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Olu, the son of Billionaire businessman Dapo Abiodun and former DJ to singer Davido, was found dead today, LIB exclusively broke the news. No further details have been disclosed as to what exactly led to his death, but Davido has now reacted in shock to the news on Snapchat. More screenshots below...

Students of the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University will be resuming back to the campus in four days time following the school announcement . The authorities of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) , Ile-Ife have directed the students to resume the second semester academic programme on Sunday, 1st October, 2017. In a statement by its Public Relations Officer of OAU, Abiodun Olarewaju, the university 24th September earlier date have changed because of the parents’ call for repair of facilities in the hostels to make them conducive for students. According to the statement, students are to come into residence on Sunday, 1st October and resume academic activities on Tuesday, 3rd October, 2017. The statement further said: “We also wish to encourage our students to make the semester ‘aluta free’ by shunning any act or utterance that is capable of igniting a situation that can truncate a smooth academic calendar for the second semester. We wish all our students a safe trip to...

What a remarkable achievement. Salihu Dasuki has made Nigeria proud once again as he becomes the youngest senior lecturer at Sheffield Hallam University in the United Kingdom. The 29-year-old Nigerian gratefully announced his resumption to work as a senior lecturer of Information Systems yesterday, Monday, September 25 on Twitter. He made the announcement with the following words: "By Allah's grace, not only am I the youngest, I resume teaching as a senior lecturer of computing at Sheffield Hallam University, UK" Dasuki in another tweet says he was an assistant professor at the age of 24 when he was in Nigeria for five years. Dasuki also has a brilliant academic records in foreign universities. He graduated with a first class degree in Information Technology from Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU), North Cyprus at 21. He went further to have his Master’s degree at Brunel University, UK and bagged his PhD in the same university in 2012. At this time, he was reporte...

I am calling on President Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the educational sector' - Ben Bruce Nigerian lawmaker,  Ben Bruce  fondly called the  'Common Sense Senator'  says is calling on  President Buhari  to declare a state of emergency in the educational sector,which will so bad for Nigeria (giant of Africa) According to him if nothing is done, Nigeria's population is growing faster than its economy and at this rate we may soon join the list of most uneducated nations in the world. Watch the two-minute video below... https://twitter.com/benmurraybruce/status/911819582423404544

The University of Benin (UNIBEN) Admission Screening Exercise for 2017/2018 Academic Session; to be conducted by UNIBEN CONSULT NIGERIA LIMITED, is rescheduled to take place between 28th September 2017 and 10th October 2017 in designated centres within the Ugbowo Campus of the University. The Screening Exercise shall be conducted using the Computer Based Test (CBT) mode. All candidates are expected to be seated, latest one hour before the stipulated time for their screening exercise

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released the full list of best universities in Nigeria by national ranking. University of Ibadan topped the list as the best university in Nigeria, with University of Lagos in second place. Obafemi Awolowo Univesity, Ahmadu Bello University and University of Ilorin complete the top five. Below Are Full List Of Top 10 Best Universities In Nigeria 2017 (NUC Ranking) 1 University of Ibadan, Ibadan 2 University of Lagos, Lagos 3 Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife 4 Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria 5 University of Ilorin, Ilorin 6 Covenant University, Ota 7 University of Nigeria, Nsukka 8 University of Benin, Ugbowo 9 University of Abuja, Abuja 10 University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt

A Nigerian teenager who definitely had a bright future ahead of him has tragically lost his life after a brief illness. 16-year-old student,  Mubarak Razak reportedly lost his life just after passing both the JAMB exams and Post-UTME with flying colours. Razak applied to study Medicine and Surgery at the University of Ilorin in the Post-UTME screening before the unfortunate incident. The news which was shared with StellaDimokokorkus reads:- The person in subject was a close relation of mine, his name was Mubarak Razak by name and 16 years. He applied for Medicine and Surgery at University of Ilorin after being denied admission last year when he applied for Anatomy scoring 206 in UTME, immediately after graduating in a private secondary school in Ilorin, Kwara state. He then struggled to have a better UTME score this year and passed POST-JAMB excellently scoring 72% when he suddenly died after a brief illness last week Saturday night. He was survived by 3 siblings...

        2016/2017 NAOC TERTIARY SCHOLARSHIP SCHEME: APPLICATION/EXAMINATION The Nigerian Agip Oil Company Limited (NAOC) Joint Venture in pursuance of its Corporate Social Responsibility invites suitably qualified applicants for its 2016/2017 Session Tertiary Scholarship Scheme, effective from 11th September to 29th September, 2017. Category of Awards Host Communities Merit Award  – For applicants strictly from NAOC Host Communities National Merit Award  – For applicants from Non-Host communities To qualify for consideration, applicants  MUST  be: Registered Full TIME undergraduates in Nigerian Tertiary Institutions Certified 100 level students at the time of application (Only students admitted in 2016/2017 academic session) NOTE:  The following categories of students  should not apply : 200 level students and above Current beneficiaries of similar Awards from other Companies and Agencies Dependants of NAOC/...

​Full activities may soon resume in Nigerian universities across the country as the non-teaching staff currently on strike have accepted the Federal Government’s proposal aimed at addressing their grievances. It was learnt however that the striking unions have asked for ‘some time to consult before finally returning to the duty posts.’ Officials of the unions – Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, Non Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, and National Association of Academic Technologist, NAAT – told PREMIUM TIMES off the record that the strike could be suspended on Thursday or Friday. The National President of the Joint Action Committee of the unions, Samson Ugwoke, spoke after the second open negotiation meeting with representatives of the government. The second conciliatory meeting which started about 4:30 p.m. on Wednesday and ended at 12:20 a.m. on Thursday is part of the steps taken by both teams to resolve issues involved in the ongoing nati...

Mtn Nigeria foundation scholarship Mtn Nigeria foundation scholarship is here again with science and Technology scholarship scheme of her 8th phase. The scholarship award is worth a sum of #200,000.00 per student for the duration of one academic year and covers tuition, textbook allowance and stipend. Hence, application is now open for the 2017/2018 session. More so, scholarship will also be renewed for the existing student who have maintained a minimum cumulative grade point average (CGPA) of 3.5 or its equivalent (second class upper/upper credit). Eligibility => Only 3rd year students from public Tertiary institutions with 3.5 CPGA or its equivalent Second Class Upper. => HND students with a minimum of 3.0 GPA (Upper Credit) at their OND programmer. Courses of study => Accountancy/Accounting => Agric. Sci. => Agronomy => Agric. Extension and rural development => Animal nutrition => Chemical engineering =>...