By Henry Oladele A Professor of Microbiology, Kabiru Akinyemi, on Tuesday called on the Federal Government to educate the populace on the dangers of indiscriminate drug use. Akinyemi made this call at the 112th Lagos State University (LASU) Inaugural Lecture Series, heldContinue Reading
By Victor Adeoti Prof. Shadrach Akindele, Vice-Chancellor (VC) of Redeemer’s University, Ede in Osun, has urged graduating postgraduate students of the institution to use the knowledge acquired to develop practical solutions to challenges facing the country. Akindele said this during his address at the 17th convocation ceremony ofContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Vice-Chancellor, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), Prof. Olufemi Peters, has called for greater academic involvement in shaping the country’s migration policy for national development and global engagement. Peters made the call at the opening of a two-day workshop organised by the university’s Centre of ExcellenceContinue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming public schools through digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to build a knowledge-based economy and globally competitive learners. The Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, stated this at the inauguration of the Digitalisation of Public Schools Initiative and the flag-offContinue Reading
By Joan Nwagwu The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a two-week warning strike beginning from midnight of Monday, Oct. 13, over unmet demands. ASUU President, Mr Chris Piwuna, announced this at a news conference on Sunday in Abuja. Piwuna said the decision followed the Federal Government’s failureContinue Reading
By Millicent Ifeanyichukwu The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to transforming public schools through digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to build a knowledge-based economy and globally competitive learners. Minister of Education, Dr Maruf Alausa, stated this at the launch of theContinue Reading
By Christian Ogbonna The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reiterated its call for urgent measures to improve the wellbeing of its members and learning facilities in the nation’s universities. Mr Ikechukwu Igwenyi, ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Calabar Zone, spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday inContinue Reading
Mathematics By Funmilayo Adeyemi The National Mathematical Centre (NMC), says it plans to collaborate with the Federal University of Technology (FUT), Minna, and the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), to strengthen teaching, learning and research in Mathematical Sciences. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on FridayContinue Reading
By Funmilayo Adeyemi The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has approved a final reopening for a period of 48 hours to enable tertiary institutions yet to complete their student verification exercise to do so. This is contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Friday by MrsContinue Reading
By Emmanuel Afonne The Governing Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has approved the appointment of Prof. Uduma Uduma as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of the Governing Council, Malam Isa Yuguda said this while briefing newsmen on Friday after the council’s meeting. YugudaContinue Reading
