The Lagos State Government on Thursday said it has recalled all the 788 doctors sacked earlier this month for allegedly participating on what it termed illegal strike action. Lagos-based television, ChannelsTv reported that a spokesperson to the Lagos state governor, Hakeem Bello, released a statement claiming “the government’s decision to recall the sacked doctors followed [...]
A total of 420 students will be matriculated by the International Institute of Journalism (IIJ), Director of the institute, Dr. Emman Usman Shehu, has said. Shehu said in a statement that a dinner night which will take place on Friday, will attract governors of Akwa Ibom, Kaduna, Imo, Benue, Kogi and Osun states. He said [...]
As a result of what they termed the inactiveness of the incumbent Student Union leaders of the Kwara State Polytechnic (KwaraPoly), Ilorin, students who stay off campus are now joining forces together to establish off-campus Student Union Government (SUG). According to them, the off-campus students have been suffering from lack of electricity, potable water and [...]
The Federal Government yesterday said the decision to rename the University of Lagos after the late Moshood Abiola will stand despite protests by students that led to the closure of the institution. On the second day of demonstrations yesterday, students flocked into the streets of Lagos, blocking traffic and crippling businesses in the city. They [...]
Babcock University, Remo, Ogun State, will hold its 12th Convocation ceremony, June 3, 2012. For the first time in the institution’s history, the School of Post-graduate Studies which began in 2010, will be presenting 60 candidates for the award of the Master’s degree, 20 others for the Doctor of Philosophy, including 1,476 graduates. Meanwhile, on [...]
In line with the need for corporate organisations to contribute meaningfully to the well being of this country, the Senate Committee on Education has called on companies operating in Nigeria to as a part of fulfilling their Corporate Social Responsibility, CSR, help in the funding of institutions in the country. Vice-chairman of the committee, Senator [...]
The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Julius Okojie, said on Thursday that President Goodluck Jonathan consulted widely Playing down the import of students protest over the renaming of school, he said its a common thing for students to protest every government decision and so “its just a passing phase in the [...]
The Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) has announced its 2012/2013 Post UTME exam details. Students that applied for admission into FUTA should begin preparations for the FUTA Post UTME screening for UTME and Direct Entry candidates which is set to hold between 6th June to 9th June, 2012. This is to inform candidates who [...]
University of Jos hereby invites candidates to participate in the computer based Post- UTME screening exercise for the 2012/2013 Session. Each candidate shall, on registration, be scheduled for the screening as from Monday, 4th to Saturday, 9th June 2012. The University website www.unijos.edu.ng will be opened from Friday, 25th May 2012 to Friday, 8th June [...]
The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) in line with its tradition of speedy release of results has released the results of its 2012/2013 Post UTME screening which held on the 26th of May, 2012. Students who applied for admission into the University and wrote its entrance examinations can now access their results online on the OAU [...]
This is to inform all candidates who chose Delta State University, Abraka (DELSU), as first and/or second choice in the 2012 Direct Entry and Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and scored 180 and above that they are invited to the University¡¦s screening exercise after completion of application form ONLINE APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION PROCEEDURE TO GENERATE [...]
The Anambra State University shall conduct the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (P-UTME) Screening Tests for candidates who chose the University as their first choice in the recently held Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The Screening Tests shall be held at both the Uli and Igbariam Campuses [...]
The University of Nigeria, Nsukka hereby invites candidates who made her either their first or second choice in the 2012 Universities Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and scored 200 or above for Post UTME screening exam registration. The examination proper is expected to begin from Monday, June 18, 2012 and run through till Wednesday, June 20, [...]
President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday explained that his government renamed the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Moshood Abiola University in commemoration of Democracy Day and in honour of the late Chief Moshood Olawale Kashimawo (MKO) Abiola who paid the ultimate sacrifice in pursuit of justice and peace. In a broadcast to the nation, the president said: “Destiny [...]
Kano State governor, Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, has directed the Implementation Committee of the North West University, Kano to use the unoccupied section of the state ICT Park at Ado Bayero House as temporary site of the institution. Giving the directive when he received the first report of the committee in his office, Governor Kwankwaso said [...]
A 25-man delegation of Namibia will arrive in Lagos on Thursday evening aboard a Lufthansa Airline flight from Frankfurt, Germany. Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) officials confirmed yesterday that the delegation of 25 will be made up of players, technical crew and backroom staff. A separate delegation of three officials of the Namibia Football Association (NFA) [...]
The Senate further issued an ultimatum to all students to vacate the University’s premises by 11am and instructed the school security to arrest any student seeing in the premises after the deadline. The decision of the school authority to shut down the university for two weeks may not be unconnected to the protest by students [...]
The protest trailing the renaming of University of Lagos to Moshood Abiola University by the Federal Governmet yesterday has entered its second day as students of the university have barricaded the popular Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos, thereby causing serious traffic gridlock on both sides of the bridge. Meanwhile, the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Umar [...]
Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, the Registrar of JAMB, said on Monday that the board would soon start to monitor universities to ensure that they complied with 2011/2012 admission regulations. Ojerinde made the statement when the Senate Committee on Education visited the office of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Bwari on Monday as part of [...]
The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board (JAMB) will commence an optional E-testing examination exercise next year. The Registrar of JAMB Board, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said this while receiving the Senate Committee on Education during an oversight visit. He said commence with an option of the paper testing and computer testing for the candidates. Committee Chairman [...]
Some prominent lawyers on Tuesday expressed mixed reactions over the decision of the Federal Government to rename the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in honour of the late Chief MKO Abiola. The lawyers gave their views in separate interviews in Lagos. President Goodluck Jonathan had on Tuesday made the announcement during a nationwide broadcast to mark [...]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria (ASUU) on Monday pleaded with the Governor of Lagos state, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola to recall all doctors sacked because of their participation in a strike action. At a press conference addressed in Ibadan by the ASUU President, Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie, the union stated that Lagos state [...]
Students at one of Nigeria’s oldest universities protested a presidential announcement renaming the school Tuesday, saying that while the institution has been neglected, its name is still a famous brand they want to hang on to. President Goodluck Jonathan announced on state-run television that the University of Lagos — popularly known as UNILAG — would [...]
It is common to see graduates who have spent over two two years after graduation doing nothing and the gap of inactivity shows in their CV when they submit it for job applications. Gaps in your CV when you have not done any meaningful thing is not good enough for your chances of getting a [...]
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