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Lecturer Warns Against Consumption Of Catfish Pepper Soup.
A Professor of biotechnology at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Sylvia Uzochukwu, has warned Nigerians against unrestrained consumption of catfish pepper soup. Uzochukwu, who said this while delivering the 41st inaugural lecture of the institution, said that…
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UNESCO To Revamp Education In Nigeria.
…commends Aregbesola for Opon Imo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, (UNESCO) has promised to assist the federal government in all its developmental agenda including education and security challenges in the country. Speaking at the official launch of…
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Why Education Standard Has Fallen – NASU
In this interview with Vanguard Learning, the General Secretary of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), Comrade Peters Adeyemi, spoke extensively on the education sector, the role of NASU as a major stakeholder and other issues.…
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2013 Admission Seekers Have 103,000 More Spaces In Nigeria Tertiary Institutions – IEI President
Some stakeholders have contradicted the recent declaration by the Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqquatu Rufai, that there are only about 520,000 admission slots in the nation’s tertiary institutions. In a chat with Vanguard Learning, Dr. Andrews Jegede, the National President…
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WEST AFRICA HEALTH EXAMINATIONS BOARD NURSING TIMETABLE. (HND)
At the recently concluded Examination Committee Meeting of the Board, the Committee approved 17th – 22th June 2013 as the examinations dates for Its Higher National Diploma (HND) Public health Nursing examinations. Below is The Examination Time-Tables:- 2013 HIGHER NATIONAL…
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CIBN Signs MoU Vith Varsities, Polytechnics.
THE Chartered Institute of Bankers (CIBN) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with three universities and three polytechnics that would enable their respective undergraduate and graduate students sit for particular levels of the institute’s professional examinations. The universities are: the…
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New dawn in Osun as ‘knowledge tablet’ debuts.
A CASUAL window-shopping in a bookshop at Dockland, in the United Kingdom sometime in 2011 by Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the comical, unassuming governor of Osun state, has translated into some tremendously good fortune for the state’s public secondary school students.…
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Legislative Workers Want Parliamentary University.
Members of the Parliamentary Staff Association of Nigeria (PASAN) have charged the federal government to facilitate the setting up of PASAN University of Nigeria to boost parliamentary performance for the whole of Africa. PASAN president, Fatai Jimoh, made the call…
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FG Gets UNICEF Support On School Enrollment Data Update.
The United Nations Children’s Educational Fund (UNICEF) has promised to support the federal government on the data update of school enrollment in Nigeria. It is also seeking government support for its effort towards the delivery of more development projects in…
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Iyela Reappointed FCE Okene Provost.
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the re-appointment of. Prof. Iyela Ajayi for a second tenure as the Provost, Federal College of Education, Okene. A statement yesterday signed by the institution’s Deputy Registrar, public relation/information, Peter Otomorihi Ovansa, said Prof. Iyela…
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Banker Offers $1M To Anyone Able To Solve This Mathematical Equation.
A Texas banker is upping the ante to $1 million for whoever solves a tricky problem that’s been dogging mathematicians since the 1980s. The Texas based American Mathematical Society (AMS) on Tuesday said $1 million will be awarded for the…
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#YahooBoys: 5 Students, 4 Others Arrested For Internet Scam
Five under-graduates and four other Nigerians were on Monday, June 3, 2013 arrested by Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over internet related fraud. The undergraduates, who are undergoing different courses in different institutions of higher learning,…
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