Urhobo militant group blows up gas trunklines in Delta
AN Urhobo militant group, Urhobo Gbagbako, yesterday, claimed responsibility for two explosions that rocked two major gas trunklines belonging to the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company, NPDC, located on the boundaries of Afiesere and Ekredjebo communities and Otedo and Edjovwe communities both in Ughelli North and Ughelli South Local Government Areas of Delta State.
Bida Poly Rector, Sule, bows out in style
IT was a glorious exit for Engineer Abdullahi Sule who completed his second term in office as Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State. Sule joined the Polytechnic in 1984, served as Rector between 2006 to 2015 and is described by many as the architect of transformation of the Polytechnic. At a send forth dinner organized in his honour by the Student Union Government held at the Auditorium of the school which attracted a large crowd, students, staff, management and ten former SUG Presidents, the SUG President, Christopher Ejike Emmanuel, said the tenure of Engineer Sule has impacted positively on the lives of people as within and outside the Polytechnic.
Why public universities are failing Nigeria
Hugh Latimer, was one of the leading lights of the English Reformation, which started as revolt against papacy but ended up revolutionizing all aspects of British life. Much of it was centred around Oxford and Cambridge where Latimer, at one time or another studied and taught. I thoroughly align myself with Latimer that a nation which fails to maintain its schools and universities will eventually evolve into a brutal society.
Experts from 100 countries storm Ethiopia for E-Learning Africa conference
Poised to provide a unique forum for dialogue, networking and exchange of ideas, e-Learning Africa, the largest and most influential conference on technology-assisted learning and training in Africa, will be bringing together African education and ICT ministers to meet leading global experts to discuss new opportunities and initiatives in the field of technology and learning in the continent.
NDLEA nabs 42-yr-old Kenyan dancer with cocaine
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 42-year-old Kenyan female dancer (names withheld) with cocaine weighing 5.345kg at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Firms harp on qualitative education, donate hybrid library to school
THE Star Deepwater Petroleum Limited, a Chevron company and its co-venturers in the Agbami field have donated a hybrid library to CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos, to enhance learning and qualitative education in the school. Co-venturers of Agbami field which include; Famfa Oil Limited, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC, Statoil Nigeria Limited and Petroleo Brasileiro Nigeria Limited have vowed to help raise the standard of education across the country.
