContinue Reading
I Never Said N359b was Stolen by Former President GEJ or was Missing TETFund has not Scrapped International Conferences, budgets N3.4b, Instead Our Audited Accounts, One of the Most Up-to-date, Transparent in Nigeria We are Committed to Promoting R & D in our Varsities Hails Timely Debut of Education MonitorContinue Reading
By Prof MK Othman My esteemed readers, I am dedicating this column to pay tribute to my excellent mentor, teacher and Farmers-General, Prof. Falaki. Prof. Falaki was a mentor to 1000s of us who passed through his arduous tutelage. He was a consummate agricultural scientist, extension specialist par excellenceContinue Reading
By Samson Yaki Federal government has directed all regulatory agencies in the public education sector, namely, The National Universities Commis-sion (NUC), National Commiss-ion for Colleges of Education (NCCE), and the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), to synergize and work with relevant security agencies to immediately identify and flush outContinue Reading