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Nigerians and Ghanaians have taken to Twitter to react to the sex for grades scandal uncovered by BBC African Eye. BBC reporters went undercover and succeeded in exposing a number of lecturers from Nigerian and Ghanaian universities who subject students to sexual harassment. The full video is scheduled to be aired later tonight but the […]
Continue ReadingEkiti State Government has said that it has released the results of the qualifying examination for candidates seeking employment as teachers in its public primary schools. The State Universal Basic Education Board announced the results in a statement signed by the board’s Chairman, Prof. Francisca Aladejana, and made available to newsmen in Ado-Ekiti on Friday. […]
Continue ReadingFormer Minister of Agriculture and current President of the African Development Bank, Akinwumi Adesina took to Twitter to share photos of the 3 professors that came through for him financially in a chain-help sequence while in school. According to Adesina, the academics gave him money and even offered him scholarship for his Masters and PhD program. He tweeted:
Continue ReadingThe Times has released its 2020 world higher education and University rankings. The rankings include almost 1,400 universities across 92 countries, standing as the largest and most diverse university rankings ever. The table is based on 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators that measure an institution’s performance across teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The […]
Continue ReadingDeputy Governor of Kaduna State, Nigeria, Dr. Hadiza Balarabe, has received Joshua Beckford from UK, the youngest to enroll at Oxford University at 6 years and graduated before the age of 14. He’s an international role model inspiring children for greatness. He’s working with BMAN to build a community secondary school, Tafan, Kaura LGA in […]
Continue ReadingAcademic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has come hard on the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, saying the president lacks the commitment to use education to solve the challenges of poverty in the country. Prof. Deji Omole, Chairman, ASUU, University of Ibadan chapter, in a release made available to newsmen on Sunday, described the statement […]
Continue ReadingTwo scholars at the University of Lagos have secured a total of £1,200,000 (N540,000,000) for research. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the grants were from the United Kingdom Research and Innovation Global Challenges Research Fund. The scholars are Dr. Sunday Adebisi, Director, African Research Universities Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Unemployment and Skills Development; […]
Continue ReadingOlori Ajoke Adeyemi, one of the many young wives of the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, is currently doing her compulsory one year National Youth Service with NYSC after successfully graduating from a tertiary institution. The young Olori (queen) shared a photo of herself fully clad in her NYSC uniform. “Nigeria we serve,” she […]
Continue ReadingThe former head of Department of criminology at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti in Ekiti State, Professor Adewole Atere, has been accused of impregnating a 16-year-old student in his department, Precious Azuka. The girl reportedly fell for the Professor’s love claim after one of his subordinates, Dr. Chinedu Abrifor pressured her into believing that she was ‘mature enough’ […]
Continue ReadingA University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) lecturer identified as Yakubu Nura, is now recognized as the father of modern Einstein’s planetary equation studies in Physics after defeating about 5720 contenders from 97 countries to win the 2019 World Physics Competition. The UNIMAID lecturer’s research article was adjudged the best after being screened for the World Championship-2019 in Physics […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s University education regulatory body, the National University Commission (NUC) recently released a list of about 60 institutions situated in the country or elsewhere considered as allegedly illegal. The NUC said the list isn’t even exhaustive and warned the general public about patronising such institutions. The commission warned that “Certificates obtained from these sources will […]
Continue ReadingWith mobile phones all but superglued to our palms, us modern folk have grown accustomed to having all the information in the world at our fingertips. Or so we thought. Sometimes, the overwhelming volume of information that comes up in a Google search result can actually prevent us from finding what we need. We haven’t got time to […]
Continue ReadingImmediate past governor of Oyo state, Abiola Ajimobi and wife, Florence, were in a celebration mood on Monday, July 22, as one of their daughters, Ajijola, graduated from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom. She bagged a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and Sociology. Congrats to her. See more photos from the […]
Continue ReadingEniafe Momodu, one of the sons of the CEO of Ovation International Magazine, Mr Dele Momodu, graduated from the University of Leeds, United Kingdom on Monday July 22. Eniafe bagged a degree in Economics and Philosophy. The proud dad shared photos from the graduation ceremony. From here, we say congratulations. See more photos below:
Continue ReadingLate Nigerian novelist, Buchi Emecheta, got celebrated by Google with its Doodle on her 75th posthumous birthday which is Sunday, July 21, 2019. The Google Doodle is a product of Google that appears temporarily on special occasions, in place of Google’s permanent logo on the homepage. In its tweet acknowleging the late writer’s posthumous birthday, […]
Continue ReadingThoughts? Lady started a debate on Twitter with: ‘Marriage licenses should expire like every other state license, to give people the option to part ways or renew’. Our thinking here is that marriage is not a professional business that brings monetary profit. Why should couples be subjected to rigors of renewal in a thing that […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo and his wife, Dolapo, attended the graduation ceremony of their son, Fiyin, at the Warwick University in the United Kingdom yesterday, Wednesday July 17. Osinbajo’s two daughters, Kiki and Damilola as well as their son in-law, Seun Bakare, all attended the graduation ceremony. See more of their photos below: […]
Continue ReadingGovernor of Ekiti State, Kayode Fayemi has said his administration will begin the return of schools to missions in September as part of the effort to improve the quality of education in the state. Fayemi said this on Friday while hosting the Prelate of the Methodist Church, Nigeria, Dr Samuel Uche, in Ado Ekiti. The […]
Continue ReadingFatima Timbo, a popular small female Instagram model took to her Instagram page to announce her milestone achievement of getting a degree in accounting and finance. Fatima further revealed that she graduated with a First Class degree in finance and accounting, from Middlesex University. She wrote as she shared her graduation photo; Over the last 4 […]
Continue ReadingObinna Amaechi, the son of ex-Rivers State governor and Nigeria’s immediate past Minster for Transport, Rotimi Ameachi has graduated from the Simon Fraser University, Canada. His proud father, dressed in a dark blue suit and a green tie, joined his son on Thursday, 13th of June, for his convocation ceremony. LIB
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