Kanye West receives honorary Doctorate from The Art Institute of Chicago

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Kanye West has gone from being a college drop out to Dr. West. Kim Kardashian's husband, yesterday received an honorary doctorate degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

SAIC, one of the most prestigious art schools in the US, said the honorary doctorate is given to "influential individuals" who earned "this distinguished award through their work''. Kanye's selection  stirred up controversy amongst some students and alum, but SAIC President Walter E. Massey and Dean of Faculty Lisa Wainwright firmly defended the decision to award Kanye with a degree in an interview saying:

"The guy is smart, the music is beautiful, it's complicated, it's post-modern, it's hip, it's awakening," said Wainwright, "I couldn't be happier."

Congratulations to him. See photos below...

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I will go back to school after leaving the Villa - VP Sambo's wife

Saturday, May 09, 2015

Hajia Amina Sambo, wife of the Vice-President of Nigeria has disclosed that she will be furthering her education at the end of her husband’s tenure on May 29.

She made this known at a ceremony organised in her honour by the Coalition of Nigerian Muslim Women at the National Mosque in Abuja today.

While addressing the women, Hajia Sambo said she will continue to remain accessible even when her husband leaves office, but will sometimes be busy because she intends to acquire more knowledge.

“I will like to continue to leave my doors open in case you will call on me. In case I say I am having exams (I am going back to school); so, do not be offended, I might be studying, but be assured that I will always be with you,” she said.

Hajia Sambo has a BSc in Political Science from the Bayero University, Kano.

VERY DISTURBING PHOTO: Female AAU student crushed to death in Edo State

Friday, May 01, 2015

A female student of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma in Edo State, was crushed to death yesterday by a lorry.

The unfortunate incident happened on the Uhumudumun Road in Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area.

Sympathisers gathered on the scene to catch a glimpse of the body and learn more about her death.

There was gridlock following the accident, for hours.

According to an eyewitness, a commercial motorcycle (okada) carrying the woman attempted to overtake another okada when they collided.

The woman reportedly fell off the motorcycle and was crushed to death by the lorry.

Men of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at the Iruekpen Division, who were on ground to ease traffic took her body to a nearby mortuary.

"Lawyers must go for English language lessons" - Acting Chief Judge

Friday, April 17, 2015

Acting Chief Judge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Justice Ishaq Bello has advocated for continuous education for lawyers, particularly in the use of English language.

Bello stated this on Wednesday in Abuja at the launch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) stamp and affinity products.

The Acting Chief Judge said that it was becoming rather irritating for lawyers to appear before a judge and continuously mix up their tenses in trying to present their cases.

He observed that the declining standard of lawyers could be noticed in the quality of legal practice, where a lawyer stands from the bar saying “I didn’t did it” or “I saw them passes”.

He urged the leadership of the NBA to do more to further encourage the continued education of lawyers, saying the trend was becoming quite irritating.

“All lawyers must go through what is called Language Usage Course (LUC); all lawyers must be exposed to the dynamics of global evolving legal landscape,” he said.

GRAPHIC PHOTOS: Students feared dead as armed robbers attack bullion van on RSUST campus

Saturday, March 07, 2015

It was a black Friday for staff and students of Rivers State University of Science and Technology as armed robbers attacked UBA on one of their campuses. The attack which lasted for about 30 minutes had the robbers carting away with huge amount of money.

Eyewitnesses said the robbers had followed the bullion van to one of the banks at the RSUST campus and attacked it immediately the cash was being offloaded.  A crowd of people who were at the entrance of the bank where the bullion van was parked scampered away for safety in the midst of the gun shots.

According to another eyewitness, “The armed robbers were fearless. They entered RSUST, went straight to the bullion van and opened fire. One person was killed instantly while five persons that were injured were rushed to the hospital. 

“It is shocking that armed robbers can operate successfully inside the campus and go scot-free. What we are talking about happened around 3:30pm. They came in through the main gate and left through the back gate of the university. The bank locked their customers inside during the attack.”

It was further gathered that policemen stopped the robbers outside the university premises. The robbers engaged in a fierce gun battle with the police as they drove through Iloabuchi and Nsukka street in Mile One area of Port Harcourt while trying to escape.

Pictured below is a  final year student who was in school to pay his graduation fee and final year clearance. He was among those who lost their lives in the tragic incident.

 

 

Boy suspended from school for dressing like 50 Shades of Gray star

Friday, March 06, 2015

A primary school has sparked a row after ‘banning' a pupil, Lynn Nicholls from entering the school when he turned up dressed as a character from Fifty Shades of Grey.

Lynn arrived at the school in Sale London, yesterday wearing a suit and carrying cable ties and a mask but was told by teachers he must alter his outfit before he could join in with events.

The school's head teacher, said: "The school stands by the decision it made yesterday in relation to the costume worn by one of its students to World Book Day.

 Liam’s mother, Nicola Scholes, appeared on ITV1’s Good Morning Britain to defend her son.

She said: "I don't regret allowing him to go as that character.

"He's a character that has been put out there on the television and all aspects of media.

"Every child at the age of 11 knows who he was. He walked into school yesterday and every child knew who he was.

NYSC member commits suicide over girlfriend

Friday, February 27, 2015

The body of a 26-year-old National Youth Service Corp (NYSC) member, identified as Ernest, was, Wednesday, recovered from his one room apartment after he reportedly took a poisonous substance.

Reports indicate that the young man who was in love with a fellow NYSC member, Chioma Okewuru, went berserk when the girl came back from her village over the weekend with a ring from a man she had promised to marry.

Ernest, who is from Edo State and a graduate of the University of Benin, was posted to Cross River State in October, where he met and fell in love with Chioma, and both were serving in Redemption 
Secondary School, Ofombogha 1 in Obubra Local Government Area of Cross Rivers State.

Mr. Noah Ntuen, Acting Divisional Police Officer for Obubra told Vanguard on phone: “The girl had told the guy that she would not marry him, but that they could be friends. So when she came back from home last weekend and showed him the ring her husband-to-be gave her, the young man became furious.

“On Wednesday, the situation became worse and at about 7pm, he locked himself in the room and took some poisonous substances.”

A source in the school told Vanguard: “They met at the NYSC Orientation Camp at Abrekpe-Ebokpo and as luck would have it, they were both posted to the same school where they had a relationship going.

“He had the hope the whole thing would end in marriage, but Chioma already had another person she wants to marry.”

Ntuen said the body had been deposited in the mortuary of Obubra General Hospital, while Chioma is with the police, where investigations on the circumstances surrounding the tragic death are in progress.

ASUP to commence indefinite nationwide strike over HND/BSC dicotomy

Sunday, February 22, 2015

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), have threatened to embark on an indefinite strike on Wednesday 25th February, if government fails to meet their demands.

President of the Union, Mr Chibuzor Asomugha told journalists during a press briefing in Abuja that government have not implemented any of their demands since the suspension of the last strike embarked upon by the Union in July last year.

ASUP is aggrieved over the dichotomy that exists in the way Polytechnic and University graduates
are treated in the labour market, and the poor attention given to the polytechnics. They are also kicking against government’s non-implementation of an agreed salary structure since 2009.

The union, until July 2014, had embarked on a nine-month strike and had suspended it following a promise from the Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau, who was newly appointed then, that he would resolve the matter within three months.

Yobe State Government shut down all schools following Monday bombings

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Yobe State Government have shut down all public and private schools in the state following a bomb blast that occurred at Government Science Secondary School, Potiskum which left 48 students dead and 79 others injured.

The commissioner of education in the state announced this morning that the closure was with immediate effect.

According to the commissioner, the government decided to close the schools to enable it adopt more security measures to guarantee the safety of students, teachers and the school environment across the state. 

Lecturers of Abia State Polytechnic goes on warning strike

Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Warning strike by academic staff of Abia State Polytechnic has begun. From our gathering, every office is under lock and key. Students were seen stranded, and some lecturers clustered outside the main school gate were guided by members of the Nigeria Police Force to avoid hoodlums taking advantage of the situation.

Below are photos from Abia State Polytechnic.

Mass failure at Nigerian Law School as over 3,000 students fail bar exam

Saturday, October 18, 2014

Apparently there was mass failure at the Nigerian Law School this year. The Nigerian Law School recently released the 2013/2014 August result, and it was a Tsunami. Out of the 5,000 candidates who registered, only about 2,000 passed. Meaning that about 3,000 students failed the bar exam, the highest failure the Nigerian Law School has witnessed since its 50 years of existence.

Many of the students are angry and frustrated. They say they don’t believe the mass failure is the fault of the students and are now asking for a review of their results. An affected student who reached out to Linda Ikeji said 

“People have worked their b*tt off for this exam, people have ran literally mad for this exam, these same people have invested their life savings for this exam, people who lost their parents prior to this exam had to muster the strength to write this exam and the Director general of the Nigerian lawschool who is responsible for the this mass failure doesn’t see reasons with these people. He said he’s raising a standard but all we see is a high standard of failure!”

Another student said

“Do we say 3000 students payed N300,000 not counting expenses for a year, feeding,books, then prepared to fail? We are calling for a review”

NUC shuts down nine Universities over illegal licence

The National Universities Commission, NUC, has shut down nine universities in Nigeria for operating without legal licenses. 

The news was made public in the NUC weekly bulletin and according to the commission's executive secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, the universities have been in existence for years and were just extorting money from students who were given fake certificates. The listed universities are:

• National University of Nigeria, Keffi (Nasarawa State);
• North Central University, Otukpo (Benue State);
• Christ Alive Christian Seminary and University, (Enugu state);
• Richmond Open University, Arochukwu (Abia State)
• Saint Clements University, Iyin Ekiti (Ekiti State)
• West Coast University, Umuahia,
• Volta University College, Aba, (Abia State) and
• the satellite campuses of Ambrose Ali University.

The publication also reveal that: 

“In addition to the closure, the following 'Degree Mills’ are currently undergoing court actions; the purpose of these actions is to prosecute the proprietors and recover illegal fees and charges on subscribers. For the avoidance of doubt, anybody who patronizes or obtains any certificate from any of these illegal institutions does so at his or her own risk. Certificates obtained from these sources will not be recognized for the purposes of NYSC, employment and further studies.”

'We must not forget' - Alicia Keys on missing Chibok girls

Sunday, October 12, 2014

Yesterday, the Bring Back Our Girls group held a candle light procession in Abuja in honour of the abducted Chibok girls who have been away for 180days. Alicia Keys who was on CNN had this to say...

'Putting the spotlight on these girls is very, very important to me and I thought that it is my job to help shine the light on what is going on and show people: this is still happening and we must not forget and it is going on for six months. 

Six months and nobody is back and the girls are just there because of the need of education and they are abducted? So that is why we must say that we are not allowing this to dissipate, no, we are going to continue to say we are not standing for this, it is not okay.'

The BBC says Abidjan is in Nigeria

Sunday, August 10, 2014

After CNN and Sky News the other day, the BBC have come out to say that Abidjan is now in Nigeria.

Where exactly is Nigeria in the world map?

PHOTO: See Covenant University phone outlaw undertaking/agreement

Friday, August 08, 2014

A Covenant University student just shared a photo of their school's phone outlaw undertaking form on twitter.

All students are required to sign as they prepare for the next semester. Below is the institution's laptop/iPad agreement form...

ASUP ends 10-month-old strike, polytechnics to resume Tuesday

Saturday, July 12, 2014

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has suspended its 10-month old strike. The strike which started in October 2013 was suspended today Saturday July 12th the National Executive Council of the association.

Rising from a meeting this morning in Abuja, the ASUP NEC decided to suspend the strike which has seen polytechnic students stay at home in the last ten months.

The National Publicity Secretary of ASUP, Clement Chirman announced the suspension and also stated that academic activities would resume in all polytechnics nationwide from Tuesday July 15th. The ASUP leadership held what it termed a fruitful meeting with the newly sworn in Minister of Education, Ibrahim Shekarau on Thursday July 10th.

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82 Covenant varsity students bag First Class degree

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Eighty two students of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, bagged first class degrees at its 2013/2014 convocation ceremony held at the school premises on Friday.

This was disclosed by the University Chancellor, Dr David Oyedepo at the 9th convocation and the conferment of honorary doctorate degrees and presentation of prizes to deserving students and eminent citizens by the school.

Oyedepo said 1,429 students, comprising 1,334 undergraduates and 95 post- graduates received various degrees during the convocation.

Eighty –two students bagged first class honours, 594 bagged second class upper division honours, 531 bagged second class lower division honours, while 127 bagged third class honours.

Oyedepo said that first class graduates of the institution emerged tops in the Presidential Special Scholarship Scheme for Innovation and Development in Nigeria in 2013 and 2014.

While urging the Federal Government to partner with the nation’s universities to provide solution to the security challenges in the country, he said the only way Nigerian universities could be relevant in solving societal problems was to continue to carry out researches that would resolve political and cultural challenges.

Nigerian academic councillor sworn-in as mayor of Lambeth, UK

Sunday, June 08, 2014

Adedamola Aminu, a Nigerian UK-based academic councillor has been sworn in as the first black mayor of Lambeth, United Kingdom. Aminu, who was first elected as a councillor in 2006, was elected deputy mayor in 2013 but has been acting as mayor since February this year following the death of Mayor Mark Bennett. NewTelegraph reported. The New Telegraph reports: At a ceremony attended by other councillors, members of the Nigerian community and representatives of the high commission, Councillor Aminu said after taking his oath of office that, “I want to pay tribute to Councillor Bennett the last mayor as he will be a hard act to follow. I am grateful to my colleagues for giving me this opportunity to serve as the mayor for the 2014/15 year and it is an honour and a privilege to serve the people of Lambeth.”

He urged the residents to join him in raising money for the charity during his tenure, adding that it is vital to address the problem of child abuse in the UK’s immigrant communities. In her address, Councillor Susan Fajana-Thomas, the former mayor of Hackney noted that: “Councillor Aminu is a fine councillor and as a former Lord Mayor myself, I am happy to see another Nigerian become the mayor of Lambeth. This adds to the contributions of British Nigerians in the UK.” The Ibadan, Oyo State born Aminu holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Studies from London Southbank University, a Diploma in Marketing from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, a Masters degree in marketing from Greenwich University and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education.