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A Nigerian born Professor of Pharmaceutical Nanoscience, Ijeoma Uchegbu has been appointed as the 7th President of Wolfson College, a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. According to the institution, she is set to assume the role on October 1, 2024, succeeding the current President, Professor Jane Clarke. Professor …

The National Youth Service Corps has asked married female prospective corps members posted to states other than the one their husbands reside to request redeployment.   This was disclosed by the scheme on Monday via its Twitter handle.   Until eligible participants of the scheme are sworn in in the …

Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has said that education is dangerous without morals and uprightness. A statement by the Vice President’s media aide, Laolu Akande, said he stated this at the inauguration of the management board of Adawiyya Girls Academy, Minannata community in Sokoto State on Thursday. Osinbajo, who performed …

A male student has marveled his classmates with his industrious mindset which saw him become a businessman in school. He turned his off campus apartment into a department store of sorts where a variety of provisions are being sold. The room and kitchen had all been converted to a mini …

  In an attempt to clip the wings of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU), the Federal Government on Tuesday approved the registration of Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of ASUU. The government also approved the registration of the Nigerian Association of Medical and …

      The Federal Government (FG), through the National Universities Commission (NUC), on Monday afternoon withdrew a circular directing the reopening of federal public universities. The directive was given to Vice-Chancellors, Pro-Chancellors and Governing Councils to re-open Federal Universities. The government had in a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 addressed to …

  A National Industrial Court in Abuja has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU) to end its ongoing nationwide strike, which began on February 14. Justice Polycarp Hamman, in a ruling on Wednesday, said he was invoking Section 18 of Trade Dispute Act, which allows the court …

Use Jonathan’s style of negotiation to end strike – ASUU tells Buhari   ASUU said the Buhari administration can learn a lot from how former President Jonathan engaged the union in negotiations to resolve previous strike actions. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke.    The President of the Academic Staff Union …

NYSC mourns corps member murdered on her way to orientation camp in Ogun The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has mourned a corps member, Eunice Chioma Igweike, who was reportedly killed on her way to the orientation camp in Sagamu, Ogun State. The deceased, a 2022 Batch B corps member, had …

Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, has lost its accreditation from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for failing to pay staff salaries and allowances for over 30 months. In a statement issued on Tuesday, a spokesperson for NBTE, Fatima Abubakar, said the accreditation was withdrawn because the polytechnic had not …