NANS, others flay FG over ‘irrelevant’ course remarks
By Ndigwe Ifunanya The Federal Government’s plan to phase out university courses considered irrelevant to the national economy has brought about criticisms from student leaders and undergraduates who view the move as an attack on academic freedom. This follows recent comments by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, who described several disciplines, particularly in the social […]
OAU takes top spot in webometric ranking
By the new webometric ranking released on 6th February, 2013, Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, moved from being #8 in Nigeria to #1 and from 79 to No 14 in Africa.
Unilorin mass failure: Students urge authorities to find solution
A cross section of the 300 level students of the University of Ilorin have appealed to the school authorities to find a ‘soothing remedy’ to the high rate of failure recorded in two of their first semester general courses that were released recently.
Corps member donates library to school
At a time Nigerian government is searching for resourceful young talents who would be involved in the business of co-transforming the nation to greater height, a young lady, Olajumoke Olateju, has proved herself relevant by donating a library to a secondary school in Kwara State where she was posted as a 2012 Batch ‘A’ member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC).
Research & Devt: Covenant varsity is building mini car – Ocheja Joseph
Engineer Ocheja Joseph is a senior technologist in the Mechanical Engineering Department of Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State. His unit deals with fabrication. In this chat with Vanguard Learning in his office, Ocheja speaks on his current project which is a four-wheel auto car, saying that if Nigeria must move forward, the private sector should move ahead of government. Excerpts:
Building collapse: Locust bean to the rescue
Our secondary school children are putting on their thinking caps, looking for ways to make life better for the people. At the recently held Nigerian Secondary Schools Science Fair organised by Genius Illumina at the University of Lagos, Cherry Field College, Jikwoyi, Abuja, presented their project entitled; Enhanced paint using locust bean pod extract.
