Ajibefun stresses significance of microbial elements

The need to take advantage of interaction of micro and macro elements for the benefit of the environment has been brought to the fore at the maiden edition of a one-day National Symposium and inauguration of the Nigerian Society for Microbial Ecology, NSME, held at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State. The Society is […]

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AAUA boosts farmers

Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, has demonstrated its responsiveness to meeting societal needs and contributing to the social and economic needs of its community as the Institution’s teaching and research farms have become a source of food security and meeting the agro-allied needs of farmers and people in its locality. The University’s demonstration farms, which […]

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‘AAUA will continue to prioritise staff training’

“There is the need to continue to train our staff for enhanced productivity and service delivery, and we will continue to do that by updating their knowledge through regular training.” These were the words of the Vice Chancellor of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun, while speaking at the opening of a week-long […]

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NECO postpones national common entrance examination, sets April 27 as new date

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2019 National Common Entrance Examination into unity schools to April 27. Mr Azeez Sani, Head, Information and Public Relations Division of the council, made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday. Sani said the examination, which was initially scheduled for April […]

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JAMB: We’ve resolved exam schedules with WAEC

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Tuesday assured candidates sitting for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination that they would not be denied the opportunity of writing the examination. Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head of Public Relations, JAMB, gave the assurance in an interview in Lagos following fears concerning a clash in the timetable of […]

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What is really wrong with publishers in Nigeria?

By E. E. Sule There is a new publisher in town, with new poetry collections: Umar Abubakar Sidi’s The Poet of Dust and Richard Ali’s The Anguish and Vigilance of Things.It is Konya Shamsrumi, a name that sounds surreally elegant, accentuated by its self-glorifying credentials: “Conceived as an Africa-centric, tradition-style, royalties-paying publishing house run by […]

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Planned Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology will drive Nigeria’s economy – Ogunduyile

By Banji Ayoola Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has announced the plan by his administration to rename the Ondo State University of Science and Technology, OSUSTECH, after its founder and former Governor of the state, late Dr. Olusegun Agagu. In this interview, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof Sunday Roberts Ogunduyile, spoke […]

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Obasanjo in Ibadan, lauds Nwagwu’s literary prowess

As eulogies for the late Prof. Helen Nwagwu, wife of the literary icon, Prof. Mark Nwagwu pour in, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, on Saturday commended Nwagwu’s latest poem collection in memory of Helen, ‘Time Came Upon Me.’ He was spotted at the presentation of the poems, dedicated to the memory of Prof. Helen Nwagwu. He […]

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