Zamfara Government has concluded the screening of 200 students to be sponsored to study in four foreign countries. The Consultant of the programme, Dr Jazuli Musa disclosed this in Gusau on Wednesday at the special orientation programme for the students organised by the state’s Scholarship Board. Musa said that the state government would sponsor the
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Cost, location and career prospects are all key considerations for would-be students choosing a university. But reputation plays an important role, too. The annual World University Rankings, released by Times Higher Education (THE) on Wednesday, analysed more than 1,300 institutions around the world. Considered the most comprehensive global ranking, it uses 13 “performance indicators” to
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Doctors under the aegis of the Association of Resident Doctors in Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital, Sagamu in Ogun, have called off their indefinite strike.The Secretary of ARD in OOUTH, Dr Ajose Oluwafemi, made this known in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abeokuta on Tuesday.The doctors had on September
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Students of Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida University (IBBU) Lapai, Niger State, got their own share of the rising insecurity in the state as heavily armed robbers in the early hours of yesterday raided the off campus hostel of the university, carting away money and other belongings of the students. Over 25 rooms belonging to both male and
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The Enugu State Police Command says a student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), on Saturday, drank a substance believed to be ‘Sniper’ insecticide in a bid to take her life. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu,
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A 60-year-old man, Charles Jide-Oni, who claimed to be a professor and lecturer at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, was arraigned before a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos State for allegedly obtaining money under false pretence and engaging in advance fee fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ibadan
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The Joint non-academic staff unions of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria on Wednesday begun a three-day peaceful protest to press home their demand for payment of earned allowances.The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the unions include National Association of Academic Technologists, Non Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities.NAN also reports that
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The Minister of State for Health, Senator Adeleke Mamora, has called on universities in the country to introduce Bachelor of Science degree programme in herbal medicine for better healthcare delivery.Mamora made the call at a news conference to commemorate the 2019 African Traditional Medicine Day in Abuja on Friday.African Traditional Medicine day is celebrated on
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The Zamfara State College of Education, Maru says it has concluded arrangements to commence degree programmes in 13 of its 23 departments during the 2019/2020 academic session.The Provost of the college, Dr. Ibrahim Usman, who disclosed this to journalists on Friday in Maru, said the decision was in line with the state government’s plans to
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Three final year law students of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria have been abducted by kidnappers on the notorious Kaduna-Abuja Expressway on Tuesday afternoon. A source disclosed to PRNigeria that the names of the undergraduates are Fatima from Taraba, Maryam from Niger and Umar from Katsina states respectively. The source said: “The three abducted students are
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