Education

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has expelled 45 students over alleged involvement in examination malpractices. The list of the affected students was contained in the report of the university’s senate after it’s sitting on February 20. The school, yesterday forwarded the...

 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has detected a new trick being deployed by operators of Computer Based Test (CBT) centers that would greatly affect the chances of “innocent” candidates in the coming 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).  According to JAMB, some of the...

A Magistrate’s Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has convicted four sales agents of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) for selling the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE) application documents above the prescribed price of N4, 000. The convicts, Ujaku Emem...

A Nigerian poet, essayist, translator and author of short stories, Mr. Tade Ipadeola, has been selected to participate in the International Writing Programme (IWP) Fall Residency at the University of Iowa, courtesy of the United States Department of State. From September 1 to November 16, Ipadeola, the 2013 winner...

United States of America Universities have offered over 303 Nigerian students from the 17 states of southern Nigeria  $7.5 million in full or partial scholarships. The gestures were from 225 American universities and colleges to study in the United States for the 2019-2020 academic session. Acting United...

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, has warned that it was a grievous sin for parents to give birth to children they would not be able to cater for.   The IGP, who gave the warning yesterday in Lagos, said it was better not to give birth than to abandon one’s children on the streets. He...

Nigerian students have been trained by the  United States Consulate General Lagos in collaboration with Baltimore-based Global Air Media on how to build a drone.   The students were trained in a two-day drone technology workshop for students and women STEM leaders. The training was held at the Cedar STEM...

Rising gospel artiste, Ebuwa Patricia Osula (aka Uwatricia), has called on Nigerians to begin to treat teenagers as teens and stop abusing them as if they are ordinary things.   Uwatricia, founder of a non-governmental organisation, I Am a Teen Not a Thing, said that teenagers were being abused and treated...

As the world marked the communication’s day, Rev. Father Martins  Obasi, has called on Christians, especially the Priests to use all means of modern communication to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. Father Obasi who was speaking Sunday, during  homily at the Society of Saint Paul (SSP), Obawole, Estate,...