‘Pay 1million dollars or stay away from me”

‘Pay 1million dollars or stay away from me” A young woman simply identified as @gbemi_rema has said that her bride price has to be expensive.  She said that any man who wants to take her must pay N360 million as bride price or stay away from her.  The Twitter user warned men who cannot afford […]

Commissioner tasks school heads on eradicating Cultism in Kogi

Yahaya Bello Commissioner tasks school heads on eradicating Cultism in Kogi By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja Kogi  state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Wemi Jones, has urged all heads of institutions in the state to intensify effort towards  eradicating cultism in schools as directed by the state governor, Yahaya Bello. The commissioner gave […]

Fed Poly Nasarawa matriculates 3,185 students, charges students on security

Fed Poly Nasarawa matriculates 3,185 students, charges students on security By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, has matriculated 3,185 students, comprising 2,585 National Diploma (ND) and 600 Higher National Diploma (HND) students. Addressing students at the 36th matriculation the polytechnic’s rector, Abdullahi Alhassan Ahmed urged the new students to be security conscious […]

Kano releases N100m for French varsities scholarship

Ganduje Kano releases N100m for French varsities scholarship By Mohammed Bashir Kano Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, has approved the release and disbursement of N100 million naira to Kano postgraduate students undergoing various programmes in French universities. The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Abba Anwar, made the disclosure in a statement Wednesday in […]

UniAbuja Social Sciences faculty holds talks on desertification

Dr Ezekwe UniAbuja Social Sciences faculty holds talks on desertification By Emmanuel ologun, Abuja The growing environmental challenges and severe weather conditions in the country associated with climate change had drawn the attention of the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Abuja (UniAbuja). Speaking at the International Conference on Social Responsibility, Governance, Environmental […]

Community policing best tool to tackle insecurity – Don

Prof Adedoyin Community policing best tool to tackle insecurity – Don Jamiu Ola Adedoyin is a Professor of Law, a seasoned administrator and present Dean, Faculty of Law at Nasarawa State University, Keffi (NSUK).  In this interview with DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, the don says government must trace the missing link to the way Native Authority managed […]

Half of university problems are caused by vice chancellors – Prof Egya

Prof Egya Half of university problems are caused by vice chancellors – Prof Egya    Sule Emmanuel Egya is a professor of African Literature and Cultural Studies at the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger state.  In an exclusive interview with UJI ABDULLAHI ILIYASU, he talks about Nigeria’s poor budgetary allocation to education, incessant ASUU […]