The management of the Lagos State University (LASU) has closed the state-owned university indefinitely following what it termed ‘violent protest by the students”. This decision was contained in a bulletin, dated 23rd January, 2013, titled LASU management Closes University indefinitely. The statement reads, “In the wake of the violent protest by some affected students
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Forget carrying around a charger – your next mobile could be powered by the beating of your heart, researchers have revealed. A team of US and Chinese researchers has revealed a tint implantable battery they have used to power a pacemaker. It converts the constant movement of organs such as the heart, lungs and
Nissan, the Japanese car maker, said it would commence the assembly of locally-made cars in April. Senior officials revealed this at a meeting with the President Goodluck Jonathan at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Nissan Chief Executive Officer, Carlos Ghosn, said the company planned to roll out the first “made in Nigeria”
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As a teacher you have a great deal of power and influence over the student body, and you should use this to help improve the quality of student writing. Teaching the English language is not just the English department’s job, it is the job of all teachers, and it is important to take student writing
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Memorization sometimes gets a bad rap in the education world. Yes, education IS way more than just memorizing facts, dates, formulas, spellings, and pronunciations. But you do have to get information into the brain somehow, right? Technology has brought more information to our fingertips, but does it also make us forget things more easily? The
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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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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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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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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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The seven month-old strike by Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, took a dramatic dimension yesterday at a meeting to resolve issues at stake as the union and Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, got entangled in a verbal war over invitation of students and the media for the talks. While ASUP accused the minister
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