The controversy over the temporary relocation of an agency of Kwara state government to the temporary site of the University of Ilorin has been resolved. At a meeting with management of the University led by its Vice Chancellor, Prof. AbdulGaniy Ambali, Kwara State delegation led by the Secretary to the State Government, Alhaji Isiaka Gold, […]
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Nigeria has again performed poorly in global ranking of universities with none of its higher institutions making the world’s top 1,000 list. The United States alone has eight universities in the top 10, the ranking done the Centre for World University Rankings show. Harvard University came first while Stanford University ranked second, followed by Massachusetts
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Students of Ambrose Ali University, Ekpoma, Edo State have lamented the incessant robbery attacks and assaults on them, which have risen to a frightening level. The students are, therefore, calling on the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase and other relevant security agencies to come to their aide. Some of the students who spoke with
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The Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja (UniAbuja), Prof. Michael Adikwu, said the institution now has full accreditation to offer courses in Agriculture, Engineering and Veterinary Medicine. Adikwu disclosed this at a Forum of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Wednesday. He said that the initial accreditation challenge experienced by the institution had been
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), has asked Governors Abiola Ajimobi (Oyo) and Rauf Aregbesola (Osun) to pay their 13-months arrears. The union also threatened an industrial crisis, if the arrears were not paid by the two owner-states. It said members are finding it difficult to survive as
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Prof. Mohammed Yahuza Bello Tuesday emerged the new Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano (BUK), defeating 10 other contestants in a keenly but peacefully conducted election. Prof. Bello who was the former Director, Project Monitoring and Evaluation of the University polled 834 out of 1187 votes cast during the exercise. Other candidates who contested along-side
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The Director-General, National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.-Gen. Johnson Olawumi, on Wednesday said graduates with first class degrees would, henceforth, be deployed to teach in universities and other tertiary institutions. Olawumi said this in Kaduna at a two-day pre-mobilisation workshop for the 2015 Batch ”B” NYSC programme. He said the new posting policy was to
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Eminent writer and poet, Prof. Niyi Osundare has raised alarm over the dearth of mentors in the nation’s tertiary institutions. This according to Osundare who is currently a Professor of English at the University of New Orleans, USA was responsible for the fallen standard in the educational system. The eminent writer spoke in Ibadan at
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Hundreds of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination candidates on Wednesday morning stormed the University of Lagos to protest against the decision of the institution to stop them from writing the forthcoming post-UTME. The candidates alleged that the authorities of university, in liaison with the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, had rolled out a new admission procedure
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The University of Ilorin has appealed to the Federal Government to assist the institution retrieve its mini campus, seized by the Kwara Government. The appeal is contained in a letter dated June 26, signed by the university’s Vice Chancellor, Abdulganiyu Ambali, and addressed to the Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education. A copy
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The World Bank Group is launching a recruitment drive aimed at increasing the number of Sub Saharan Africans in its work force. This commitment to hire Sub Saharan Africans reflects the Bank Group’s senior leadership commitment for a diverse workforce in which African nationals can play a key role in fighting poverty and increasing shared
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19 students of St Mary’s Kibabi Boys High School in Kenya were suspended for arguing in favour of gay rights during a debate. According to Nation FM, the opponents in the debate accused the students of being homosexuals as they were very passionate in their defense of homosexually during the school debate. The school is
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The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, the capital Osun State, south-west Nigeria, has suspended its ongoing strike. The suspension of the five months industrial action by the union of the government-owned hospital is coming after the payment of the 2013 salary arrears owed. The Chief Medical Director of LAUTECH Teaching Hospital,
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Mike Adenuga’s youngest daughter, Sade Adenuga graduated with Honors from a university in the UK with a Law degree, recently. Her sister Bella and mother Titi were at the graduation. And I heard that Sade got a brand new Range Rover Autobiography 2015 from her dad as a graduation gift. Edugist congratulate her for the
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Nigeria’s telecommunications company, Etisalat has announced the call for entries for the 2015 Etisalat Prize for Literature which is in its third year. The prize is the first ever Pan African prize celebrating debut African writers of published fiction. According to Matthew Willsher, the Chief Executive Officer, Etisalat Nigeria, “Etisalat Prize for Literature serves as
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