The University of Calabar has ordered the cessation of the practice of “water ritual’’ in the school, describing it as unwholesome and not academic. In the “water ritual’’, students pour water sporadically on matriculating and graduating students as an “initiation…
Prof. Umar Pate, Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Kashere in Gombe Sate said that the university has been given licence by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) to commence radio broadcast in January. Pate said this at a three-day Capacity Building Work…
Professor Luqman Ayodele Yusuff, Research Professor at the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies (IADS), University of Lagos (UNILAG) will deliver the sixth (6th) Inaugural Lecture in the 2021/2022 Academic Session of the University of Lagos on Wednesday, December 7,…
Active political participation by alumni associations of Institutions remains an indispensable means of correcting the poor trajectory of education and disunity in Nigeria. This is according to the President, Unity Schools Old Students Association (USOSA), Micheal Magaji, who maintains that…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has emphasised the importance of the three weeks orientation course as an avenue for corps members to realise their potential and attain individual feats during and after the service year. The Corps said the…
The Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Professor Timothy Abiodun Adebayo, has urged the Federal Government to, without wasting more time, intensify efforts to tackle insecurity in the country. He noted that this is necessary to ensure food sufficiency in…
The National Examinations Council has expressed its readiness to root out incidents of examination malpractice in all its examinations by deploying officials of the Department of State Services and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps to examination centres. In a…
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has said 5,852 students from various fields would graduate at the 46th Convocation of the university. Out of the number, 4,114 are Bachelor degree graduates in the classified category. This was disclosed by the…
The Academic Staff Union of the University is set to hold a quarterly National Executive Council meeting at the University of Calabar on Sunday. A member of the NEC confirmed this to correspondents on Saturday in Abuja. “There is a…
A pastoral socio-cultural group, Kautal Hore, has commended Jigawa government over establishment of additional 260 nomadic schools across the state. The group’s Chairman, Alhaji Umar Dubantu made the commendation in an interview with Newsmen in Dutse on Saturday. He said…
