Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities have appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to take charge and speed up the process of resolving the ongoing trade union dispute between Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in tertiary institutions in the country. The vice-chancellors under the aegis of Committee of Vice-ChancellorsContinue Reading
Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum on Friday in Maiduguri, handed over 81 units of three-bedroom apartments along with cheques worth a total of N79m to 81 resident medical doctors. Each of the doctors was given a tastefully built flat at a quarter specifically built for doctors in 13Continue Reading
The Acting Governor of Kaduna state, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, has said that the Malam Nasir El Rufai administration invests in education as a major pillar of human capital development. Dr Hadiza Balarabe further said that it is the present administration’s desire, ‘’that no child of school-age should be left behindContinue Reading
The Chairman of Jema’a LGA in Kaduna State, Comrade Yunana Markus Barde, has held an emergency meeting with Fulani, community and religious leaders to further peaceful discussion over the case of about 10 cows said to have been killed after eating poisoned cassava peel. The meeting, which was held atContinue Reading
Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa State, who is also the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate for the 2023 general election, has picked a female vice-chancellor as his running mate. The news broke Thursday afternoon that Fintiri chose the Vice-Chancellor of Adamawa State University (ADSU), Mubi, Professor Kaletapwa Farauta, toContinue Reading
American singer R. Kelly was found guilty of all counts of racketeering and sex trafficking against him at his Brooklyn federal trial last year, and was sentenced to 30 years in prison Wednesday. According to Rolling Stone, Kelly’s conviction carried a minimum of 10 years in prison, but also theContinue Reading
About 19 public primary schools were reportedly closed down due to the spate of attacks by suspected terrorists in some communities in Kankara local government area of Katsina State. The closure of the schools has affected the teaching and learning process of no less than 9,113 pupils comprising of 4,819Continue Reading
A joint research between Kaduna State University and Bingham University, with Latter’s Associate Professor of Organic Chemistry, Dr Bamidele Joseph Okoli, as lead researcher, have invented, using natural fabrics, biological control that repels Anopheles mosquitoes. Speaking during his presentation on, ‘Malaria Prevention: Using the Gift of Nature in the BiocontrolContinue Reading
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has appointed three new principal officers for the university. They are the registrar, Mr Oladipo Ajayi; the bursar, Mr Nasir Marafa and the librarian, Dr Angela Okpala. The trio, who until now and for between five and seven years, are deputy registrar, deputyContinue Reading