Universities

AFENIFERE leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, has urged the youths to jettison the abuse of time management, which is described as “African Time,” an excuse for attending occasions late.

The pan-Yoruba group leader said this at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) recently at a public lecture series on youths and national development, where he noted that the social misdemeanor has been a clog in the progress of the black race.

Fasoranti, who is the former Commissioner for Finance in the late Chief Michael Ajasin’s administration, advised the FUTA Class 15 graduating...

The Founder Exotique Cakes, Ms. Efua Olumide, is a graduate of accounting from the University of Benin (UNIBEN), who fell in love with cake making. A business she started with N250.00 20 years ago in a small shop has grown beyond just cake making to training institute. In this interview, Efua explores issues bordering entrepreneurship in the country and how they are likely to survive the operating environment.

Background

I am a graduate of accounting from the University of Benin with a passion for cooking. Before my university education, I went for one year catering and hotel...

Irene Ochem studied Archaeology and History for first degree at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. She also holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of London and a diploma in translation from the University of Trieste, Italy. After working in Europe for over two decades, she is back in Nigeria, helping female entrepreneurs as CEO of the African Women Innovation and Entrepreneurship Forum (AWIEF). In this interview with Yetunde Oladeinde, she talks about investing in women and organising conferences across Africa and more.

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As the post- UTME screening for the 2015/2016 admission exercise of the University of Ilorin commences tomorrow no fewer than 65,000 candidates are expected to take part in the week-long exercise holding in Ilorin and Lagos.
A statement by the Deputy Director, Corporate Affairs of the institution, Mr. Kunle Akogun, said that candidates who scored a minimum of 180 marks in the 2015 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and made the University of Ilorin their first choice will take part in the exercise which will be by computer-based test (CBT).
In all, 73, 250 of the over 107,000...

FORMER Registrar of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and Justice of Ondo State High Court, Sunday Olorundahunsi, has implored youths to develop entrepreneurial skills to contribute to national development notwithstanding prevailing economic realities.
For him, this is the only way they can rightly position themselves to attain leadership positions.

Olurundahunsi, who was the guest lecturer at the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) Graduating Class Awards and Lecture Series to commemorate the International Youth Day, recently, noted that “the roles of youth in peace building...

More shocking revelations have emerged on the activities of a part-time lecturer of the University of Lagos, Akin Baruwa, who allegedly raped an 18-year-old admission seeker recently.

Another 28-year-old former student has come out with a revelation of how she barely escaped being raped by the lecturer.

According to the young woman who craved anonymity, the incident occured in February 2014, when she was finalising her undergraduate project at the Distant Learning Institute of UNILAG.

She told Punch that she was like a prey, which fell into the trap of Baruwa, when...

A student of the University of Ibadan, identified as Peluwura Bolaji, slumped and passed on Friday, August 14; in the course of writing the first semester examinations.

Bolaji was a 1oo level student of Political Science.

The sad incident took place at about 1:30PM on Friday, just after the student had written a paper at the Adebayo Akande venue in Lagos.

The deceased was running a Distance Learning program at the institution and so had to write the semester papers at the Adebayo Akande Distance Learning Centre of the University, at Oba Akran, Ikeja, Lagos.

Nigeria - The 18-year-old admission seeker allegedly raped by a part-time lecturer of the University of Lagos, Mr. Akin Baruwa, has been offered a scholarship by the management of Adeleke University, Ede, Osun State.

According to PUNCH, the institution became concerned about the fate of the girl following series reports detailing the girl’s experience.
Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Oluwole Amusan, said the university took the decision because it was moved by the plight of the girl.

“Giving out scholarships to indigent students is not new to us. Our founder...

An unidentified student of the University of Ibadan slumped and died during the First Semester examination of the school on Friday.
The deceased, student of the Distance Learning Centre, DLC of the University of Ibadan in Lagos died between 1:30 and 2.00pm shortly after writing POS 111 examination at the UI Adebayo Akande DLC at Oba Akran, Ikeja, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria.

A student of the school, who craved anonymity, said the deceased after writing POS 111 examination complained of headache and said he needed rest before the next paper.

Shortly after that, he was said...

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU) has made a giant stride in the areas of automobile engineering by producing two Marathon cars namely ‘Abufeng’ and ‘Abucar II’ . The block bursting ‘Abucar II’ participated in the Road Show, organised by the Shell Petroleum Development Company, Nigeria in Lagos in March 2015 and came out tops by passing all the technical tests. The tests included safety, ergonomics, energy efficient, body and interior design...

More than half of those who sat for the Post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Ondo State, failed to score enough points to be considered for admission.
According to the Deputy Vice Chancellor of the institution, Tunde Arayela, only 4,298 of 9,996 candidates scored 50 per cent and above.
The official said the remaining 5,698 who scored less than 50 per cent will not be considered for admission.
Arayela, who chairs the University Admissions Committee said the institution will still have to select from the successful...

Efetobor Wesley Apochi, 27, a Microbiology graduate of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has remained glue to his passion – boxing and today he can boast of medals at the African Games and Commonwealth Games.

The Delta State-born pugilist has also been listed among the 13 boxers that will represent Nigeria at the 2015 African Games in Congo Brazzaville.

However, the National Sports Festival gold medalist told NationSport yesterday that being a graduate has rubbed off positively on his boxing skills.

“For me boxing is a passion because it has been...

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested and charged three students of the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) for alleged armed robbery.
The students were identified as, Nwachinemere Benjamin, 24; Osaki Bob, 22 and Reginald Sekibo, 21.
They were arrested during an operation by the Anti-Robbery Squad of the Police in Port Harcourt during an operation.
All investigations have been completed and the suspects are awaiting trial.

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof Faraday Orumwense, has praised The Nation for creating a platform for campus journalism to flourish. He said CAMPUSLIFE has enabled many students to contribute positively to education development in no small measure.

He made the remarks while receiving the institution’s CAMPUSLIFE reporters – Eddy Uwoghiren, a 300-Level Medicine and Surgery student, and Ezekiel Efeobhokhan, a 400-Level Pharmacy student – in his office.

Eddy said the visit was to congratulate the VC on his appointment and intimate him with campus...

THE National Universities Commission (NUC) has delayed full operational licence for 11 private universities due to their inability to meet up with accreditation requirements. The Executive Secretary of the Commission, Prof. Julius Okojie, who disclosed this yesterday in Abuja, said the commission has given the 11 universities extension of two years to enable them re-access their members of staff strength to student ratio and facilities in order to get full accreditation for all their programmes.

Okojie, who also presented full operational licence to Veritas University, Afe Babalola University,...

The Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of academics and Chairman, Admissions Committee, Pro. Tunde Arayela explained that the candidates were screened based on merit and the standard regulations provided by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

He disclosed in a press release that the admission of 2,834 students this year was based on the university’s current capacity in form of human and material facilities available.

Expressing satisfaction of the exercise, the Registrar, Dr. Modupe Ajayi said he was particularly happy that the exam was not only hitchedfree but also...

8 laptops were stolen from one room in Sodeinde Hall Unilag today.

KWARA State Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed has directed that all the nine states-owned tertiary institutions in the state to open common treasury account for fees and other payments in a pilot exercise that will eventually extend to all revenue-generating agencies in the state according to a statement by Dr. Muideen Akorede, Senior Special Assistant to the state Governor on Media Affairs.
Tertiary institutions were directed to close all other revenue accounts maintained in commercial banks across the state.

Meanwhile, authorities of the University of Ilorin have perfected plans to install...

Computer based tests discriminate against rural students who have had little experience with computers, says University of Jos (UNIJOS) don, James Bature.
Speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Wednesday, Bature said the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) introduction of the computer-based test (CBT) mode in the admission process cheats out rural students.
He argued that most of the students from rural communities have no computer proficiency and are thus at a disadvantage through no fault of theirs.
"These students tried so hard to get the required...

I used to think Oro rituals were secret actvities and should not be witnessed by women. Well, Awo boys of OAU has broken the rule.

On Wednesday, 12th August, 2015, the Awo boys of OAU embarked on their parody journey to mimmick the ORO rites supposed to be carried out in the Ile-Ife town.