Knowledge is power and the power deals with knowledge and practice for students to excel and prosper in their areas of studies and to meet the demands of the nation and its citizens. The words of Professor Idris Bugaje, the Executive Secretary of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE),Continue Reading
By Muhammad M. Isa N igeria’s first female vice-chancellor, Professor Grace Alele-Williams, was reported to have died on 26/3/2022. She died at the age of 89, according to The Guardian Nigeria. Late Alele-Williams became the vice-chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in 1985. She was also the first NigerianContinue Reading
By Mustapha Muhammad, Lokoja The Vice Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja, Professor Olayemi Akinwumi has commended the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for releasing the sum of one billion naira to the institution for the construction of its Senate Building. The Vice-Chancellor who made the disclosure Tuesday (22/03/2022) during theContinue Reading
Ninety million of Nigeria’s over 200 million population, are unemployed youths, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris Muhammad Bugaje, has said. According to him, there are also 10 million out-of-school children, the majority of whom are Almajiris in the country. He said at the annualContinue Reading
The Committee of Pro Chancellors of Nigerian Federal Universities has cautioned against the introduction of primordial sentiments in the selection of Vice Chancellors and administrative officers of universities in the country. Reacting to protest against the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor at the Obafemi Awolowo University OAU, Ile-Ife OsunContinue Reading
There is a consensus which frames the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as a popular struggle to liberate the soul of Nigeria and stop its fast declension into the abyss. Nigeria is at the crossroads and doing battle for her soul are forces that rangeContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has described the agitations by some individuals and groups that indigenes of towns where universities are sited be made the vice chancellors of such universities as reducing the institutions to local entities. “They have taken universality out of the university system in theContinue Reading
By Baba Adamu Waziri The controversy over the location of headquarters of the newly created Arak Chiefdom, out of Gwantu Chiefdom, in Sanga Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been put to rest, following decision of the government to name Gbunkok – former headquarters of Old Arak District, asContinue Reading
The Obi of Onitsha, Igwe Nnaemeka Alfred Achebe, on Saturday (2/4/2022) stated that a phone call saved him from boarding the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train that was attacked by bandits on Monday (28/3/2022). The attack left some of the passengers dead, others injured and the assailants abducting some of the strandedContinue Reading