By Zainab Atinuke Zakariyya The Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS) was established in March 1979 under an enabling statutory instrument referred to as the Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies Act, CAP N112 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004, as Nigeria’s apex institution for legal researchContinue Reading
Confirms Appointments of Institute’s Bursar, Librarian, Secretary Approves Promotion of Three Professors, Five Associate Professors Ratifies All promotion exercises for 2016 – 2019 By Pauline Abutu The Director General of Nigerian Institute of Advanced Legal Studies (NIALS), Professor Mohammad Taufiq Ladan has disclosed that the Institute’s Governing Council, under theContinue Reading
By Fatima N. Lawee The Governing Council of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has ratified the election of Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution, following her election by overwhelming members of the University’s Senate recently. Decision to ratify Professor Ogunsola’s appointment was taken via a virtualContinue Reading
By Aliyu Musa The Rector, Kaduna Polytechnic, Professor Idris Bugaje, has cautioned Governor Nasiru El-Rufai against demolishing the 50-year-old popular Panteka market in the state, as he had threatened. He called on the governor to rather declare the market a heritage site; because of its historical background as the oldestContinue Reading
By Usman Muhammad & Fatima N Lawee The Vice – Chancellor of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Professor Suleiman Bala Mohammed has inaugurated the steering committee for the establishment and eventual take-off for the Faculty of Engineering. The Committee is chaired by the Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of NASENI,Continue Reading
By Muhammad Muntazar 99% of stranded Members of Academic Staff Union of Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic (ATAP) in Bauchi state have distanced themselves from false allegations levelled against the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Professor Suleiman Elias Bogoro, by one of them, Dr Ibrahim Sanusi, in someContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has sent a petition to the National Human Right Commission over 20 months unpaid salaries by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia. Anderson Ezeibe, National President of ASUP, stated this in a letter addressed to the Executive Secretary of the commission and made availableContinue Reading
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has maintained it will not suspend the ongoing strike action. National President of ASUU, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi said this during a stakeholder’s meeting at the Union’s Secretariat at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Professor Ogunyemi said the federal government has continuallyContinue Reading
Whether you are a student or the parent of one contending with coronavirus school closures, this year “back to school” means studying under some unusual circumstances. Learning and teaching can provide great opportunities for academic and personal growth, but in the midst of stressors, it’s worth remembering that some waysContinue Reading