A TOTAL of 982 students have benefited from the 2012/2013 Endowment Scholarship Awards of the University of Lagos. The students received th...
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Atamu gives 10 students scholarship awards
IN demonstrating commitment to education in Urhobo, Delta State, a social club known as Atamu has given 10 students from different instituti...
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NUC approves integration of entrepreneurship program in varsity curriculum
There are strong indications that graduate unemployment in Nigeria would soon be over as the Nigerian University Commission, NUC, has approv...
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Academics tasked on research, mentorship
THE Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Research Technology and Innovation (RTI), Prof. G.A. Olatunji, has charged senior academic staff in the Universi...
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Fashola charges corps members on positive impact
Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babatunde Fashola SAN, has urged the 2014 Batch ‘B’ Stream 11 corps members deployed to Lagos State to leave beh...
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Mind Builders School awards scholarship to 6 best students
MIND Builders School has announced scholarship awards to six outstanding pupils who excelled in various criteria and subjects. This was disc...
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Graduate drowns in Ibadan lake
A polytechnic graduate (name withheld) has died in a lake situated at Aba Apata, Adegbayi, in Egbeda Local Government Area of Oyo State.
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NUC approves entrepreneurship certification programme in varsities
THE National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Association of Business Executives (ABE) of United Kingdom will on November 19, 2014 sig...
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We are ready to ground Unilag —ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Lagos chapter, has declared that it is prepared to embark on a total and in...
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How MUSON scholar excels in American varsity
Miss Agatha Ibeazor, a beneficiary of MTN Foundation scholarship scheme at the MUSON centre, Lagos, and a scholar of late Dr. Levi Ajuonuma...
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Female suicide bomber strikes in Niger school
AN improvised explosive device exploded on a suspected female suicide bomber on Wednesday, in front of the library of the Federal College ...
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Lagos introduces screening test to curb mass failure
IN an effort to curb the continued dismal performance of candidates in Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (SSCE), the Lagos S...
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Certification without content is the bane of Nigerian education – Prof Kila
PROFESSOR Anthony Kila has stated that the bane of Nigerian education began when people decided to have certificate without the correspondin...
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We have young people who have no idea of their history —MAUTECH VC
Professor Kyari Mohammed is the Vice-Chancellor of Modibbo Adama University of Technology, MAUTECH, Yola, Adamawa State. In this chat with V...
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Admission seekers riot in Kwara Poly
Pandemonium ensued on Wednesday as a large group of admission seekers into the Kwara State Polytechnic, (Kwarapoly) Ilorin, proteste...
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N3b research grants is too small for Nigeria—Nnaji
FORMER Minister of Power and Chief Executive Officer of Geometric Power Limited, Professor Bart Nnaji, yesterday, said the N3billion interve...
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Education for all in 2015: Mirage or reality for Nigeria?
WHEN 164 countries, Nigeria inclusive, pledged to achieve Education for All by 2015 at a World Education Forum in Dakar Senegal in 2000, hop...
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Shekarau stresses need for African varsities directory
A COMPREHENSIVE directory of African universities is vital for easy identification of approved institutions, the Minister of Education, Ibra...
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The epistle according to Paul University: ‘No ‘sorting;’ we don’t sell handouts’
The management, staff and students of Paul Universisty, Awka, Anambra State, recently rolled out drums to celebrate her first set of gr...
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Picture of our school!
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Bombs, guns trouble UNIMAID students
Fears and hopes have continued to trail the resumption of the University of Maiduguri for the 2014/2015 academic session. Despite the o...
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Breweries rehabilitate 104- year -old school in Enugu
They are neighbours to Amaeke Ngwo. For some communities, living as neighbours could be nightmarish in times of skirmishes, but in times...
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Inaugural lectures: 38 years after, UNN shifts focus to the heart
The famous University of Nigeria, Nsukka inaugural lecture is one the university community looks up to. The lecture series which started...
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Unpaid allowances: UNILAG lecturers boycott classes
Academic activities were suspended at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) yesterday, when aggrieved lecturers staged a rally to protest no...
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Ebola crisis: Sierra Leone health workers go on strike
More than 400 health workers involved in treating Ebola patients have gone on strike at a clinic in Sierra Leone. The staff, who includ...
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FG yet to honour agreement with lecturers –ASUU
One year after university lecturers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) returned to classes after a pro...
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Female suicide bomber hits Niger school, kills one
A female suicide bomber and one student of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Kontagora, Niger State lost their lives in a bomb at...
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TUC, NUPENG Condemn Killing of 47 School Children
The organised labour has condemned Monday’s killing of 47 school children by a suicide bomber in Yobe State, describing the onslaught ag...
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Princeton College Goes Digital, Assures Students of Quality Education
Princeton College, Surulere, Lagos, has upgraded its teaching tools to digital facilities in preparation for the 2014/2015 academic session...
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Becoming a connected educator
“I learned more on Twitter in six months than in two years of graduate school. The connections I’ve made because I am online are crucia...
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NYSC boss advises corps members on skill acquisition
The coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps in Osun State, Mr. Abada Okpiroro, has advised corps members to avail themselves of th...
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ICAN president calls for new researches in accounting
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria says it is committed to boosting accounting research aimed at taking the profession to its...
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Fidelity Bank Supports Rehabilitation of School
As part of their corporate social responsibility (CSR), members of staff of Fidelity Bank Plc’s risk management department have donated ...
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Health Workers Threaten Indefinite Strike
FG gives nod to JOHESU members' consultancy status‬ ‪Paul Obi in Abuja‬ ‪Except the federal government intervenes, the Jo...
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Delayed JS3 Ogun results
I want appeal to the Ogun State Ministry of Education to release the 2014 Basic Education Certificate Examination results in the state.
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Spot the difference: why do more men teach in independent schools?
While women dominate both sectors, significantly more men enter – and stay in – private education. Lucy Ward explores what the statistics me...
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Health workers’ strike’ll not affect operations —UCH
The management of the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, yesterday said healthcare services had been going on in the hospital without...
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Are British students getting fitter or fatter?
One recent report claims today’s students are super healthy, another that they are piling on the pounds. Which is correct? They say you a...
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ASUU, Delta State Threatens Strike Action Over Kidnapped Colleague
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Delta State Chapter, has called for the immediate release of Dr. Nyerhovwo Tonukari, an intern...
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Jonathan launches schools agric programme
PRESIDENT Goodluck Jonathan on Monday launched the National Schools Agriculture Programme (NSAP), as part of his administration’s effort to...
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Only UNILORIN, 6 others have 60% Ph.D lecturers —NUC
THE Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Juliu Okojie, on Monday, said “only University of Ilorin (...
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Boosting youth employment through graduate internship scheme
YOUTH unemployment in Nigeria said to be the highest in the world if numbers from the country’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and t...
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TETFund spends N23.8b on tertiary institutions’ e-libraries
IN pursuit of excellence in the education sector, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it has committed the sum of N23.842 bil...
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States owe WAEC N3bn for examination registration
THE multi-million naira credit facility extended to state governments in the country by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), during ...
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Nda-Isaiah Congratulates Gowon, Says It’s Time to Reform NYSC
Founder of Leadership Newspapers and Presidential aspirant on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, s...
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Skye Bank Employees Renovate Schools, Donate Materials to Students
Employees of Skye Bank Plc have embarked on various corporate social...
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Students, authorities disagree as mass failure hits law school
From Lagos to Abuja, Yola, Enugu, Kano, and Yenagoa campuses of the Nigerian Law School, gloom and frustration seem to be the second name of...
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Varsity offers scholarship to 44 students
The authorities of the Federal University, Lafia, Nasarawa State, have offered scholarship to 44 students of the institution.
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Poor ranking of Nigerian varsities worrisome –UNILORIN VC
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali, says the poor ranking of Nigerian universities in th...
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Muslim students develop mobile health apps
Muslim students at the University of Lagos have developed an application that reveals locations and contacts of health centres and general h...
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‘Educate public on democracy, Ebola’
The Emir of Gombe, Abubakar Shehu Abubakar III, has urged broadcast stations in the country to do more in enlightening the public on the ten...
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Man abandons children in boarding school for eight years
Three children abandoned in a boarding school in Abule-Iroko in the Ado-Odo Ota Local Government Area of Ogun State are longing to meet th...
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ASUU tasks Delta on abducted don’s freedom
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, Delta University, Abraka, Chapter, on Sunday urged the state government to intensify efforts to s...
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Nigerian students and the 2015 elections
Without empirical evidence, it is safe to contend that there are more phones in our tertiary institutions than there are books. If this clai...
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NYSC passing out parade put off again
The 2013/2014 Batch ‘C’ National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members in the Federal Capital Territory yesterday collected their discharge cer...
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Islamic school graduates pupils
Aibas Islamic Academy, Kubwa, Bwari Area Council, recently graduated nine pupils having been thoroughly bred in Islamic and Western educatio...
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Dons blame Nigerian varsities’ low ranking on lecturers’ carelessness
VICE Chancellors and lecturers have continued to query the rationale behind the low ranking of Nigerian universities over the years, arguing...
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The imperative of professionalising the Nigerian Civil Service
WRITERS are often considered literary prophets. Chinua Achebe’s A Man of the People preceded the first Nigerian military coup by seven month...
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UNN @ 54: Students celebrate varsity, task V-C on transparency
NIgeria’s first indigenous university, University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, known for academic excellence, turns 54, with the Founders Day le...
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Education, solution to Africa’s devt challenges says US Ambassador
AMBASSADOR James Entwistle, the US ambassador to Nigeria, has harped on the importance of education to the development of any nation.
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Parents, students bemoan unity schools’ strike
PARENTS and students are bemoaning the inability of the 104 Unity Schools to reopen after an extended holiday occasioned by the outbreak of ...
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Rivers govt distributes ebola preventive materials to schools
The Rivers State Government has distributed Ebola Preventive materials to all Model Primary schools in the State. The materials include the...
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Varsities Talk: Jigawa state Varsity as a metaphor for others (2)
“A university does not just answer that name unless it is able to provide for the needs of the society. I fancy one great university that is...
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Rivers govt distributes ebola preventive materials to schools
The Rivers State Government has distributed Ebola Preventive materials to all Model Primary schools in the State. The materials include ther...
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Education: Panacea for vibrant democratic society— Ekweremadu
Deputy senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu stressed that Nigeria can only create a vibrant democratic society where Nigerians will bett...
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Man gets eight months prison term for exam malpractices
FOR involving in examination malpractices, Justice Kudirat Jose of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 20 year-old ...
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Teacher bags life jail for defiling 11-year-old pupil
A Benin High Court has sentenced a 35-year-old teacher, Bright Asiruwa, to life imprisonment for defiling an 11-year-old primary school ...
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Why I enrolled in school at 77, by Obasanjo
•Former president urges lecturers to treat him as regular student Academic and administrative activities at the National Open Univers...
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