Gist News

Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University, Oye Ekiti, Prof. Kayode Soremekun, on Monday said that Nigerian universities are not doing enough on innovations and inventions in the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic. Sormekun, said that the pandemic would propel the citadels of learning to be more active in reacting to the ... Read more

Soni Daniel — Abuja Tension is rising in Madallah, the suburb of Niger State over the alleged abduction of a Christian schoolgirl, whose name is given as Victory by a chief in the community. The man simply identified as Muhammed, about 70 years old, reportedly took custody of Victory, a student of Government Secondary School, Zuba ... Read more

After Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe approached the National Industrial Court to withdraw a lawsuit he instituted against the Dr. Wale Babalakin-led University of Lagos Governing Council that reportedly sacked him from his position of Vice-Chancellor, the University Visitor, and President of Nigeria, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), stepped ... Read more

Grace Edema RENOWNED economists, Prof. Obadiah Mailafia and Mr Bismarck Rewane, have said that the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System will lead to greater transparency and reduce the issue of ghost workers in universities and polytechnics. Recall that the Academic Staff Union of Universities rejected the IPPIS and are currently ... Read more

Grace Edema University of Lagos Governing Council, led by the interim chairman, Dr John Momoh, has confirmed Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The Governing Council at a virtual meeting on Tuesday approved her nomination. The inauguration of the visitor’s panel will hold in Abuja on Wednesday. There ... Read more

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission has warned Nigerian parents against sending their children to universities in Northern Cyprus over the incessant and mysterious killing of Nigerians. Chairman/CEO of the commission, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, who gave the warning on Monday, said it was too risky to send children to the schools in Northern ... Read more

A study of paediatric COVID-19 patients has found that children have a higher viral load than hospitalised adults and may contribute to the spread of COVID-19 more than previously thought. According to medicalnewstoday.com, scientists from Massachusets General Hospital in Boston, United States of America, had assessed the nature of the disease ... Read more

By Agbonkhese Oboh The young girl suddenly felt damp. When she stood up, there was blood from her on the chair. And she started screaming. The other girls, shocked, joined her in racing down the corridor to the staff room. When the female Physics teacher saw chattering girls before her and the bleeding, speechless, but gesturing girl in ... Read more

By Sola Ogundipe The Lagos Civil Society Participation for Development, a network of Civil Society Organisations, has called on the Lagos State Government to create a budget line that would cater for the provision of learning aids and accessibility needs of children with disabilities in all the 44 inclusive schools across the State. Towards ... Read more

By Dirisu Yakubu Leaders Student Union Governments, SUGs of tertiary institutions in Delta State have pledged their support for the call on former Minister of State for Education, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, to contest the 2023 governorship elections in the state. The SUG executives were drawn from Delta State University, Abraka; Federal University ... Read more