At least 26 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), failed to provide matching grants to access the basic education development fund last year. This is according to data from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The records show that as of August 17, some states did not provide the 50 per cent matching grants […]
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Nigeria’s premier university, the University of Ibadan (UI) is considering blending virtual lectures with physical classes for the reminder of the 2020/2021 academic session, in a bid to shut the gates of the institution against the spread of the worrisome latest wave of the dreaded variant of coronavirus. This decision, according to the authorities, followed […]
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Students, lecturers and othere stakeholders in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (UNN) have reacted to the recent online video that went viral over the alleged poor condition of Nkrumah Hostel in the institution. The people bared their minds on the issue in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Monday. […]
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By Tunde Odesola Over the weekend, I gave thoughts to the snowflake nature of Man. I arrived at the conclusion that the mind of Man is a tragic theatre with a cast, whose hero commits an error which turns into a horror that smashes him down below zero in terror. I also gave thoughts to […]
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Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) with heads of tertiary institutions will on August 31 at a Policy Meeting, peg the minimum cut – off mark for the 2021/ 2022 admissions. The board disclosed this in its weekly bulletin released by Head of Media, Dr Fabian Benjamin on Sunday in Abuja. It said decisions would […]
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A student of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Daniel Adeniyi, has emerged winner of the 2021 edition of the Committee of Deans of Engineering and Technology of Nigerian Universities’ (CODET) National Engineering Project Competition. He outclassed other contestants from Universities across the country at the grand finale of the Individual Category of the […]
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Allegations that some lecturers have been conducting examinations for students in hotels are being probed by the University of Calabar. The university had on August 10, issued a memo to the university community, declaring it was launching an investigation into allegations that its lecturers had resorted to conducting examinations at homes and hotels. Although the […]
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The worrisome security threats in the Plateau State capital, the University of Jos on Sunday suspended the ongoing second-semester examinations for the 2019/2020 academic session with immediate effect. This was announced in a statement by the Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications, Abdullahi Abdullahi, that: “Following the unfortunate security breach that occurred in some parts of […]
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By Ben Ezeohagwu Why keep mute and fold hands, In the midst of the hopelessness as if nothing is wrong? Why are we so blessed beyond imagination, Yet so poor? Why are we passive, In the midst of active oppressiveness? Why seem depraved, In the midst of so much life around us? Why live to cherish, terror, horror, […]
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By Tony Afejuku Many of Nigeria’s Vice Chancellors are unquestionably perfect islands of distinguished academic administrators. So long as their islands remain islands many of their colleagues who constitute the rank-and-file outside their respective islands will forever need bridges and bridges across the Channels to be constructed and reconstructed to get to the islands. The […]
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