UniAbuja Set To Attain World Class Status-Vice-Chancellor

Authorities of the University of Abuja have expressed the readiness of the University to attain greater heights in not-too-distant time. Vice Chancellor of University, Prof Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah stated this in a message to mark the 35th anniversary of the University on Sunday, said the institution had recorded “many success stories” in both academic and research, noting that there was “no going back” on its quest to attain “world class status”. Part of the message reads:...

Houston mourns the loss of academic and community leader, Dr. David Egbo Ugwu

Greater Houston and Houston African community suffered an unexpected end-of-year loss when the death of Dr. David Ugwu (Ochi na wata) was recently announced. Academic and community leader Dr. Ugwu died on December 23, 2022, in Houston, leaving behind, his lovely wife, Dr. Patricia Ugwu, and four Children; Chiugo, Adaeze, Oguejiofor (Reggie), Brady Ugwu, (daughter in-law) and Chidiebere (of the blessed memory). Until his stroke in 2010, he was the Coordinator, Systems Workforce Research Projects,...

2023 UTME: JAMB Fixes Jan. 24 As Date for Commencement of Registration

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) will commence from 29 April to 12 May 2023. In a statement by its spokesperson, Fabian Benjamin, in Abuja on Tuesday, the board said the registration for the examination will start on 24 January and end on 14 February 2023. Benjamin said Direct Entry (DE) registration would be between 20 February and 20 April 2023. Noting that the...

Cambridge Dictionary Expands Definition of Man, Woman to Accommodate Transgenders

The Cambridge Dictionary has updated its definition of ‘woman’ and ‘man’ to accommodate transgenders, people who identify as a gender other than their biological sex. The updated definitions are in addition to the long-standing definitions of “an adult male human being” for ‘man’ and “an adult female human being” for ‘woman’. The supplementary definition of ‘man’ in the online dictionary reads: “an adult who lives and identifies as male though they may have been said...

Adamawa State University Mubi Graduates 2,594

About 2,594 students were conferred with diplomas, degrees, and postgraduate degrees on Tuesday at the 14th Convocation of the Adamawa State University, Mubi. At the ceremony held at Abubakar Barde Campus of the institution in Mubi, Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Kaletapwa Farauta, said: “For the first degrees, we have 23 in First Class (Honours) category. In the second class (Honours) Upper Division, we have a total of 635, while the second class (Honours)...

Low Convictions In cases Of Examination Malpractice Worries Federal Government

The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education Mr. Andrew Adejoh says the Federal Government is worried over the poor number of convictions recorded in cases of examination malpractice. He stated this on Friday in Abuja at a one-day sensitization workshop on examination malpractice in Nigeria organized by the National Examinations Council (NECO) in partnership with the National Assembly. “The decree 20 of 1984 prescribing 21 years imprisonment upon conviction and the amended Examination...

Some First Class Graduates Can’t Write, Speak Good English – VC

The Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, Prof. Christian Anieke, says speaking and writing English is a major challenge to many Nigerian graduates. Prof. Anieke made the remark during an official visit of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to the institution on Friday. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the visit by the NUC officials was to assess the university’s postgraduate (PG) programmes. The VC said the institution had identified the...

TETfund boss says neglect of research hindering Nigeria’s development

The neglect of research in Nigeria is affecting the nation’s development goals, according to Sonny Echono, the executive secretary of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund. He said this on Saturday while delivering a keynote address at the 18th convocation ceremony of Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT). According to him, the major role of tertiary institutions is to instill skills, aptitude, attitude, knowledge, morals, values, and creative ability, promotion of research, and also...

Nnamdi Azikiwe University Set to Host Onu, Others, During Alex Ekwueme Lecture Series

The Ekwueme Centre for Multidisciplinary Research in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, is set to host Ogbonnaya Onu as the lead speaker for this year’s Ekwueme lecture series. The Centre set up a few years ago to keep the memory of the late statesman evergreen, is chaired by Professor Makodi Biereenu-Nnabugwu, Professor of Political Theory in Political Science Department of the Institution. Top on agenda of the Centre, is to promote multidisciplinary research within the university...

Mother-tongue be adopted as the mode of instruction in primary schools

The federal government has ordered that the mother tongue be adopted as the mode of instruction in primary schools Adamu Adamu, minister of education, disclosed this on Wednesday while speaking with journalists after a meeting of the federal executive council (FEC). The meeting was presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari. According to him, the federal government understands that implementation will be challenging. He noted that the mother tongue will be combined with English language from...

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