Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has lamented over the sorry state the social media has fallen into in recent times. According to him, the social media space has been dragged down to the lowest common denominator and taken over by people he described as “barbarians”. The literary icon made the assertion while speaking on Saturday […]
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Renowned historian, Prof. Toyin Falola of the University of Texas at Austin, USA, has called for certification of technical skill programmes in universities. Speaking during a visit to the Glorious Vision University, Lagos Campus, Ketu, Falola emphasised that universities should be interested in certification of the informal economy even as they invested in technology, engineering,
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The African Mathematics Union suggests that he was the first Nigerian to hold a doctorate in mathematics. Obi’s early research dealt mainly with the question of the existence of periodic solutions of non-linear ordinary differential equations.He successfully used the perturbation technique, and several of his publications greatly helped to stimulate research interest in this subject
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Akínwándé Olúwọlé Babátúndé Ṣóyíinká; born 13 July 1934, known as Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, novelist, poet, and essayist in the English language. He was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature, for “in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashioning the drama of existence” the first sub-Saharan African to be honoured
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The first Neurosurgery Professor in Bauchi State, Abdu Ibrahim, has passed on after protracted illness. He was said to have died on Thursday at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital, Bauchi. Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who is currently on pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, commiserated with the family, friends and associates of the late
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The 10th Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town Mamokgethi Phakeng has launched a YouTube educational channel, the ‘Fab Academic – Unfiltered’ to talk about education, academics and how to get into the university. Peers recognise Phakeng internationally and she is the third black woman in South Africa to have a B-rating as a researcher,
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A lecturer, Albert Oikelome, has become a professor of Musicology and Performance Studies at the Department of Creative Arts (Music), University of Lagos Nigeria. The appointment followed Oikelome’s contributions to music in Nigeria. According to a report, the professor was often regarded as a musicologist and music icon whose area of expertise is on the
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A professor of education at the University of Lagos, Duro Ajeyalemi, has died of Covid-19. This was announced in a statement on Wednesday January 6, 2021. “The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, on Wednesday morning lost another prominent professor, Duro Ajeyalemi, to coronavirus disease,” the statement reads. According to the statement, the late Mr Ajeyalemi,
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Professor Aloy Ejiogu, FCIA, FISN, FABS of the Department of Education Management, Faculty of Education, University of Lagos has bagged a Fellowship Award of the Nigeria Association of Educational Administration and Planning (NAEAP). The erudite scholar received the prestigious award on October 21, 2014 during the 33rd NAEAP National Conference held at the Musa Yar’adua
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In this post, I want to share a short story that exude the cecity in our universities, obliterating confidence and making many a lecturers demi-gods. I was attending my first history class in the university. Sitting by me is Biodun, an ‘uncle’ I have been admiring since I was in JSS2. I stayed at home
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