Eight of the 14 federal tertiary institutions established at the twilight of the Muhammadu Buhari administration are to be kept in abeyance as President Bola Tinubu has approved a plan to implement only six due to their cost and specific requirements. The minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, disclosed this to correspondents after a meeting…
By Law Mefor The Chicago State University (CSU) registrar’s deposition raised some interesting points that merit further interrogation. He gave the impression that he was purposefully omitting some information. Even if CSU is a phony institution, as the registrar’s deposition suggested, the United States of America (USA) is the host nation. The educational institutions in…
_Written by Adebayo Folorunsho-Francis and Abdulrahman Zakariyau._ The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 poll, Atiku Abubakar, on Thursday, said he did not betray President Bola Tinubu, over the allegation of certificate forgery he levelled against him at the court. Rather, he said the former Lagos State governor abandoned him as…
Kenneth Okonkwo, a Nigerian Actor, Lawyer, and Politician has replied to the National Broadcasting Corporation in response to Friday’s warning to Arise Television over what it called the use of derogatory and incendiary remarks on its programmes. In an open letter addressed to NBC’s Director-General, Dr. Balarabe Ilelah, Okonkwo said that the DG’s statement…
By: Law Mefor The Igbo term for apprenticeship is ‘Igba Boi.’ It involves learning a trade or craft under someone who is already well-established in the field and is now a master in his own right aka ‘Oga’ in local parlance. Though Igbo apprenticeship had been around for a while before the Biafra war, its…
This is to inform prospective candidates and the general public that the University of Nigeria, Nsukka 2023/2024 Post-UTME Screening Exercise earlier slated to start from Tuesday, October 03, 2023 through Friday, October 18, 2023 will no longer hold. The reconsideration by the Management to waive the Post-UTME Screening Test for 2023/2024 Academic Session was occasioned…
With continuous demonstration of his commitment to effective representation, Distinguished Senator Osita Ngwu has embarked on a groundbreaking project aimed at enhancing the educational landscape in Enugu West District. The project, valued at a substantial 200 million Naira, focuses on the construction of a state-of-the-art junior secondary school. This ambitious initiative encompasses the construction of…
Kano State Government has slashed tuition fees for the state-owned tertiary institutions by 50 per cent. The Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Ibrahim Kofar Mata who made this known in a statement said the resolve is to alleviate the compounding financial hardships for the good people of the state thereby slashing the registration fees…
By Clem Aguiyi I met Prof Udenta O. Udenta in books and on television before our paths physically crossed . Since we met our meeting has been fulfilling and intelectually rewarding hence I am penning this tribute. Professor Udenta O. Udenta is a multifaceted personality who may be seen through a variety of lenses. A…
By Law Mefor For more than a decade, Professor Udenta O. Udenta and I have walked closely together. This September, he will turn 60 and enter the sixth floor of life. So, I thought it was appropriate to look back on his extraordinary life and great intellectual outputs and contributions as a creative mind and…
