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Professor Florence Banku Obi of the Faculty of Education has emerged as the first female Vice Chancellor-elect of the University of Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. She emerged top after a rigorous screening exercise where there were 12 other candidates. Having emerged top, Obi will take over from Prof. Zana Akpagu, whose tenure ends on […]
Continue ReadingTwo Imo State University (IMSU) lecturers involved in a sex-for-grade scandal which was captured in viral videos, have been suspended by the management of the institution. Spokesman of the University, Ralph Njoku Obi who confirmed the development, said the lecturers were suspended pending the outcome of a probe of the viral videos. He also confirmed […]
Continue ReadingUniversity of Ibadan, Lagos State University, University of Lagos, and Covenant University (all in Nigeria) have ranked among the top 1,000 universities in the world. This was contained in the 2021 Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking released on Wednesday. Ranking is based on 13 calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across […]
Continue ReadingThe Senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has elected Professor Folasade Ogunsola as its Acting Vice Chancellor. The senate gathered this morning August 24 to elect an acting VC. The Presidency over the weekend asked the Chancellor of the University, Dr. Wale Babalakin and the immediate past Vice Chancellor, Professor Toyin Ogundipe, to step […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, Friday, directed the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Council, University of Lagos, Dr. Wale Babalakin and the sacked Vice Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe to step aside from their official duties pending the outcome of a Special Visitation Panel set up by President Muhammadu Buhari to resolve the crisis rocking the institution. The President, as visitor to […]
Continue ReadingThe Academic Staff Union of Universities has called on the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to constitute a special visitation panel to look into the purported removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as Vice-Chancellor of University of Lagos. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU National President, made the call while addressing newsmen on Tuesday in Abuja. Ogunyemi said that it […]
Continue ReadingIn a resolution passed on Thursday, the Senate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, has rejected the removal of the varsity’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, by the Governing Council. UNILAG Senate also rejected the appointment of an acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Theophilus Soyombo, for the institution. The resolution was signed by the Senate Chairman, Prof. […]
Continue ReadingThe Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Professor Olawatoyin Ogundipe, has been sacked by the governing council of the institution. Ogundipe’s removal was announced during the meeting of the Governing Council of the institution which held at the National Universities Commission (NUC) building in Abuja on Wednesday August 12. Seven members of the council voted […]
Continue ReadingA sex worker took to Twitter to refer to herself as an “educated sex worker” as she celebrated her graduation ceremony. She shared a nearly naked photo of herself on a stripper’s pole and another where she was dressed in her graduation gown. “Just a reminder that the sky is the limit,” she wrote, adding, […]
Continue ReadingOne of the ex-Babcock University students in the sex tape video which went viral in November 2019, has gotten a scholarship to study abroad. Dr. Ola Brown of Naija Flying Doctors shared the good news on Twitter while revealing that she has made scholarship payments for the young lady to study abroad. The British-Nigerian medical doctor also […]
Continue ReadingIn contrast to the protest by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, has said the school will hold its virtual matriculation scheduled for August 28. The Ibadan Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Ade Adejumo, had faulted the virtual matriculation of Osun State University in […]
Continue ReadingA 10-year-old Nigerian girl was recently hired by a school in the United Kingdom to be a coding instructor. Emmanuella Mayaki is a coding and programming prodigy who recently received her first job at the Southfield Primary School in Coventry, England, as the after school coding club teacher. According to Face 2 Face Africa, she […]
Continue ReadingEleventh Wole Soyinka International Cultural Exchange (WSICE) started on a good note on Sunday with the playwright, essayist, and social critic reciting poetry to participants online. The WSICE 2020, billed for between July 12 and 14, was packaged to annually celebrate the lofty ideals and birthday of the Nobel laureate who clocks 86 today. Many […]
Continue ReadingThe celebrated Pakistani campaigner for girls’ education, Malala Yousafzai has completed her degree at the University of Oxford. Recall that in the morning of October 9, 2012, the 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai was shot by the Taliban but she miraculously survived it. The 22-year-old activist posted a photo of herself covered in colourful squares and what […]
Continue ReadingOne of the reasons cited for the disqualification of Godwin Obaseki from APC’s June 22 governorship primary in Edo State was that the University of Ibadan awarded him two certificates with separate dates. However, the University of Ibadan debunked the claim on Sunday. University of Ibadan Registrar, Olubunmi Faluyi, on Sunday restated that Obaseki graduated […]
Continue ReadingAmerican dictionary, Merriam-Webster has announced that it will be redefining the meaning of the word “racism” after receiving an email from a young black woman from Missouri. 22-year-old Kennedy Mitchum who is a recent graduate of Drake University in Iowa, had said in her email that the dictionary’s current definition of racism to mean “a belief that race is the primary determinant […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Government says it is thinking of sectionalising classes for primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions in the country ahead of school reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic. Nigeria’s Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, stated this on Wednesday during a briefing by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 in Abuja. The minister, who faulted […]
Continue ReadingA woman’s graduation photos have earned her criticisms from Twitter users. The Twitter user who just graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Business Marketing shared photos and a video from her graduation ceremony. However, Twitter users were not impressed and they shamed her for her choice of graduation outfit. The woman, who says she’s from […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian boy is being celebrated after he broke two academic records in his school in the United States. 18-year-old Timi Adelakun became the first black valedictorian of South Broward High School in Hollywood, Florida. Also, he made history again by having the highest GPA ever recorded at the school. “Coming from a low-income community, […]
Continue ReadingWe are aware of the fact that some people already knew the history of how the 36 states of Nigeria were created and names given to them but what we are trying to do here is to show some people who have no idea of how these states’ names were formed. There’s rich history behind […]
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