Bayelsa govt intervenes in payment of pry school teachers
Owerri prison overcrowded — Comptroller
Delta Sports Festival: Ukwuani leads medals table
Enugu Assembly vows to protect residents from EEDC
Groups slam Itsekiri over claim on New Warri
Be proactive, Zone 5 Aig charges Squadron Commanders
Community alleges plan to burn down university
Gunmen kill Enugu deputy gov’s aide-de-camp
Fresh tension as gunmen abduct youth in Delta
Ijaw groups declare May 15 Gbaramatu Freedom Day
‘Professor Johnbull’ advocates high morals
ECA decries low number of women in ICT

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Awarding First Class not panacea to education quagmire — Adamolekun
NIGERIAN public administration scholar and professor of management, Ladipo Adamolekun, has frowned at the explosion in the number of first class and second class upper degrees being awarded by many universities, adding that universities should rather give its students qualitative education that will revamp the shambolic sector.
Rotary International Nigeria urges students to shun GBV
IN a bid to put an end to the increasing incidences of violence against women and young ladies, Rotary International district 9110 Nigeria has urged Nigerian students to shun Gender-Based Violence, GBV, in public and private schools in the country.
NIMR holds 2017 Molecular Biology Workshop
OLECULAR Biology and Biotechnology Department of Nigeria Institute of Medical Research (NIMR) will be holding its seventh Annual Molecular Biology Hands-on-Training workshop.
What you should know about Brigitte Macron, the new First Lady of France
C’EST si bon, is a song written and composed in 1947 by Henri Betti with the lyrics by André Hornez, and made popular by black legend Louis Armstrong. Long before that world famous song was ever written, the words ‘French’ and ‘love’ have been almost synonymous with the rest of the world.
Obasanjo harps on curriculum review
ABUJA — Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has called for a prioritization of innovation in the development of Nigerian universities’ curricula to avail graduates opportunities to compete in the 21st century global economy. Obasanjo stated this during the second Quarterly Distinguished Lecture organized by the National Universities Commission, NUC, in Abuja.
Domestic Violence: Why celebs are speaking out
WOMAN’s Own in a previous feature on domestic violence titled ‘Celebs: Breaking the silence on domestic violence’ was met with reactions and in this follow-up, we throw more light on the subject noticing that more women are speaking out.
Ronaldo favoured for 2017 Ballon d’Or
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Curriculum should include Media & Information Literacy—UNESCO
THE need to separate facts from fiction, have a media development content and create a literate society formed the focus of the first UNESCO National Workshop on Media and Information Literacy, MIL Curriculum Intervention in Nigerian Universities., hosted by Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo
Netherlands hosts education fair
IN her quest to give Nigerians a wider array of options in obtaining foreign education, the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Nigeria is set to host her first ‘study in Holland fair’, slated to hold on June 10, 2017 at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.
3 firms partner on training programme
STANDARD Chartered Private Bank has partnered with Fitch Learning, a pre-eminent training and professional development firm, and INSEAD, a leading business school, to create a training programme for its global front-line staff that will enable them to deliver a higher level of service and advice to private banking clients.
Yemi Sax out with 6th album, promises more quality music
WITH the release of his sixth studio album, famous Nigerian saxophonist, Yemi Sax, fondly called ‘Africa’s Sax Oracle, has promised never to disappoint in his resolve to constantly churn out quality music for the pleasure and satisfaction of his fans and lovers of good music. The saxophone extraordinaire and multi-talented musician made the declaration at the album official launch which held last Friday, May 5 in Lagos, while speaking to E-daily in an exclusive chat.
Osita Chidoka to speak at OBJ’s Presidential Library on leadership
Former Minister of Aviation Osita Chidoka has been invited as the lead speaker at the Youth Development Centre, an arm of Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library to deliver a paper on “Towards a Guiding Political Philosophy for a Democratic Nigeria”
FG cautions governing councils of varsities
THE Federal Government has warned the newly inaugurated Governing Councils of 23 Federal Universities not to interfere in the day to day administration of the universities.
The Jonathan we created
Many of my colleagues threw caution to the winds and without blush celebrated the advent of a renaissance of ‘Jonathan ideas’, which they said were about to fecundate our land, to make it grow forth, and bear fruit once again
Grammy award-winner, Lekan Babalola embarks on ‘Ebo Tour’
NIGERIAN Grammy award-winning percussionist, Lekan Babalola has unveiled plans for his 2017 concert series tagged ‘Ebo Tour.’

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