When one thinks of a public intellectual and a diplomat extra-ordinary, the person to whom the mind races is no other than Professor Bolaji Akinwande Akinyemi. You look right, you look left and you concentrate the mind on the centre, the picture that hits you is that of Professor BolajiContinue Reading
By William Blum Before there was Edward Snowden, William Binney and Thomas Drake … before there was Bradley Manning, Sibel Edmonds and Jesselyn Radack … there was Philip Agee. What Agee revealed is still the most startling and important information about U.S. foreign policy that any American government whistleblower hasContinue Reading
Factors inhibiting Access to the Court Notwithstanding the clear provision of Article 10 (d) (ii) of the Protocol on the Court as amended, on access rules to the court, there are other factors that inhibit access to the ECOWAS Court of Justice. The first constraint is the geographical location ofContinue Reading
The Institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abdullahi Bala, made this disclosure during a press briefing to commence activities for the 30th convocation and 38th Founders’ Day of the University at its main campus, Gidan Kwano.The Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, is set to graduate 5,049 students at its 30th convocationContinue Reading
By Muhammad M. Garba The appointment as contained in a letter signed by the Registrar of the Institution, Mr Abdulkadir B. Abba is for a period of three years with effect from 17th January 2022.The Rector, Federal Polytechnic Idah, Dr Danjuma Baba has approved the appointment of Dr Robert MakojiContinue Reading
By Mustapha Muhammad Lokoja The announcement was made by the institution’s Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Senator Chris Adighije, during the 2nd Extraordinatinary Council meeting held on Thursday, 27th January, 2022 at the Council Chambers, Adankolo Campus of the University.Mrs Rebecca Aimiohu Okojie has emerged as the 3rdContinue Reading
By Oluwaseun Akinlade Suleiman Bogoro, the executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has charged Nigerian polytechnics to give industrial training and practical experience for students all the seriousness it deserves. Bogoro made the call at a two-day capacity building workshop for public polytechnics with the theme; “ImprovingContinue Reading
By Oyendamola Adeyemi The Chicago State University has clarified that All Progressives Congress 2023 Presidential hopeful, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, indeed attended the University. Beverly Poindexter, who is in charge of Official Transcript requests, enrolment and degree verification at the Office of the Registrar, CSU, said this in a terseContinue Reading
Bogoro Tasks Polytechnics, COEs on Skills, Entrepreneurial Innovations Bugaje Talks Tough, Says No Accreditation for Polys without Skills Development Prograamme in 2023 Calls for Horizontal collaborations Between Universities, Polytechnics’ Centres of Excellence By Oyendamola Adeyemi The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund), has called on Polytechnics and Colleges of Education inContinue Reading