Tag: Vice Chancellor

Imo Varsity Awards Wabote Doctor of Science, Celebrates Accomplishments

ADEOLA YUSUF

For his excellent contributions to the growth and transformation of the Nigerian oil and gas industry and the towering leadership he has provided for the development of local content in Nigeria and Africa, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, was on Saturday conferred with a Doctor of Science degree, honoris causa at the 8th convocation of the Imo State University, Owerri. The award was received on his behalf by the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics,NCDMB, Mr. Patrick Daziba Obah, who dedicated…

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Fatima Andat Tops With 5.0 CGPA As Covenant Varsity Graduates 1,934

Damilola Olonade

206 students bag first class at 17th Convocation of the University Fatima Andat, a student in the Department of Accounting, College of Management and Social Sciences, has emerged as the overalk best-graduating student of the Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State, with a Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.00. Platforms Africa reports that Andat scored a oerfect CGPA having scored 5.00 out of 5.00 Available points by the University. A total of 206 students on Friday bagged First-Class degrees at the institution’s 2021/2022 Convocation. READ ALSO Meet Albert Oikelome, UNILAG New…

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Sahara Group Innovation And Entrapreneurship School Breaks Ground at UNILAG

Ganiyu Amodu

The sod-turning ceremony of the Sahara Group School of Innovation and Extrapreneurship Building at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has opened a world of endless opportunities and global competitiveness for young Africans, Ejiro Gray, Director, Governance and Sustainability, Sahara Group has said. Speaking at the groundbreaking event on Friday, October 28, 2022, at the Faculty of Social Sciences Lecture Theatre, Gray said the leading energy and infrastructure conglomerate was delighted to collaborate with the University of Lagos to deliver a world-class facility that would inspire future generations of innovators and…

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Lagos Varsity Spokesman, Jeariogbe Olaniyi, Bags ICAD Fellowship, VC Reacts

Abibat Babalola

  “An honour well deserved and a fitting acknowledgement of Mr.  Jeariogbe Olaniyi’s dedication, passion and hardwork in the CIPPR and the University as a whole,” LASU VC eulogises Olaniyi   The Assistant Chief Executive Officer, Information and Head, Media Relations, Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations (CIPPR), Lagos State University, Jeariogbe Olaniyi, has bagged the Fellowship of the Institute of Corporate Administration (ICAD). The fellowship excited the university community as the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, mni, congratulated Jeariogbe for the feat he recorded on Saturday, 20th August,…

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Seun & Deborah: Same Price; Different Prize, By Ajibola Mojeed Adeyinka

Ajibola Mojeed Adeyinka Obalolu

Seun wouldn’t stop as she continued inside the University of Ibadan Central Mosque while a Jum’ah prayer was ongoing during the first Friday of that year’s Ramadan, with ‘blasphemous’ words of this effect: ” No matter the amount of congregation, you won’t enter Paradise. Allah is not God; Jesus is Lord. Accept Jesus as your Personal Lord and Saviour….” You actually want to read how this ‘frightening’ episode ended   In August 2010, a Christian law student of the University of Ibadan, Seun Adegunsoye by name—a first class student for…

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Teams Stemlab, Rocket: Meet FSI/FUTMinna Hackathon Winners

Aliyu Aliyu

Participants were drawn from 21 universities across the country, Executive Director, FSI, Aituaz Kola-Oladejo, says in a statement sent to Platforms Africa    Winners have emerged in the final round of the ‘IncludeMe’ virtual Hackathon competition, the FSI/FUTMinna innovation challenge, which was held on Tuesday, April 12, 2022. Platforms Africa reports that Team Stemlab defeated nine other contestants to emerge victorious, carting home a grand prize of N1.5 million while the 1st runner-up, Team Rocket, went away with a whopping N1 million and Team EarNest came third, earning N750, 000.…

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Music Star, 2Face, Donates Multi-million Naira Studio To OAU

Gbenga Adeoti

Obafemi Awolowo Varsity now has best recording studio in Nigeria, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ogunbodede, says as African Queen crooner announces that the University of Benue is the next port of call for a music studio. Music Super star, Innocent Idibia, alias 2Face, has commissioned a music studio he built for the Music Department of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. He announced that the University of Benue is the next port of call for a music studio. The ultra modern recording studio was well received by the university’s board and students,…

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Careless Award of 1st-Class Honours By Nigerian Varsities Worrisome- OOU VC

Wonuola Olujobi

The Vice Chancellor, Olabisi Onabanjo University, OOU, Ago Iwoye, Prof. Ganiyu Olatunde, has advised universities in the country against indiscriminate award of first-class degree to their students, saying a situation where some universities would have a significant number of their graduating students bagging such is becoming worrisome. This is just as he clarified that students deserving of such grades should not be denied. He spoke in Ago Iwoye while briefing the press on activities lined up for the 30th convocation ceremony of the institution. According to him, graduates should be…

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Vice Chancellor arrested, detained over alleged N260m contract scam

Aliyu Aliyu

  The Vice Chancellor, Federal University Gusau, Prof. Magaji Garba has been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N260 million contract scam. A competent source at the anti-graft agency disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday that the Vice-Chancellor was still being held at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja as at the time of filling this report. The source said that the accused, sometime in 2018 fraudulently obtained the sum of N260 million from a contractor, Alhaji Shehu…

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