Day: March 2, 2024
Aliko Dangote, the richest man in Africa and CEO of the Dangote Group, has given Nigeria the mission of converting its resource-based economy to a knowledge-based one. As part of the events planned for the 38th convocation of Bayero University, Kano, Mr. Dangote made the suggestion in a
The Tertiary Education Trust fund (TETfund), Abuja, hosted a Research for Impact Creative Writing Award. The Polytechnic, Ibadan (TPI) excelled as a team, winning two of the three awards during the research programme. The Polytechnic, Ibadan’s five-man team, which is primarily composed of
Professor Charles Esimone, the vice chancellor of Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, outlined the requirements for new students to meet in order to succeed academically. Among other things, Esimone stated at the university’s 2023–2024 matriculation ceremony that students need to pay the
The Nigerian House of Representatives has encouraged the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health to work together to develop a drug test that is required of all secondary school students. This came after Moshood Oshun (APC-Lagos) adopted a resolution at Thursday’s plenary in
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been directed by the House of Representatives to extend the registration period for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) by a period of two weeks. The resolution came after Rep. Hassan Shinkafi (PDP-Zamfara) adopted a
Following a heated argument with members of the university’s Man O’ War Unit, Francis Marvellous, 21, a 300-level student at Imo State University (IMSU), is accused of fatally stabbing Chinagorom Marvellous Kingsley, 22, a final-year student at the Federal University of Technology
Prof. Smaranda Elisabeta Olarinde, vice chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, ABUAD, has demanded an urgent reform to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Act 2011 in order to bring its operations into line with the contemporary realities of the tertiary education landscape
If the government fails to pay its members’ withheld salary, the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions have threatened to disrupt industrial peace in universities. These