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Education, Headlines, Rivers, State News, Top Stories
Monday, April 11th, 2016
The University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Senate announced on Monday evening the closure of the institution in the wake of violent students’ protests over fee hikes. Protests over fee hikes began on Monday morning.360Nobs.com Senior student Peter Ofurum was shot and killed during the protests, according to recent reports. The Spokesman and Deputy Registrar of […]
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Education, Headlines
Friday, April 8th, 2016
Breaking News: University of Lagos shuts down indefinitely — 8th April 2016 The management of the University of Lagos on Thursday ordered the immediate closure of the institution following students’ protests over epileptic power supply and poor water supply. In a circular issued Thursday, the school said the closure was also due to the difficulties […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Olalekan Waheed Adigun
Thursday, March 24th, 2016
By Olalekan Waheed Adigun | Lagos, Nigeria | March 24, 2016 – It usually surprise many people that, on their arrival at the Obafemi Awolowo University Campus, one of the first structures out of all the beautiful buildings on the campus, one come across is the Great Ife Students’ Union Building, also known as Ken Saro-Wiwa […]
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Akwa Ibom, Education, Headlines, State News
Saturday, February 20th, 2016
-Vanguard Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom says the state will soon implement the one teacher one subject policy in public primary schools in Akwa Ibom. Emmanuel stated this in Eket at the inauguration of five renovated classrooms block at St. Paul’s Lutheran School in Ikot Ibiok, Eket, on Saturday. Mr Andrew Okon renovated […]
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Education, Headlines
Saturday, February 13th, 2016
MINISTRY of Education has announced disengagement of 12 Vice Chancellors (VCs) of Federal owned universities hitherto established by former president Goodluck Jonathan and their immediate replacement. According to a release signed by the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, the decision to replace the VCs was part of the measures by the present administration to […]
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Education, Headlines
Sunday, January 10th, 2016
Open Appeal to President Buhari: What Shall We Do About The Academic Fraud At NOUN? By AbuJuliet Dear Mr President, I will not bore you with unnecessary stories as I intend driving straight to the matter that inspired this open appeal. Your Excellency, it is needless to point out that you are a Visitor […]
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Education, Headlines, Lagos, State News
Friday, November 27th, 2015
Lagos – Nine out of 14 professors have been shortlisted to contest for the post of the Vice-Chancellor at the Lagos State University (LASU). A competent source, who pleaded anonymity at the University’s Registrars office, made the disclosure on Friday in Lagos. The source said that 14 professors had applied for the position within the […]
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Education, Headlines
Friday, August 28th, 2015
The National Universities Commission recently released a list of illegal degree awarding institutions operating in Nigeria. The list of these illegal universities was made available to the public in a NUC’s weekly bulletin dated August 24. In thebulletin, the NUC Executive secretary, Julius Okojie, warned that Certificates obtained from these universities and colleges will not […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Raheem Oluwafunminiyi
Saturday, August 1st, 2015
By Raheem Oluwafunminiyi | Ibadan, Nigeria | August 1, 2015 – The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. – Prophet Muhammad (S.A.W) ***** It was the Scottish historian and essayist Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881) who once said: “No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the […]
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Education, Headlines
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015
Walden University to host information session on online learning in Nigeria By Emeka Aginam Walden University has concluded arrangements to host an information session about its graduate programmes in Lagos next month. According to Walden University’s interim president, Jonathan Kaplan, said that the the session aims to provide working professionals and adult learners with information […]
