JHU proposes new model for training Nigeria’s public servants
By Elizabeth Osayande LAGOS: James Hope University, Lagos, is pushing a new model of collaboration between academia and government to strengthen public-sector capacity in Nigeria, beginning with an exploratory meeting with the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy. The postgraduate-only university, the first of its kind in Lagos State, is proposing capacity-building, joint research, […]
Elizade University thrills at mini-Olympics; Faculty of Humanities takes crown
By Mary Obaebor Elizade University was buzzing with energy as it hosted its highly anticipated Mini Olympics from June 16 to July 9, 2022. The event united students, staff, and local community members in a spirited festival of sportsmanship and camaraderie, featuring competitions in track and field, basketball, soccer, table tennis, and volleyball. The tournament […]
Ifowodo, Oriogun, nine others make longlist for NLNG $100,000 literature prize
By Prisca Sam-Duru The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has released the longlist of 11 drawn from 287 books for the 2022 edition of the prize. The literature prize is sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) with a cash award of $100,000. This year’s edition, which is focused on Poetry, has on […]
Strike: FG breaks ASUU’s rank, plans to release withheld salaries of medical lecturers
THE Federal Government has started processing the withheld salaries of some medical lecturers in various federal universities who opted out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
Crack in ASUU, as medical lecturers distance selves from strike
•I’m not authorised to speak on ASUU, says spokesman, Education ministry By Adesina Wahab & Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE ongoing strike embarked upon by four university-based unions has taken a new twist, as lecturers in medical schools of some Federal Universities have distanced themselves from the industrial action. This came on a day the Academic Staff Union […]
FG’s promise of immediate response to our demands unfulfilled — ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the Federal Government’s promise of immediate reply to its submission to the committee set up to negotiate with it has not been fulfilled nearly a month after
