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The 350 Rivers students withdrawn from universities abroad are not happy with the government. They have described their transfer from well-equipped universities in the United Kingdom, Canada, among other countries to higher institutions at home as unfortunate and painful. Some of them are stranded because Nigerian universities do not offer their courses. They wondered why it was …
Reports released by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) shows that 65, 954 first choice candidates will be writing the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) 2016/2017 academic session aptitude test. That would generate about N330,000,000 million for an institution that charges N5,000 administrative fee per individual candidate for the test. But the university cannot admit …
The use of modern digital laboratories in educational institutions will boost teaching, learning and research experience of students and teachers, and transform the ailing education sector, Managing Director, Topteck Services Limited, Mr. Olu Babatunde has said. Speaking at a news conference in Ibadan, Oyo State, during the unveiling of the lab in Impact School of …
ABOUT GREGORY UNIVERSITY The ‘GREGORY UNIVERSITY’ is named after Pope St. Gregory I (540 – 604 AD) better known as Gregory the Great was Pope from 3 September 590 until his death. He was a renowned and distinguished educationist and a pious and learned man of God who had the single opportunity of being made …
Nigerian music legend, Tuface Idibia and his wife, Annie Idibia was conferred with an honorary degree at Igbinedion University, Okada, Benin on March 10th 2016. Ahead of the honorary award, the couple arrived Benin Kingdom and paid a courtesy visit to the Esama of Benin Kingdom who is also the founder of the university, Gabriel Igbinedion. …
Ibe Darlington Ifeanyi is an engineer, author, poet and scientist. The Mechanical Engineering graduate from University of Nigeria, Nsukka turned author has worked with a telecommunications company for years and rose to the position of Operations Manager and Regional Manager in Nigeria and Ghana respectively. But because of his innate passion for writing, the Dikenafai, …
About the Yale University Visiting Graduate Student Summer Fellowships Applications are currently ongoing for the Yale University Visiting Graduate Student Summer Fellowships. The Beinecke Library is pleased to offer Visiting Graduate Student Summer Fellowships for the year 2016. The US, as well as Non-US citizens, are eligible to apply for this fellowship programme. The University provides modern educational …
About the 2016 SUPRA Nordic Scholarship Programme Applications are currently being invited for the 2016 SUPRA Nordic Scholarship Programme. The SUPRA Nordic scholarship is one of the most important features of NIAS’ Support Programme for Asian Studies. It is designed to make NIAS’ digital library and other resources accessible to PhD candidates and MA students in the …
According to media reports, prison inmates who desire to further their education across the country have been granted 100 per cent waiver by the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). It was gathered that the development is to help the institution deliver on its mandate of making education accessible to the less privileged in the …
The Screening admission test of Primary Six pupils into the Lagos Model Colleges and Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools for the 2016/2017 academic session will hold on Saturday, 14th May, 2016 between 8am and 2pm. In a release on Monday, the Lagos State Examinations Board noted that the test will be conducted in two versions, Computer …
Music don, Innocent Idibia popularly known as Tuface Idibia on Tuesday, May 10th 2016, marked a very special day for him as he was conferred with an honorary degree – Master of Arts in Music (MA) by the Igbinedion University, Okada. His wife, Annie Idibia, the staff of the University, friends, family and fans were …
According to media reports,in its bid to ensure that the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has an uninterrupted supply of electricity, the institution has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with an American company, Arrow Capital Solar Company, to produce 500 mega watts of solar energy. The project, that would gulp N600 billion, would commence immediately …
