Okwun Ojah Family Foundation Empowers 10 Medical Students With N5 Million Scholarship (Photos, Video)
To support future healthcare leaders' education, the Okwun Ojah Foundation has awarded scholarships to 10 medical students from Ohafia extraction. The scholarship award ceremony, held on July 25th, 2024, at the Udumeze Hall in Elu Ohafia, saw each student receive N500,000 to support their medical education in recognized Nigerian universities. READ ALSO: Dr. Barr....
ASUU Commences Strike Over 2019 Agreement With FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has embarked on a two- week warning strike with effect from Monday. Its National President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, announced this at end of the National Executive Council meeting(NEC) held at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT). According to ASUU, the action, which begins on Monday, is to compel the federal government...
Call To Bar: Orji Kalu Celebrates Sen Osita Izunaso (PHOTOS)
Chief Whip of the Senate and former Governor of Abia State, Distinguished Senator Orji Uzor Kalu on Thursday evening, joined Senator Osita Izunaso to celebrate his successful call-to-bar ceremony earlier held today. Senator Izunaso is among the successful students who sat for the December 2020 and March 2021 Bar final examinations of the Nigerian Law School (NLS). Kalu joined friends, well wishers and...
Children Of Politicians Should Be Banned From Studying Abroad, Strike’ll End – Lecturer
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has called for a law placing restriction on public office holders from sending their children to foreign countries to study. The Akure zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Olufayo Olu-Olu said such ban would put an end the persistent strike in Nigeria’s education sector. Olu-Olu explained that if such a law is promulgated, it would...
ASUU Strike: Those In Government Have No Value For Education — Sanusi
Former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Lamido Sanusi, has urged the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve the lingering crisis between them. Sanusi made the call in an interview with journalists in New York on the sidelines of a three-day Transforming Education Summit. The former CBN governor spoke to Newsmen after he...
Abia Speaker Congratulates Abia First Lady On Obtaining PhD
Speaker of Abia Stste House of Assembly, Rt Hon Chinedum Enyinnaya Orji has congratulated Wife of the Governor of Abia State, Mrs Nkechi Ikpeazu PhD, on her being awarded a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on completion of her academic pursuits at the Abia State University, Uturu. In his congratulatory message, the Speaker described Dr (Mrs) Nkechi Ikpeazu as an epitome...
BREAKING: FG Approves Reopening Of All Tertiary Institutions
The federal government has directed the reopening of Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education in the country. Tertiary institution regulatory agencies like the National Universities Commission (NUC), National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE) and National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) have also directed tertiary institutions to reopen. The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, who addressed a press conference in...
JAMB To Fix Cut Off Marks For 2020 Admissions On June 16th
Jamb’s 2020 policy meeting of all tertiary institutions will hold on June 16, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said. This was disclosed by its weekly bulletin issued on Sunday, Dr Fabian Benjamin, the Board’s Head of Media and Information stated that the cut off marks for 2020 admission will be fixed by stakeholders will during the policy meeting. The...
Dumbfounded Jonathan Exposes Prof Ibe
Visits never left them screaming in fear. Instead, they leave with the similitude of a yellow face with small, open eyes and a large, round mouth slack with surprise or shock. And this is no sign of sorrow. First, it was a former Liberian Vice President, Hon. Joseph Boakai. Then followed a former Vice President of the Economic Community of...
Fear Grips Abuja Residents As Suspected Bandits Kidnap Four At UniAbuja Staff Quarters
Abuja residents are currently in fear and tension as suspected bandits in the early hours of Tuesday attacked the staff quarters of the University of Abuja, abducting four staff of the institution along with their children. The University broke the news on its official Facebook page on Tuesday morning. The attack was also confirmed by the University’s Head, Information and University...
