NOT less than 27 new pharmacists trained by the University of Port Harcourt were inducted into the Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, at the third oath taking andinduction ceremony of the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences held on Friday at the Ebitim Benigo Auditorium.

RECTOR Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara state, Dr. Mufutau Olatunde Olatinwo, said that 14 students from the institution are among the beneficiaries of a scholarship award by Federal Government. Dr. Olatinwo said that among the institutions in kwara State, Federal Poly, Offa has the highest number of awardees.

STUDENTS in senior secondary schools across the country have been invited to submit entries in the 2014 UBA Foundation National Essay Competition. UBA Foundation is the corporate social responsibility and sustainability initiatives arm of United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc and uses this annual competition to challenge the reading, research, writing and critical thinking skills of Nigerian students.

THE Minister of Education, Mallam Ibrahim Shekarau has urged stakeholders in the sector to encourage the study of history stating that it is vital part of national development. Just as the First Lady of Lagos State, Dame Abimbola Fashola at the same event also lamented the extinction of History from Nigeria’s school curriculum.

Fresh students of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, have been advised to squarely face their studies, as well as shun acts capable of jeopardizing their ambition of acquiring quality education towards the pursuit of academic excellence.