News, Events, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Fashion, Beauty, Inspiration and yes… Gossip! The Only Place It Happens!
Governor of Katsina State, Aminu Masari has confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students are still missing due to the attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State, on Friday night. The governor gave the figure when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on Sunday, December […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the reinstatement of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, saying his removal by the governing council did not follow due process. The government said the process adopted by the council in the appointment of Prof. Omololu Soyombo as acting Vice-Chancellor of the University was […]
Continue ReadingA 12-year-old boy is starting his second year at Chattahoochee Technical College in the US. Caleb Anderson is set to get an aerospace engineering degree in two years and hopes Elon Musk will make him an astronaut. The brainy youngster, of Marietta, Georgia, told CBC News: “I’m not really smart. “I just grasp information quickly. So, if I learn quicker, then […]
Continue ReadingViral photos of Zimbabwean students posing in sexually suggestive manners in school while teachers are on strike, has triggered concern online. While students have been ordered back to school after more than 7 months on lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, teachers have refused to return due to a wage dispute with the government. The teachers […]
Continue ReadingNigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari, has granted approval for a special salary scale for teachers across the country. The Nation reports that the approval coincided with commemoration of the World Teachers Day on October 5. Buhari also increased the number of years of service from 35 to 40. The president stated these in Abuja on Monday during […]
Continue ReadingOne time law student and graduate of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wale Babalakin, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has resigned his position as the Pro-Chancellor of the institution. Babalakin conveyed news of his resignation in a letter dated September 15, 2020 and addressed to Adamu Adamu, the minister of education. The Pro-Chancellor who sent in […]
Continue ReadingA 21-year-old British university student has landed a million-dollar book deal in the US for her first novel, a high-school thriller that tackles institutionalised racism. Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé, from London, was 19 and studying English, Chinese and anthropology in Aberdeen when she began writing what would become Ace of Spades. The young adult novel, which follows […]
Continue ReadingProfessor 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 Reading