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Association of Mass Communication Graduates (1992 set) of the Ogun State Polytechnic, now Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, has expressed its commitment to giving back to its alma mater and the society. Speaking at the inauguration of the new executives of the association in Lagos, at the weekend, the newly-elected chairman of the ... Read more

A GROUP of millionaires in Anambra State called Anambra Progressives yesterday donated an ultra-modern medical centre to the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. Speaking during the event, the convener of the group, Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, said the choice of the fully-equipped medical facility was occasioned by the importance the group ... Read more

Sir. I have been ruminating on the seemingly unending strike that is destroying the education sector, especially the universities. Every university in Nigeria has a chancellor, and I like the systematic approach applied to the selection for such position, which is cross-cultural, hence holding Nigeria firm to its indivisibility. Traditional ... Read more

Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Bashir Jamoh, has been inaugurated as chairman, Governing Board of the Centre for Logistics and Transport Studies (CELTRAS), University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT). The inauguration, which took place at the university’s auditorium, was supervised by the ... Read more

The North East Development Commission (NEDC), said yesterday that at least 2,056 persons from its coverage area will benefit from the N6 billion fund set aside for building human capital under the North-East Development Commission Education Endowment Fund (NEDC-EEF). Specifically, in a release signed by the commission’s Head, Corporate ... Read more

A new report by Connected Development and Malala Fund, has suggested that there may be a drastic drop in the number of girls from schools across the North-east, a region badly devastated by the effects of prolonged insurgency. This hint was contained in a study report on the Impact of COVID-19 on Girls’ Education in the North-east, ... Read more

A former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof. Lawrence Kolawole, has urged parents to embrace technology for the advancement of the education of their children. Kolawole, who said technology had come to replace some cumbersome learning methodologies, said the increasing knowledge in the world was a function of ... Read more

The Toyin Peller Foundation, has commended the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde for the complete take over of the affairs of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology. Executive Director of the Foundation, Abiola Peller said this in a statement titled, ‘Tosin Peller Foundation End of The Year Statement,’ on Monday. The ... Read more

The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ukana in the Essien Udom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Dr. Uduak Ukekpe, has commended the TETFUND intervention on infrastructural development of the five years old institution. He said 80 per cent of the ongoing projects at the Polytechnic’s permanent site were sponsored through ... Read more

A former Archbishop of Lagos Diocese, Catholic Church, Cardinal Anthony Okogie, has donated a water plant worth N25m to the Augustine University, Ilara Epe, Lagos State. Speaking at the commissioning of the water plant recently, the cleric thanked those who assisted him to donate the water plant and other laudable development in the ... Read more