Wole Soyinka (Photo by Pius Utomi Ekpei / AFP) By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu My studies at Great Ife under Prof Wole Soyinka got off on a beery note. I was with my classmates in Soyinka’s house for practical lessons on television production when I told the future Nobel Laureate’s steward, the Ghanaian lad Francis, to […]
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Call for 10% increase in sector’s budget The Chancellor of Wellspring University, Pastor Ituah Ighodalo, and former Governor of Anambra State, Peter Obi, have berated President Muhammadu Buhari on Nigeria’s failed educational system. They countered Buhari who had earlier stated in Paris on Friday that the competitiveness Nigerians display abroad is a result of the […]
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President, Living Faith Church (LFC) International (Winners Chapel) Bishop David Oyedepo has warned Nigerian youths to shun impatience and get rich-quick-syndrome. He urged them to beware of a lifestyle of hurry, adding that impatience could lead to a life of horror. Oyedepo spoke at the weekend in Omu-Aran at the convocation ceremony of Landmark University, […]
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The University of Ibadan (UI) has reiterated its earlier decision to allow only First Class graduates to attend its forthcoming convocation ceremony. The institution made the emphasis while issuing a disclaimer against online and social media reports which claimed that the school had lifted the ban on the decision. In a statement issued by its […]
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Osun State Government has said that the education policy reversal by the Gboyega Oyetola administration is yielding the expected results. Commissioner for Education, Folorunso Oladoyin made this known while receiving furniture items valued at several millions of naira donated by Apomu Descendants Union to some selected schools in Apomu. While thanking the Union and Alapomu […]
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The National Board for Technical Education has approved the commencement of nine new Higher National Diplomas and National Diploma Courses at the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi. The Rector of the Polytechnic, Sanusi Gumau, disclosed this in his speech at the matriculation of 5,181 newly admitted students, held at the School’s Sports Complex on Saturday. He said […]
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Twenty-four year old Joy Adesina received gifts of a house, N5m and a scholarship from Ogun State Government for emerging as the best graduating medical student from the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State in the 2018/2019 academic session. In this interview with Alexander Okere, Adesina says her achievements did not come on a silver […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has vowed to continue its practice of remitting its operating surpluses to government, saying that the remittances were in line with global best practice, Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs of JAMB has said. In a statement to newsmen in Abuja, on Monday, Benjamin said that the board would continue […]
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A Nigerian, Olanrewaju Shitta-Bey, has been appointed as a Professor of Philosophy and Humanities by the University of Maryland Global Campus, USA. Until his promotion, the university lecturer was an associate Professor in the Department of Philosophy and Humanities of the university. In a chat with our correspondent, Shitta-Bey said his promotion will benefit Nigeria […]
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Uzodinma and Confidence The Governor of Imo State, Hope Uzodinma, has offered a scholarship to a student who scored nine A’s in the 2020 Senior Secondary Certificate Examination, Confidence Nwozuzu. Nwozuzu, who hails from Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state was received by Uzodinma at the Government House in Owerri. The Governor announced […]
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