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34 years after Professor (Mrs) Grace Alele-Williams made history as the First Female Vice Chancellor of a Nigerian University, the University of Benin (UNIBEN) she headed has appointed another female Vice Chancellor. Professor (Mrs ) Lillian Salami who is the first alumnus of the University to become its Vice Chancellor, will be taking over from Professor Faraday Orunmwese […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s most populous tertiary institution, National Open University of Nigeria with a population of over 500,000 active students has become a brand in providing quality education to the populace. By the unique global initiative, government is strategically bringing education to the doorsteps of the citizenry, thus, drastically reducing the hitherto wide gap between the educated […]
Continue ReadingProf. Guid Oei presenting an artistic impression of the artificial womb. Photo: Bart van Overbeeke. Scientists in the Netherlands say they are within 10 years of developing an artificial womb that could save the lives of premature babies. Premature birth, before 37 weeks, is globally the biggest cause of death among newborns. Through this project, […]
Continue ReadingEmmanuel Acheampong, a senior lecturer at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Business School, has come out to share his experience on how a Nigerian female student in one of the country’s universities allegedly offered him sex-for-grade. Acheampong who spoke on Ahotor FM in the wake of ‘sex for grades’ expose by the BBC […]
Continue ReadingUniversity of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Nigeria has suspended another lecturer, Dr Samuel Oladipo, of the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, after he was also indicted in a sexual harassment documentary produced by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). This is just as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila; wife of the […]
Continue ReadingYvonne Nelson posted a tweet in reaction to the sex for grade scandal and this has earned her brutal criticisms from Twitter users who think she’s being a hypocrite. The Ghanaian actress, while reacting to the scandal, seemed to be laying the blame on women for not covering their bodies properly. She wrote: “Sex for […]
Continue ReadingGhanaian broadcast journalist, Gifty Anti Oheneyere, has said that some female teachers and lecturers are also in the habit of demanding for sex in return for good grades from their male students. Gifty stated this while reacting to the #SexforGrades investigative documentary released by BBC yesterday October 7th. The documentary exposed how lecturers in the […]
Continue ReadingGhanaian lecturer, Professor Ransford Gyampo, exposed in the BBC’s ‘sex for grades’ documentary, was filmed reportedly crying in class in front of his students after the video aired. Prof. Gyampo, a lecturer at the Political Science Department of the University of Ghana, was caught on camera propositioning marriage to an undercover reporter in the BBC […]
Continue ReadingA new documentary by BBC Africa Eye targeted at lecturers in some West African universities harassing their students for sex in exchange for grades/marks has exposed some randy lecturers in Nigerians and Ghana. After gathering dozens of testimonies, BBC Africa Eye sent undercover journalists posing as students inside the University of Lagos and the University […]
Continue ReadingNigerians 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 […]
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