Tag: academia
Who book help self? by Ganiu Bamgbose
By Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose
The inspiration for this short public essay was borne out of a statement made by a professor of English, Adeleke Lefak...
Soyinka goes back to Trump’s America, to speak at Harvard
Professor Wole Soyinka is going back to Donald Trump’s America, less than a year after he tore his Green Card following the election of...
Five scientists win NLNG science prize
Five scientists have emerged as joint winners of the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas (NLNG) $100,000 Prize for Science.
The Chairman of the Advisory Board for...
25 polytechnic staff under investigation for certificate racketeering
Not less than 25 staff of Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, are now under police investigation for alleged certificate racketeering, the News Agency of Nigeria...
LASU Dean of Science, Professor Oluwole Omikorede dies
The Dean, Faculty of Science at the Lagos State University, Professor Oluwole Ebenezer Omikorede, is dead.
According to a press statement issued by the LASU...
The pains of pupillage in Nigerian tertiary institutions
By Sanni Kay. Yusuf
Nigeria, inhabited mostly by the downtrodden (people who eat from hand to mouth, feeding on a meal greatly lesser than $1;...
UNILAG lecturer stabs student, detained by school security
In what may appear a show of might, a lecturer at the University of Lagos, Dr Babawale Taiwo along with his colleague, Dr Israel...
Tips on spending less money on academic research
Carrying out academic research is a 'call' that must be answered by all students in tertiary institutions before they could be awarded their degrees or diplomas....
Ikeogu wins 2017 NLNG Prize for Literature
Ikeogu Oke has been announced the winner of the 2017 NLNG Prize for Literature. The author of the poetry book, Heresiad, beat stiff competition...
Who wants to be a teacher? by Olalekan Olagunju
Olalekan Olagunju examines the disnterest of prospective students in choosing teaching courses in tertiary institutions as a result of the lack of attention for...