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, […]
Strike: Why we’re shutting down universities — SSANU
THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, weekend said that it will soon shut down universities as a result of the inability of the federal government to honour the Memorandum of Action, MoA, it signed with the union.
STRIKE: ASUU wants N1trn from FG
By Adesina Wahab Ongoing industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is seen by some as one of the reasons people patronise private universities, as lecturers there are not members of the union and would not go on strike. Meanwhile, another set of people not participating in the strike are […]
Delta Poly Oghara gets new Rector
Delta State Polytechnic, Otege-Oghara has gotten a new rector, Dr. Emmanuel Ufuophu-Biri. Biri, an Associate Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism lectured at the Delta State University, Abraka before the appointment. He holds a Ph.D in Communication Arts from the University of Ibadan, MA (Distinction) Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Master Degree in Industrial […]
Delta Poly Oghara gets new Rector
Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe-Oghara has gotten a new rector, Dr. Emmanuel Ufuophu-Biri. Biri, an Associate Professor of Mass Communication and Journalism, lectured at the Delta State University, Abraka before the appointment. He holds a Ph.D in Communication Arts from the University of Ibadan, MA (Distinction) Mass Communication, University of Nigeria, Nsukka; Master Degree in Industrial […]
Obaseki restructures Edo education system with new policies to sustain reforms
… begins prosecution of parents, guardians of out-of-school children … introduces multi-campus tertiary institutions …trains 2000 new teachers on ICT skills, digital pedagogy The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki is blazing the trail in the education sector with the formulation of an education policy to sustain the impactful and transformative changes recorded by his […]
