Tag: University
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TNG INTERVIEW: Our graduates are properly prepared to face global markets -VC Igbinedion University, Okada, Prof Ezemonye
…how IUO conquered the underemployment, unemployability and unemployment syndromes for our graduates The Vice Chancellor of Igbinedion University, Okada, IUO, Professor Lawrence Ikechukwu Ezemonye, who is a professor of Ecotoxicology and Environmental Forensics in a chat with selected journalists spoke extensively on IUO’s ten years old product exhibition, how the hydra dreaded devil called underemployment…
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206 Bag First Class at Covenant University, 1934 graduates
At least 206 students of the Covenant University (CU), Ota, Ogun State, on Friday bagged First-Class degrees at its 2021/2022 Convocation. The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, disclosed this during the 17th Convocation Ceremony and Conferment of First and Higher Degrees, and the presentation of prizes in Ota. The convocation was tagged ‘Release of Eagles for…
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Female student emerges best graduate with 5.0 CGPA at Bell’s University convocation
Miss Rahmat Arogundade, a graduate of Mechatronics Engineering in the College of Engineering, has emerged the best graduating student of Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun state, with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 5.0.
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ASUU: FG to enforce strict compliance of court ruling
The Nigerian Government has vowed to enforce strict compliance of the court ruling asking ASUU to call of its eight-month- strike and resume negotiations with the FG. Recall that the National Industrial Court (NIC) and the Court of Appeal ruled that ASUU should go back to classrooms and continue their negotiations with the government. The…
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Buhari’s daughter_inlaw, Zahra bags first class from a foreign university+photos
As public universities remained permanently shut, the Nigerian government and the academic staff union failed to reach an agreement, Zahra B. Buhari, one of the daughter-in-law of President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday graduated with a first-class degree from a United Kingdom university. Aisha Buhari, the President’s wife revealed this in a Facebook post on Tuesday.…
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‘Only a thief goes to eat where he didn’t work’ – Education Minister slams ASUU
The Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah has criticised the Academic Staff Union University, (ASUU) over the ongoing strike. Opiah who spoke when he visited the Federal University Lokoja, (FUL), Kogi State on Friday said, ‘the no work no pay policy’ stands.
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Fear of bandits: After losing 5 students Greenfield University relocates
Greenfield University, Kaduna has relocated to its city campus inside Kaduna metropolis after bandits attacked the school’s permanent site along Kaduna-Abuja highway in April 2021. About 23 students and staff members were abducted during the attack while five of the students were killed in captivity. The university, Vice Chancellor, Professor Simon Daniel Katung during the…
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UK to grant work visas to graduates from top foreign universities
Britain on Monday said it would offer work visas to graduates from the world’s best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is designed to attract the “best and brightest” workers. Since leaving the European Union, Britain has ended the priority given to EU citizens and introduced a points-based immigration system that…
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NASU denies plans to suspend strike
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has denied plans to suspend its ongoing industrial action. The NASU General Secretary, Mr Peters Adeyemi, said this while speaking with newsmen on Monday, in Abuja. According to Adeyemi, the union will be meeting on Tuesday in Abuja to consult with its members on the…
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NASU, SSANU extend warning strike by one-month
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) on Monday extended their two-weeks warning strike by one month. The unions under the aegis of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) stated this in a circular, addressed to the branch chairmen and jointly signed by Mr Peter…