DESPITE criticisms by economists and financial experts over the planned introduction of a higher bill of N5000 note to the Nigerian economy next year, the spokesman of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Mr. Ugo Okarafor has said the apex bank would go ahead with the plan, stressing that it was aimed at preventing the [...]
RESEARCHERS from the Adelaide Tambo School of Nursing Science, Tshwane University of Technology, Staatsartillerie Road, Pretoria-West, South Africa have validated the use of lemon grass in treating thrush in people living with Human Immuno-deficiency Virus (HIV)/Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). They concluded: “Though the patient population was small, the use of lemon grass for the [...]
Around 2,600 foreign students could be deported from Britain after their university was stripped of its ability to sponsor visas for pupils beyond the European Union, the government announced Thursday. The move provoked dismay from students and accusations that the move by the Conservative-led government, which is bent on reducing immigration, could damage Britain’s global [...]
Cyprus International University in Nicosia is giving 50 per cent discount on tuition fees for the 2012/2013 academic session for Nigerian students who perform well in their West African Examinations Council (WAEC) with at least 2As and 3Bs. Already, five Nigerian students have qualified for the scholarship this year as a result of their performance [...]
Four Nigerian students were yesterday presented with different documents to be presented at the Harvana University in Cuba to study medicine having succeeded in getting the country’s scholarships for the 2012/2013 academic session. The four students are Olaoye Aisha from Osun State, Sombo Jessica from Benue, Adie Patrick from Cross River and Kabiru Muhammad Sagir [...]
Personnel records of former and current members of Nigeria’s State Security Service, the country’s top domestic spy agency, have been leaked onto the internet. A radical Islamist sect said to have killed hundreds of people this year alone has claimed responsibility. The data include home addresses and the names of immediate family members of the [...]
Candidates who applied for admission into Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University Katsina can now check for their names as the university has released the second merit admission list of successful candidates given admission into the university for the 2012/2013 academic session. Applicants can check for their names by Clicking Here
Candidates who applied for admission into Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University Katsina can now check for their names as the university has released the first merit admission list of successful candidates given admission into the university for the 2012/2013 academic session. Applicants can check for their names by Clicking Here Goodluck with the Search.
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina permission to commence the following new programmes as from 2012/2013 academic session: B.Sc. Accountancy B.Sc. Business Administration B.Sc. Political Science B.Sc. Public Administration B.Sc. Sociology B.Sc. Biochemistry B.Sc. Microbiology B.Sc. Industrial Chemistry LLB Candidates who scored 180 and above and whether they sat [...]
Gombe State University Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU on Wednesday embarked on one day warning strike in solidarity with their counter-parts in Rivers State University of Science and Technology, (RSUST). According to the Chairman, Dr. Umar Adamu, the call to stay off duty was made by the national body of the [...]
As part of its corporate social responsibility, Interswitch, has sponsored Exposure Robotic League, an initiative posed to support educational development and entrepreneurial pursuit, and make Nigerian students more inclined to read, instead of memorising. The Managing Director of Interswitch, Mr. Mitchell Elegbe, in an interactive session with newsmen, stated that Nigeria’s educational system did not [...]
Vexed by the controversies rocking Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST), the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared today, 30th August 2012 a nationwide strike in solidarity with its members in that institution even as the union indicted the Rivers State Governor, Rotimi Amaechi over what it described as gross academic [...]
As the 2011/2012 end-of-session examination commences across the campuses of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, students of the institution are gripped with mixed feelings. Speaking to Quadlife, Fola Sani, a student of Political Science said: “Well, firstly I commend the school authority for postponing the exam to this new date, because it allowed me prepare [...]
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University Ekpoma chapter is to join all ASSU members nationwide to observe a one day strike in solidarity with their colleagues at the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) who are pressing for a reversal of the arbitrary manner in which the institution is governed. [...]
The Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, said the Federal Government had no plan to sell the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology (NCAT) in Zaria, Kaduna State. Rather, she said government believed in growing and repositioning the institution to rank among the best aviation training centres in the world. Oduah gave the assurance in a [...]
Desire Oparanozie’s goal in extra time has let the Falconets beat Mexico 1-0, to advance to the semi-finals of the on-going women’s Under-20 World Cup, after a grueling goalless of 90 minutes. The Nigerian ladies dominated the first hour but were unable to breakthrough until Oparanozie’s header from Ugo Njoku’s, cross in the 109th minute [...]
The U.S has listed Nigeria, Brazil and China as priority nations on its visa application following a surge in consular demands, Patty Neary, a consular officer, said on Wednesday. Neary told newsmen in Abuja at the country’s embassy weekly briefing that more than 40,000 visa applications had so far been processed in Nigeria this year. [...]
Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, has approved the recruitment of 70 teachers in the state. The Permanent Secretary of the state Civil Service Commission, Hajiya Aisha Umar Hassan, who disclosed this in a chat with reporters, said the teachers would be recruited under the state Ministry of Science and Technical Education. According to her, only [...]
Michael Onoja, 56, his wife, Comfort Onoja, 42, their children and grandchild have met their untimely death after allegedly eating their lunch of ‘amala’. The children who died along with the parents are Monday Onoja, Patience Onoja and Joy Odoh (grandchild). The incident which occurred last week Tuesday in Bolorunduro village in Akure North Local [...]
It’s no more news that pop singer May D has been taken off the roaster of Square Records, the label he once called home until his recent depature. It is however interesting to learn that the singer’s official YouTube page has also been deleted. Apparently managed by internet video streaming service Iroko Partners, the page [...]
The governments of Oyo and Osun States have reportedly appointed a former governor of Lagos state, Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the Chancellor of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso. A statement confirming this news was made in Ibadan by Festus Adedayo, Special Adviser to Governor Abiola Ajimobi on Media. The appointment was confirmed on [...]
R&B duo P-Square, P Square and brother, Jude Okoye, in an interview with BBC London, cleared the air on the issue between them and Akinmayokun Awodumila, popularly known as May D. P-Square was in London to perform at the HMV Hammersmith Apollo, London for the Love Afrobeat Festival, visited BBC Africa’s studios, just before the [...]
The Super Eagle Coach, Stephen Keshi on Wednesday said that the duo of Mikel John Obi and Osaze Odewingie have refused to make themselves available for the national team. Keshi, who disclosed this while, speaking with journalists during a press briefing at the Bolton White Hotel in Abuja, said that the Osaze refused to pick [...]
Nigeria’s former power minister, who resigned after reports he part owned a company involved in bidding for state electricity assets, said on Wednesday he had stepped down to protect the integrity of himself and the president, but denied wrongdoing. The resignation on Tuesday of one of President Goodluck Jonathan’s key cabinet ministers came just two [...]
Minister of Information Labaran Maku on Wednesday said the sudden resignation of Prof Barth Nnaji as Minister of Power would not affect the ongoing privatisation programme of the nation’s power sector. Maku stated this while fielding questions from State House Correspondents shortly after the weekly Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting which was presided over by [...]
