ABUAD: Canadian, US varsities to award Afe Babalola honorary law degrees
…Varsity to honour Cavista Holdings chairman, two others as 286 students bag first-class degrees By Rotimi Ojomoyela ADO-EKITI — The Founder and Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola, will receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees from two foreign universities as the institution prepares to graduate 2,194 students at its 14th convocation […]
Students decry deplorable state of university hostels in Bayelsa
Bayelsa students have decried the deplorable state of hostels in the state’s two Universities. The students bared their minds in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who visited the two universities in Amassoma and Otuoke in Bayelsa. Some of the students at the Niger Delta University( NDU) Wilberforce, Amassoma, Bayelsa, in […]
Buhari reappoints registrar Oloyede, Rasheed, Bobboyi for JAMB, NUC, UBEC jobs
By Joseph Erunke THE Federal Ministry of Education, Friday, announced the reappointments of Professor Ishaq Oloyede and Professor Abubakar Rasheed as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, and the Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, NUC, by President Muhammadu Buhari. A statement to this effect by the Director of […]
LASU graduate shot dead in front of school gate
By Adesina Wahab A former student of the Lagos State University, LASU, Yusuf Nurudeen Alowonle, alias Omomeewa, has been shot dead by some gunmen not too far from the school main gate in Ojo, Lagos. Alowonle, who two years ago contested the position of the president of the Students Union Government of the university but […]
Students miss 12 school days per year due to malaria — Okwa, LASU don
By Adesina Wahab A PROFESSOR of Parasitology in the Department of Zoology and Environmental Biology, Lagos State University, LASU, Omolade Olayinka Okwa, has said an average student in Nigeria loses between 3-12 school days in an academic year to Malaria infection. She put the loss at between 2-6 percent of the academic year. She stated […]
Insecurity: Parents anxious as NYSC continues to deploy corps members in N-East
By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA – The lingering security challenges in the Northeast region is taking a heavy emotional toll on parents and guardians of serving and incoming corps members, as many have appealed to the management of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, Scheme to redeploy them to more secure and peaceful states, Vanguard findings have […]
