by Dmitry Medvedev “Avoiding a clash with great powers does not indicate cowardice, but wisdom, because sacrificing oneself is never an advantage anywhere”. “The Art of War” by Sun Tzu In recent years, relations between Russia and the US have shifted from competitiveness to confrontation, effectively going back to theContinue Reading
By Denis Demenenge The Ahmadu Bello University’s Students’ Representatives Council (ABU-SRC) said it plans to close shops whose owners has increased prices on commodities unnecessarily. The SRC president Mr Abubakar Ali made this known during an interactive session with our correspondent at the SRC secretariat in Samaru, Zaria. He saidContinue Reading
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund) has charged the 226 public tertiary institutions statutorily benefiting from its interventions to inculcate efficient service delivery that would ensure that Nigerian higher institutions compete favourably with the best in the world. The fund warned that its desire to achieve results in line withContinue Reading
By Waliyat Kamaldeen The National Universities Commission (NUC) will issue Provisional lecenses to 20 new Private Universities tomorrow. This will bring to 99, total number of Private Universities in Nigeria. The licenses which will be issued by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu will be reviewed after three yearsContinue Reading
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, said it had postponed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME and the Direct Entry, DE registration exercise earlier scheduled to commence on Thursday 8th April, 2020. JAMB explained in a statement by its Head of Media and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, that theContinue Reading
A Concocted, Illogical and Pedestrian Story from the Pit of Hell The attention of the Federal University, Lokoja, has been drawn to a malicious, illogical and pedestrian news report credited to one Emmanuel Adeyemi and published in the sunnewsonline to the effect that the Vice Chancellor, Professor Olayemi Akinwumi, hasContinue Reading
The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has emerged the outstanding Public University of the year, while Gregory University, Abia State, is the outstanding Private University. The year’s outstanding state-owned university was won by the Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso, Oyo State. These were made known at the first-ever Education AwardsContinue Reading
The Kaduna State University, KASU, and the Maryam Abacha American University of Niger, MAAUN, would jointly award hybrid Master of Science, MSc, degrees in Energy Management and Environmental Sustainability. Dr Yahaya Saleh, Director, Centre for Energy and Environmental Strategy Research in KASU, made this known in an interview with theContinue Reading
25-year-old CHRISTINE KABAZIRA is one of the two students who attained a First Class Degree in Journalism and Communication. She scored a CGPA of 4.40 emerging second best in her class. Ms. Kabazira is one of the students who will be awarded degrees and diplomas of Makerere University at theContinue Reading