“A university does not just answer that name unless it is able to provide for the needs of the society. I fancy one great university that is all in all. A university that is well-funded to meet all the academic needs of the society that it is founded to serve.

Deputy senate president, Senator Ike Ekweremadu stressed that Nigeria can only create a vibrant democratic society where Nigerians will better their lives through functional education.

Tick-tock. The clock cannot move fast enough for 200 level students of a Nigerian University which Saturday School Life, SSL, visited recently. It is a compulsory General Studies class and this semester’s focus is on Philosophy. As the students’ wander blindly through a lecture on Plato’s allegory of the cave, some scratch their heads wondering: ‘how on earth is this relevant to my life and career?’

The Lagos State University, Ojo has given its external students a two week-ultimatum to pay their fees, saying it plans to wind up the programme by 2016.

AFTER the over two weeks of extra holiday as a result of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease, EVD, schools in ten States resumed yesterday. The States include: Lagos, Oyo, Rivers, Benue, Ekiti, Kano, Kogi, Akwa-Ibom, Ebonyi, and Ogun. Meanwhile, Kwara State Commissioner for Education, Alhaji Saka Onimago has directed both public and private schools in the state to open October, 15. He noted that the extention was to enable the state acquire necessary equipment and organise seminar for stakeholders.