A Professor of History and the Executive Director, Office of Global Partnership-Africa, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Prof. Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani, will deliver a special lecture at the Olusegun Agagu University, (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria, tomorrow Friday, May 27. The lecture, which is titled:“The Wilson Vision and Internationalisation of Education. ” will hold […]
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Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu The appointment of vice chancellors in Nigerian universities is always full of intrigues. In many cases, the selection process is marred by conflicts of interests and petitions, which often results in legal actions. By Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2003, otherwise called Universities Autonomy Act No. 1, 2007 and Universities […]
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Governing Council defends appointment as free, fair, open By Banji Ayoola The first female Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof Adenike Temidayo Oladiji, has taken over as the institution’s eighth substantive head, even as its Governing Council defended her appointment as free, fair and transparent. She was inaugurated on Tuesday by […]
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The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said the board remitted N27.2 billion from 2017 to date to the Federal Government’s coffers. He made this known yesterday in Abuja at the opening session of a three-day workshop for public relations officials of the board. The workshop, organised in collaboration with […]
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Students gather in front of University of Ibadan gate The Nigerian government on Monday said it has shortlisted about 8,800 students for scholarship opportunities abroad. The shortlisted students were from among the 26,000 who applied for its overseas scholarship programme backed by the Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF). The annual PTDF scholarship has been ongoing […]
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Award-winning author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has reminisced on her late mother. She shared a post of her mother in the company of other societal women who were amazed by her presence. The writer said it was the last moment she spent with her late mother, stating she is still traumatised by her absence. She said: […]
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By Adegbenro Adebanjo There are many high points and key achievements that will be credited to the tenure of Prof Joseph Adeola Fuwape, the Seventh substantive Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA. But there will always be the consensus by all and sundry, particularly the chroniclers of higher education history in […]
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By Banji Ayoola A former Director General of the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, NIIA, Prof Bola Akinterinwa, has stressed the need for the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, to be unique in its programmes. Besides, he called for a new perception by government of polytechnic education as the bedrock of a self-reliant industrial development in […]
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By Banji Ayoola The Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State, will hold its 4th foundation lecture on May 18. According to a statement by the institution’s Deputy Registrar, Information & Protocol, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, the lecture, titled : “Polytechnic Education in National Development: Global Challenges and Strategic Leeway for the FEDPOLEL in Nigeria,” will be delivered […]
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Candidates queue to enter the hall during the recent Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at the accredited centre in Gwagwalada, Abuja JAMB has released the results of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In a statement issued in Abuja on Saturday, Dr Fabian Benjamin, Head, Public Affairs and […]
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