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Former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, has been arrested by the officials of the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC) for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Prof Ojerinde, according to the commission, was arrested on 15th March 2021, in Abuja, for allegedly committing multiple frauds while […]
Continue ReadingA Nigerian man who had to sit for O-level 10 times before gaining admission to university, is encouraging his followers with his success story. Dr Olumuyiwa Igbalajobi said he’s been to 4 continents in 8 years and all his flights and tuition were paid for. He was also given monthly stipends. Yet, he started out […]
Continue ReadingNigerian Senate on Tuesday passed for second reading, a bill for the establishment of the Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences in Iyin, Ekiti State. The proposed law for the establishment of the institution was sponsored by the Senator representing Ekiti Central, Opeyemi Bamidele. He said the Ekiti State Government has already offered to […]
Continue ReadingA First-class Mathematics graduate from the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Nigeria, Emmanuel Nworie, has bagged a fully-funded scholarship at a University in the United States. Nworie bagged the scholarship after a photo of him tilling the soil in Ebonyi state, Nigeria owing to poverty and a lack of a platform to utilize his knowledge went […]
Continue ReadingNigerian government, on Wednesday granted provisional licences to 20 new private universities to operate in Nigeria. The decision was taken at the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) presided over by the President, Muhammadu Buhari. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this to State House correspondents at the end of the meeting. He […]
Continue ReadingNigel Henry, the longest-serving lecturer at the University of Ibadan is dead. He died at the age of 71. Until his passage, Henry was a lecturer in the Department of Classics. News of his death was announced on Sunday in a statement by the Department of Classics in the University. The statement read in part, […]
Continue ReadingNigeria’s Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), on Wednesday, suspended its strike, ending the industrial action that started since March 2020. National President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, made the announcement at a briefing of the union in Abuja, Nigeria. Ogunyemi said the suspension of the strike takes effect from Thursday, December 24, 2020. He […]
Continue ReadingA man and his two daughters had their convocation ceremony on the same day and their photos have gone viral on Twitter. The photos were shared by @Ave_Canie, one of the two daughters. She revealed that she earned a BSc degree, her sister got her Master’s degree, while their father got his PhD and they […]
Continue ReadingVice Chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede has warned land speculators, purchasers and property developers to stay away from all the land belonging to the university or face the legal consequences. The Vice Chancellor gave the warning on Monday at a press conference held to announce steps the school’s management […]
Continue ReadingGovernor 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 […]
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