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

Osogbo – Two persons have been sentenced to death by hanging by Osun State High Court sitting in Ikirun for killing a 400-Level student of Osun State University, Ipetu-Ijesa campus. The convicts are Elijah Oyebode (25), Yusuf Ajibade (28) and Jelili Raji (aka Ifa) (35). They were arraigned in Court on 14th November, 2017. They

Four Nigerian students in the United Kingdom have tested positive for Coronavirus. The students are beneficiaries of the 2019 Niger Delta Development Commission Scholarship Programme. SaharaReporters had published that the students were abandoned in the UK for eight months by the NDDC under Niger Delta Affairs Minister, Godswill Akpabio, and the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.

Osun State Governor Gboyega Oyeyola has confirmed the appointment of Dr. Olawoye Olaniran as the fifth substantive rector of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree. A statement by the Director of Media, Public Relations and Protocol of the institution, Mr. Bayo Fadeji, said that Olaniran’s confirmation was contained in a release from the office of the Head