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A young Nigerian lady identified as Abisola Osoko-Fabunmi has bagged a PhD in Marketing at the age of 27 from Covenant University. Taking to her LinkedIn page to make the disclosure, Abisola said she emerged as the best PhD student in Marketing with a CGPA of 4.83. In her words: "Last week Friday, I was awarded a PhD degree in Marketing with specialization in Brand Equity, Customer ... Read more

Armed men on Tuesday morning stormed the Senior Staff Quarters of the University of Abuja at the Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was gathered that six people were abducted in the attack which happened around 1am. Those abducted are Prof. Bassey Ubom (including his son and daughter), Prof. Obanza Malam, ... Read more

Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, on Monday, matriculated a total of 6,648 new students across first degree programmes for the 2020/2021 academic year. The university has also announced to grant any student of the university from this academic set whose cumulative gradient point average (CGPA) is up to 4.5 from the 5.0 obtainable mark in ... Read more

Mr. Whitemoney, a prominent Star Artist and the just concluded winner of the 2021 Big Brother Nigeria episode has requested you as a Legal Practitioner engaged in active legal practice and Solicitors job to prepare his Will. You visited him in his house and took instructions in his Parlour with Jumoke the first wife intermițtently interrupting both of you with whispers to whitemoney, who was ... Read more

The Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof Abayomi Fasina, has said the institution is strategically working with security agencies and investing hugely in purchase of security gadgets to fight cases of cultism, internet fraud, advanced fee fraud, prostitution and other vicious attitudes that are rearing their ugly heads on ... Read more

Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, has reiterated the Federal Government’s commitment to revamp the educational system in the country. Ngige said this during the reconvened meeting between the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASSU) and the federal government on Thursday in Abuja. He assured the ... Read more

By Udo WisdomUniversity of Ibadan through the chairman of the governing council and pro-chancellor Dr. John Odigie-Oyegun on Thursday, October 14, announced the appointment of the Vice-Chancellor of the university. This is coming after a long battle for the position, which was contested by 16 applicants. Emerging as the man for the job is Prof Kayode Adebowale. Here are ten (10) facts you ... Read more

By Ozioruva Aliu, BENIN CITY HE caused uproar eight years ago as a 13-year- old boy who hid in the tyre compartment of a Lagos bound airplane from Benin City, Edo state and he was not discovered until the plane landed in Lagos.Now 21 years old, Daniel Ricky Oikhena said he was motivated by adventure and his desire to lift his family ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on the Federal and some state governments to pay outstanding arrears of the minimum wage to its members as contained in the Memorandum of Action (MoA). The union also frowned at the delays in the release of the approved N15 billion Revitalisation Fund, non-payment of salaries to its members in some state-owned institutions, ... Read more

The Senate of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has elected Prof. Adenike Boyo as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration, of the institution. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Boyo succeeds the former DVC (Administration), Prof. Oyedamola Oke, whose tenure ended on Oct. 4, after serving for two consecutive terms of four years. Mr. Ademola ... Read more