The Bible alludes in Ecclesiastes chapter 3and verses 1 and 2 that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is …
Read More »“It is madness” Jide Osuntokun advises Asuu to drag Fg to court
A PROFESSOR, Jide Osuntokun, has advised the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to take the federal and state governments to court over university autonomy. Osuntokun, who is currently the pro-chancellor of Ekiti State University, made the call in a piece titled ‘Higher Education And The Future of Nigeria’. He …
Read More »‘Make collaboration’ Professor tells companies and higher institutions
A Nigerian professor has said that lack of collaboration between higher institutions and companies was working against engineering development in the country. “There is hardly any research collaboration between industries and academia,” Linus Asuquo, a professor of engineering, said on Friday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, during an engineering conference …
Read More »‘Gone!’ UNILORIN mathematics professor declared missing
Professor Raphael Babatunde Adeniyi, a lecturer at the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, has been declared missing. He was declared missing on Wednesday in Ilorin, the state capital in a statement by the family. The family in the release urged anyone with useful information on his whereabouts to contact the …
Read More »‘We appreciate the privilege to serve you’ ASUU president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi marks end of tenure
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, on Friday, delivered his valedictory speech at the conference of the union held at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State. In the speech marking the end of his three-year tenure as the leader of the academic body, …
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