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January 22, 2014

Etisalat Prize for Literature Shortlist Announced

  Etisalat has announced the 2013 shortlist for the Etisalat Prize for Literature, the shortlisted nominees are: “Bom Boy” by Yewande Omotoso, “Finding Soutbek” by Karen Jennings and “We need new names” by NoViolet Bulawayo. The Etisalat Prize for Literature is the first Pan-African literary prize created to recognise and reward debut fiction writers in Africa. […]

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WAEC laments Scarcity of Competent Teaching Staff in Nigerian Schools

  The Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has lamented the dearth of teaching staff in schools, just as it also called on state governments and proprietors of private schools to procure detectors to prevent candidates from smuggling in mobile handsets into examination halls. This was disclosed at the 56th

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Covenant University emerges 2013 best private University in Nigeria

  The year 2013 ended on a good note for Covenant University, as the Centre for Democratic Governance in Africa (CDGA) awarded her the Best Private University in Nigeria, while the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Charles K. Ayo was inducted an honorary member of the centre. The award, which was conferred on the University on Friday, December

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MAYHEM IN LAGOS UNIVERSITY: Students Disrupt Exams, Stone Vice Chancellor (PHOTOS)

  Students of the Lagos State University, Ojo, on Thursday continued their protest at the Ojo campus of the institution disrupting the university’s second semester examination and destroying properties in the process. The students had closed and halted all activities Wednesday night as they protested within and in front of the school premises, while blocking the main

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