After appointment and inauguration, what is the next line of action? The mandate and vision of the government has been pronounced and explained in clearer terms, which is “TO REPOSITION THE INSTITUTION AND CITADEL OF LEARNING TO THE TOP TEN UNIVERSITIES IN THE WORLD”. Let me start by congratulating you on…
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested a former Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde, for allegedly misappropriating N900 million. Professor Ojerinde, who was arrested on 15th March 2021, in Abuja, by operatives of ICPC, is alleged to have…
The school girls who were abducted from the Government Secondary School in Jangebe, Zamfara State have regained their freedom. The girls are currently in the palace of the Emir of Anka waiting for transportation to Gusau, the state capital where they are to meet with the state governor, Bello Matawalle. On Friday, February 26, armed…
Rapper Zlatan Ibile has completed his National Youth Service Corps program. The rapper took to Instagram to share photos of him in his NYSC uniform after the Passing Out Parade today February 18. Zlatan wrote; GLORY BE TO GOD
A yet-to-be-identified student of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, in Owo, Ondo State, was macheted to death by some unknown persons on Wednesday, February 10. Confirming the incident to newsmen, the public relations officer of the institution, Samuel Ojo, said the reason for the attack is yet to be ascertained. Ojo dismissed rumours that the…
Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige has described the proposed strike action by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities as illegal. Ngige who asked the two unions to give the federal government three months to forward a supplementary budget to the National Assembly to cover…
The Federal Executive Council has approved a memo from the Ministry of Education for the establishment of 20 new private universities across the country. According to the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, the 20 new private universities are to be given provisional licenses to run for three years while the ministry monitors and evaluates…
The Nigerian government has said it will shut down NYSC orientation camps that fail to comply with protocols put in place to curb the spread of coronavirus. The Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare, while speaking at the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 briefing on Monday, Jan 25, said the government was…
Winifred Ugochinyere Hyacinth, a graduate of the Faculty of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, UNIZIK, bagged multiple awards at the induction ceremony of medical graduates into the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria. Dr. Winifred won 12 out of the 14 awards including the award for best student in 2nd, 3rd,4th…
A Deputy Registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) Ondo State, Dr Amos Arijesuyo, has been killed by suspected bandits on Sunday night, January 17. Dr. Arijesuyo was attacked by the armed bandits while driving in his personal vehicle along the Ilesa-Akure road. A statement by the Deputy Director, Corporate Communications…
