The Senate has given a hint that it would consider a proposal by the federal government to rename the University of Lagos, UNILAG, after the acclaimed winner of the 12 June, 1993 elections, the late Chief Mooshood Kashimawo Abiola. This was the asertion of Chairman, Senate Committee on Business and Rules, Senator Ita Enang during [...]
In a bid to return to their classrooms and continue with their academic activities, students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, MAPOLY, have appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, to end the strike action which has crippled activities in polytechnics across the country. This was the general consensus of students when P.M.NEWS Campus Square [...]
The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Isaac Adewole, has said that the institution will soon start a postgraduate course in herbal medicine. He made this disclosure recently during a briefing on the mid-term stewardship of the VC held at the Trenchard Hall of the institution, while also stating that the decision was taken considering the [...]
If reports from the official website of Covenant University are anything to go by, the institution plans to start a 3-semester academic session which includes Alpha, Omega and Third Semester. The website quoted: “In our quest to actualize the Vision 1 of 10 in 10, Board of Regents has approved the adjustment of the university [...]
Empress Njamah is one actress that remains a staple for tabloids and magazine lovers. She had a steady growth in the movie industry but slowed down to try her luck in other businesses, especially fashion. FUNSHO AROGUNDADE ran into the actress at a ceremony in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, and she opened up on why she has [...]
About 160 illegal private schools operating in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, have been shut. They were closed recently during an exercise conducted by the government as part of efforts to sanitise the education sector in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Segun Odubela, announced this Thursday in a statement issued in [...]
The administrator of Lagos State University, LASU, Onipanu Annex, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, Mr Olusesan Oduwole, has been charged before a court with stealing after he allegedly bolted with students’ tuition fees. The 33-year old administrator allegedly stole N5 million after printing his own receipts and collected the money from the students. Oduwole fled when [...]
In Pictures: Chief Edwin Clark, Ex-minister, Ijaw Leader, Marks 86th Birthday
In Pictures: Oba Akiolu of Lagos marks anniversary
In Pictures: Habibat Tinubu graduates from Berklee
Kate Henshaw in new romance?
Woman In TheNEWS: Justice Mariam Aloma Mukhtar
What is Mourinho telling Juergen Klopp here?