The immediate past president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and Acting Vice Chancellor, Imo State University (IMSU),Prof Ukachukwu Awuzie, has called on tertiary institutions such as Universities of Technology and Agriculture to focus on their field of expertise. Awuzie said that this would help solve the challenges being faced in the Nigerian higher education sector.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has urged students to be resourceful with their time following the persistence of the on-going strike. The Chairman, Kogi State University Chapter of ASUU, Dr. Sylvester Ukwuteno, who made this call while speaking to newsmen recently, admonished students not to use the time made available to them to cause mischief, but instead to study and prepare for the future.

The American University of Nigeria provides a modern education right in the backyard of Boko Haram,, Nigeria’s homegrown terrorist group. One clue: The campus claims 55 per cent of all the internet traffic in Nigeria.” Jack Rodolico, Latitude News, August 6, 2012.

IN order to shine the spotlight on the transformative power of girl-child education across Africa and the world, the ground-breaking feature, ‘Girl Rising’ was screened for the first time in Nigeria at the Silverbird Cinema, Victoria Island, Lagos recently.

Even though they unaffected by the protracted strike embarked by public university lecturers, students of the University of Ilorin have appealed to both the Federal Government and the striking lecturers to consider the plights of students, and reach a truce that will end the three months strike.