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The management of Bowen University, Iwo has said its lecturers have continued to hold lectures for the students through the Internet during the closure caused by the coronavirus outbreak. The Head, Public Relations Unit of the university, Toba Adaramola, in a statement said the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Joshua Ogunjide, gave the directive that […]

The African Students Education Support Initiative, a monitoring group, has raised the alarm that some students and union leaders in tertiary institutions were planning to take over the streets due to the Federal Government-imposed 14-day lockdown without any palliatives for the youths. The ASESI Executive Director, Chinonso Obasi, stated this on Monday, urging the government

A coalition of Kwara North Elders on Monday rejected the appointment of Prof. Muhammed Akanbi as the new Vice-Chancellor of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete. The elders in a statement issued in Ilorin, described the decision of the state government to appoint Akanbi as ‘insensitive’, claiming it is extremely against the principles of ‘equity, justice

An SS2 Student, Augustine Uchenna, of Community Secondary School, Inshinkwo, Onicha LGA EBONYI has won the NYSC Inter Secondary Mathematics competition for all Secondary Schools in Onicha LGA. The competition was powered by Corper Aremu Ridwan at Community Secondary School, Abaomege. In a fierce contest that saw eight schools under Onicha LGA local Government of

The Communications Coordinator of SciCom Nigeria, Mr Abdullahi Tsanni, has advocated the revitilisation of science subjects in secondary schools. Tsanni, in an interview with our correspondent, said the National Life Sciences Competition for students will inspire and motivate Nigerian secondary school pupils to take up career paths in science. He said the competition will give

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said the cut-off marks for this year’s admission has not been fixed yet. The board said this year’s cut – off marks would be decided at a stakeholders policy meeting that would be chaired by the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu. It urged Nigerians, and in particular

The 2019 Accreditation of Academic Programmes in Nigerian Universities by NUC, Abia State University (ABSU) has received full accreditation in nine out of the eleven programmes accredited, while two programmes were interim. The Following Programmes Were Awarded Full Accreditation: Law Mass Communication Library and Information Science Agriculture Political Science Surveying and Geo-informatics Geography and Planning

Bayero University’s Department of Pure and Industrial Chemistry has mobilized its staff for the production of Hand Sanitizers to be used within the university campus and possibly the Kano community. Already, a number of the academic staff from the Department who volunteered to participate in the project with a view to contributing their quota towards

The Ondo State Government said it has recruited and trained 25 teachers for the purpose of keeping students in the state busy during the forced holiday occasioned by outbreak of corona virus. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Femi Agagu, who disclosed this in a chat with journalists in Akure said the programme was

Higher institutions shut to prevent the spread of Coronavirus are likely to reopen for teaching but through the e-platform Unsure of how soon the Coronavirus pandemic will end, Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu on Thursday opened talks with 237 Vice Chancellors, Rectors and Provosts on how to reopen using virtual learning. He directed all