Gun wielding daredevils have for a couple of years launched coordinated attacks on educational institutions in Nigeria particularly in the northern part. Unfortunately, school children have become the latest high-profile kidnapping targets in these attacks. What stated as a strange occurrence in Chibok, Borno State in 2014 is fast becomingContinue Reading
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of various tertiary institutions in the country have agreed to conclude all 2020/2021 admissions by June 15. In a statement signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dr Fabian Benjamin in Abuja, JAMB said that public universities would conclude admissionsContinue Reading
The University of Lagos says its current non-physical Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (PUTME) has achieved 95 per cent success as against reports in some quarters that it was unreliable and inefficient. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe stated this while conducting newsmen round the facilities used inContinue Reading
The National Examination Council (NECO), has withheld the result of More than 70,000 candidates, who sat for the October/November 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE) in Kano State, alleging failure of the state to pay their registration fees. A reliable source at NECO headquarters revealed that the state governmentContinue Reading
By Augustina Baaka and Tser Vanger The Director General and Chief Executive, National Library of Nigeria, Professor Lanre Aina, has stressed the need for Universities in the country to seize the opportunity of TeTfund interventions to expand their e-learning facilities. He spoke in Makurdi on Wednesday, February 21, 2021 duringContinue Reading
As VC Reiterates Fight Against Unethical Conduct in the University By Mary Abbah Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) matriculated a total number of 6,210 students with a strong admonition to shun all forms of unethical conducts, exam malpractice and anti social behaviors. The Vice-Chancellor of the University Professor Suleiman BalaContinue Reading
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman AbdulKareem, has been appointed Ag. Chairman of the Committee of Vice-Chancellors (CVC) of Federal universities in Nigeria. A statement by the Director of Corporate Affairs of the university, Mr. Kunle Akogun, on Saturday, disclosed that Prof. Abdulkareem’s appointment was contained in a letterContinue Reading
By Susan Croft From my experience speaking in front of hundreds of audiences, I have learned that stories are memorable because of the images and emotions contained in them. The lesson of the story sticks because it’s embedded in an image. The image isn’t a still picture it’s a motionContinue Reading
By Samson Yaki Abuja, as the Federal Capital City of Nigeria, arguably, one of the most endowed nations in the world in terms of both human and natural resources, is, ideally, supposed to be ahead of not only all African countries, but, most countries of the world by all standard,Continue Reading