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The National Welfare Officer of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Stella-Maris Okey has lamented that the poor state of infrastructure across Nigerian universities. She said it had defeated the philosophy of education in Nigeria which was meant to be qualitative, comprehensive, functional and relevant to the needs of the ... Read more

The national leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said it will hold the management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) responsible for any outbreak of Coronavirus in the university. SSANU’s stance followed a resumption order contained in an internal memorandum, signed by the ... Read more

The National Association of Kwara State Law Students (NAKLAS, National headquarters) has appointed the youngest SAN in Nigeria and the managing partner of Omaplex Law Firm, Oyetola Muyiwa Atoyebi (SAN), as the new legal adviser of the union. The appointment was announced during a Zoom meeting to recognise the giant strides of the learned ... Read more

Rotary Club of Gbagada South has donated eight computers to CMS Grammar School, Bariga, Lagos. Its President Yemi Ogunlade said the donation was informed by Rotary’s main objective of touching lives. He advised the school to maintain the desktops Rotary International District 9110 Governor Bola Oyebade, who inaugurated the computers, granted the school’s request for more. He ... Read more

All pupils in Scotland’s schools will go back full-time, starting from August 11, it was confirmed today. First Minister Nicola Sturgeon announced she was pressing on with plans to bring back schools despite fears of a second wave in Europe. While she accepted some councils will want to phase school starts from August 11, she said ... Read more

The Vice-Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, has praised the alumni for their love for, and willingness to give back to, their alma mater. He gave the commendation when the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of Platform Capital, Dr. Akintoye Akindele, a Chemical Engineering graduate of OAU, hosted ... Read more

Schools in Abia state would reopen on August 10 to enable students in exit classes to prepare and write relevant examinations. Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, who said the date is tentative, explained that the planned reopening is subject to verifiable compliance with all the COVID-19 control measures agreed by the ... Read more

Expand Global Industries Limited, Ibadan, Oyo State, the company where a University of Ibadan student, Gbadebo Richard, died in an industrial accident, has suspended its operation and launched an investigation into the tragedy. SaharaReporters had reported how 20-year-old Richard, who was on night shift, fell into one of the machines in the ... Read more

The University of Al-Qarawiyyin also written Al-Karaouine or Al Quaraouiyine, is a university located in Fez, Morocco. It was founded by a woman named Fatima al-Fihri in 859 with an associated Madrasa, which subsequently became one of the leading spiritual and educational centers of the historic Muslim world. It was incorporated into Morocco's modern state university system in 1963 and ... Read more

THE Anambra State government and the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) have congratulated Prof. Charles Egbu on his emergence as the first black Vice-Chancellor of a British university. Egbu, who hails from Abatete in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, is also a collaborative associate of FUTA. The professor of ... Read more