Dr Kayode Adewale, a lecturer at Tai Solarin Federal University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, has secured a $50,000 international grant in collaboration with Kent State University, Ohio, United States. The grant will support Transformation 1090, a new initiative designed to enhance teacher training and improve student learning outcomes in Nigeria. The project aims to train
A senior lecturer at the University of Port Harcourt, Dr Ovunda Ihunwo, has advised parents to be careful about the growing culture of “sign-out” parties among Nigerian students, describing it as misleading. According to him, sign-out was originally a simple way for students to mark the end of examinations. However, it has now evolved into
Dr Omojola Awogbemi, a Mechanical Engineer and Senior Chief Technologist at Ekiti State University (EKSU), has been listed among the top 2% of scientists in the world for 2025 in the Energy category. The honour came from the latest global ranking released by Stanford University in partnership with Elsevier, and published in the Elsevier Data
A senior lecturer at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Dr Philips Nto, has resigned from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), accusing the union of lacking transparency and running like a cult. Nto, who heads the university’s Agribusiness Incubation Centre, claimed the union has been hijacked by self-centred individuals using it for personal
A controversy has emerged among alumni of the law faculty at Benue State University in Makurdi over the nomination of law lecturer Timothy Yangien to a commissioner role in the state government. A faction of the alumni recently petitioned the state House of Assembly, rejecting Yangien’s nomination and accusing him of abuse of office, oppression,
A lecturer at Babcock University, Dr Adetutu Habib, has set up a learning hub in Awa-Ijebu, Ogun State, to help students struggling with Mathematics and vocabulary. The project, called Palm Tutors Learning Hub, was donated to the Ijebu North community to mark her recent PhD achievement. Dr Habib, who works in the university’s Directorate of
Soldiers and DSS operatives have rescued a kidnapped lecturer from Taraba State University, Engineer Joshua Saleh. He was abducted on July 31 while travelling along the Chinkai–Kente–Wukari Road in Wukari, Taraba State. The rescue took place after a joint operation by the Nigerian Army’s 6 Brigade and the Department of State Services (DSS). Acting on
