Health and population experts have called on the Federal Government to implement policies that control population and promote reproductive health in the country. Speaking during the first annual Professor Babatunde Osotimehin’s National Reproductive Health Legacy Forum in Ibadan, Oyo State, ...
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EKSU medical college students graduate 10 years after
The Ekiti State University College of Medicine has graduated the first set of medical students of the institution after 10 years of study. A statement issued by EKSU Public Relations Officer (PRO), Bode Olofinmuagun, at the weekend disclosed that the ...
Read More »Rewarding indicted persons with appointments makes mockery of anti-graft campaign, ASUU tells presidency
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has criticised President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly compensating indicted persons, especially vice chancellors with federal appointments. It stated this yesterday in a statement jointly signed by the University of Ibadan (UI) Chairman of ...
Read More »303 Nigerians get $7.5 million worth of scholarships in U.S. universities
No fewer than 303 Nigerian students from the 17 southern states have received not less than $7.5 million in full or partial scholarships from 225 American tertiary schools for the 2019/2020 academic session. Acting United States (U.S.) Consul General, Osman ...
Read More »Delta mulls education endowment fund for students
Delta State Governor Ifeanyi Okowa has disclosed that the state government will soon establish an Education Endowment Fund for schools in the state, as part of efforts to develop the education sector. He stated this in Asaba at the Annual ...
Read More »Federal Government approves N5 billion for research in universities, others
The Federal Government has approved N5 billion to boost research activities in Nigerian universities and tertiary institutions. The allocation, which is part of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) 2019 intervention budget, remains the highest ever disbursement to the National ...
Read More »President Buhari seeks sound education sector, better deal for teachers, promotes military officers
President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that the revival of the educational sector with focus on teaching of values like integrity in schools would require giving priority to the welfare and training of teachers who directly create the enabling environment for ...
Read More »University of Nigeria Nsukka unveils first five-seater electric car
It was excitement galore at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) as the institution’s Engineering Faculty successfully unveiled its first a five-seater electric car. Christened Lion Ozumba 551, the car, made with 80 per cent locally sourced materials could undertake ...
Read More »Don canvasses establishment of more medical varsities.
Professor Friday Okonofua, the Vice Chancellor, University of Medicine, Ondo State, has pointed the need for establishment of more medical universities to improve the nation’s healthcare system. He made the assertion at the seventh Professor Adetokunbo Babatunde Sofoluwe Memorial Lecture ...
Read More »Anambra teaching hospital deserted over doctors’ protracted strike
Anambra State-owned Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University Teaching Hospital (COOUTH), Awka, has become a ghost town due to the indefinite strike embarked upon by resident doctors on May 14, 2019. At press time, patients in the wards were almost completely evacuated ...
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