Education Nigeria

Caleb University fellowship choir debuts musical album

Ihesiulo Grace 12 December 2017 0

In what could be described as another milestone in the history of Caleb University, a private university in Imota, Lagos, the choir recently launched an album with seven soul inspiring tracks . According to the Public Relation Officer, Mr Elvis Otobo the album is inspired to create true worship

Education

Crawford University churns out 230 graduates

Ihesiulo Grace 8 December 2017 0

Crawford University owned by The Apostolic Faith in Igbesa Ogun State is set to graduate about 230 first degree students at its 9th convocation ceremony slated for December 13, 2017. Addressing journalists at a press briefing to kick start activities marking the 9th convocation, Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Isaac Ajayi said the convocation […]

Features

Uproar as Britain’s highest paid VC quits with six-figure “golden goodbye”

Ihesiulo Grace 7 December 2017 0

…Earns N168,480,000 per annum Britain’s highest paid university vice-chancellor has stepped down amid a row over her pay but will receive her full salary until 2019 in a generous “golden goodbye”. Rosemary Bennett reporting for The Times of London said Dame Glynis Breakwell, vice-chancellor of Bath University whose salary package is £468,000, (about N168,480,000)

Brands and Marketing

Uniport don releases new guide to linguistic hygiene

Ihesiulo Grace 12 November 2017 0

A Professor of English language at the University of Port Harcourt, Nkem Okoh has released a new guide to “usage and grammar” in English. The book was presented to the public recently at Ebitimi Banigo Auditorium at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. In the book titled: Keep Your Language Clean, the author avoids […]

News

PHED throws half of Calabar to darkness for a month

Ihesiulo Grace 11 November 2017 0

…..crimes multiplies, economic activities grounded Close to a month after a House wife and a student of Cross River State University of Technology (CRUTECH) were reported dead at no 14 Adak Uko street in Calabar, Calabar South and part of Calabar Municipal and Odukpani local government have remained in dark and without electricity supply for […]

Features

Tertiary Institutions: Deans, Students’ Affairs officers gather to proffer solution to restiveness

Ihesiulo Grace 6 November 2017 0

Restiveness across Nigerian university campuses appears to be a phenomenon as old as tertiary education in the country. Each university has had to contend with this menace which appears to have defied solution. This informed the gathering of Deans and Officers of Students’ Affairs in Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria, (ADOSATIN) in Sango-Otta, Ogun State recently […]

News

Fayose presents bill for death penalty, life imprisonment of cultists, sponsors

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

….Places N1m reward for anyone who fishes out EKSU killing cultists Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose, has said the state is sponsoring a bill against incessant killings by student cultists on the state university campus. The bill, when passed into law, would hand out death penalty to anyone found guilty of involvement in cultism […]

Brands and Marketing

BJAN’s 5th annual brands and marketing conference moves to Enugu

Ihesiulo Grace 1 November 2017 0

….Gov Ugwuanyi expected The Brand Journalists Association of Nigeria (BJAN) the umbrella body for all journalists who cover the Integrated Marketing Communications sector in the country is set to hold its 5th Annual Brands and Marketing Conference in Enugu State, Nigeria. The conference, which is one of the association’s major programmes for the year, is […]

Politics

Violence mars election of NDU Alumni Association

Ihesiulo Grace 24 October 2017 0

Niger Delta University Alumni Association NDUAA election held on Saturday at Law faculty in Ovum, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State was disrupted as some of the members alleged that the process had been compromised, leading to hijack of accreditation materials and destruction of ballot boxes and papers. What began as a peaceful process with accreditation that began […]

News

Buhari Signs University Of Petroleum Bill

Ihesiulo Grace 18 October 2017 0

The Act will ensure the establishment of the University of Petroleum Resources in Effurun, Delta State, for training and research in petroleum technologies. The president has signed a bill on the establishment of the University of Petroleum Resources in Effurun, Delta State, into law. At the signing ceremony held at the State House on Tuesday, […]

Opinion

Reduction of JAMB cut off marks for admission: Violence to university education

Ihesiulo Grace 24 August 2017 0

On June 3, last year, a day after the Federal Government announced the scrapping of the Post UTME as part of the qualifying procedure for admission into Nigerian Universities, I cautioned in a write-up that was published in many Nigerian newspapers that that singular step was nothing but a calamitous mistake. Good enough, the Federal […]

Opinion

Imo State eyes more revenue from Polytechnic Transformation

Ihesiulo Grace 17 January 2017 0

The last time I checked, there was an ongoing move by the Imo State government to transform the state Polytechnic at Umuagwo in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Council – to a university. The intention was occasioned by the present administration’s perception that the institution deserves to be given a lift in all ramifications. If one says […]

Education Headlines News Tertiary

Imo Varsity Teachers Begin Indefinite Strike Action

Ihesiulo Grace 10 May 2015 0

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Imo State University, Owerri chapter have begun an indefinite strike action. The strike is as a result of the inability of the management of the institution under its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, a former ASUU President, to pay their salaries for two months (March and […]

Education News Tertiary

LASU Remains Closed Until Unions, Students Agree

Ihesiulo Grace 5 May 2015 0

Lagos State Government has said that the Lagos State University (LASU) will remain closed until the unions, students and management agree to maintain peace. The institution was closed down in March following the ongoing face-off between management and the various trade unions including the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian

News

Niger Govt, APC in War of Words over Recruitment of Civil Servants

Ihesiulo Grace 28 April 2015 0

All Progressive Congress( APC) Niger state on Monday uncovered the plan by Niger State government to  recruit more workers to force the incoming government rationalize the work force in the State. The Government aim of embarking on the mass recruitment of workers is to leave behind large workforce that will weigh down the next administration. […]

News

Niger Budgeted over N594.6m for University of Education Take Off

Ihesiulo Grace 23 April 2015 0

The Niger state Government has budgeted over N594.6m for the recruitment of staff to the new University of Education and the College of Education both in Minna the state capital. The amount will cover the salaries of 302 teaching and non -teaching staff for the University of Education as well as 6 management staff as […]