The University of Jos (UNIJOS) yesterday suspended academic activities, which commenced on Monday, May 17, 2021. Lectures had earlier started in earnest while some departments had lectures on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday this week. But abruptly, the directive came that lectures should be suspended till June 7, 2021. No reason was given. The directive came […]
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By Mobolaji Folorunso Nigeria with 17 recipients, and two other countries have emerged the topmost winners of the 371 Master’s scholarships granted by Sweden for the 2021/2022 academic session. This was announced by the Swedish Institute. Three Nigerians including the reporter, got the scholarships respectively in 2016 and 2017. Also four, nine and 17 Nigerians […]
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By Mobolaji Folorunso This has always been your dream. To study abroad, gain international exposure and unleash your potentials in an environment that is designed to make you great. But, everytime you’ve considered it, everytime you’ve taken the step to apply, it has always been unsuccessful. I understand. The application processes can be overwhelming and […]
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Joy Bishara and Lydia Pogu In a September 25, 2014 opinion piece titled, “Chibok Kidnapping: 164 Days Of National Shame,” published in the Sahara Reporters, I lamented the fate of the 276 young girls abducted from their Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria. In a silly season of political chicanery, allegations and counter-allegations of […]
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The management of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State says it will investigate the reason behind the death of one of its students identified as Feranmi Fasunle. Fasunle reportedly died as a result of the sniper she allegedly drank on Wednesday night. It was gathered that the 200-level student of the Department of […]
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About 600,000 prospective candidates are yet to receive the required codes to be ‘transported’ to their mobile lines. Barring last minute change, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, will announce the extension of the deadline for the ongoing registration for its 2021 unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) and the direct entry (DE) programme. This […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) says that mock examination slips for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) can now be printed out in preparation for the exercise. It made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar and made it available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on […]
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Empty compound of the Government Science Secondary school, Kankara (Photo by Kola Sulaimon / AFP) Kebbi Engages Local Vigilantes FCT PTAs Deploy Cutlasses, Bow, Arrows To Fortify Schools’ Security Security Assigned To Schools Don’t Have Weapons To Defend Us, Students Lament Benue Students Learn In Fear Due To Absence Of Conventional Security Worried by rising […]
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ATBU goes into dairy products, pure water business FUOYE runs pre-degree, JUPEB and part-time programmes Varsities in Bayelsa may resort to tuition increase to stay afloat Rivers varsity, UNIPORT delve into entrepreneurial businesses While it is a generally held view that education is grossly underfunded in Nigeria, the coronavirus pandemic appears to have taken a huge […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State will hold its third Foundation Day Lecture on Tuesday, May 4, 2021 on the theme : “Nigerian Polytechnics And The Challenge Of Relevance In The Post Covid-19 World” . The visiting guest lecturer is Prof Michael Oladimeji Faborode, a renowned Professor of Agricultural and Environmental Engineering […]
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