Tennessee Students Build Robotic Hand For New Classmate
Starting at a new school this year, 15-year-old Sergio Peralta had all the typical teenage reasons to be nervous. He was also trying to keep a secret: a hand that was not fully formed. “In the first days of school, I honestly felt like hiding my hand,” he told CBS News, the BBC’s US partner. […]
Elections: Reps Call For Closure Of Tertiary Institutions Elections
The House of Representatives has called on the National Universities Commission (NUC), the Federal Ministry of Education, the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) and the National Commission for Colleges of Education (NCCE), and other bodies to order all tertiary institutions to suspend academic activities till after the general elections. It also called on the […]
Child Who Shot Teacher Has Disability, Family Says
A six-year-old child who police say shot and wounded his teacher in his Virginia school suffers from an “acute disability,” his family said. In their first public statement since the shooting earlier this month, the family said the gun allegedly brought to school by the boy “was secured”. But they offered no specifics on how […]
ASUU: Nobody Can Promise You There Will Be No strike In 2023 -Prof Biodun Ogunyemi
Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, former President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has indicated that a fresh strike by lecturers of public universities in the country cannot be ruled out in 2023. Ogunyemi disclosed this on Saturday while featuring on Channels TV’s 2022: In Retrospect, an End-Of-Year special program. Remember, ASUU embarked on industrial […]
Education Across Borders: How Is It Faring?: Dr. Ayila Orkusa
Conflict directly or indirectly is taking a devastating toll on education across the world especially in war torn areas like Ukraine and Nigeria with high rate of insecurity. Narrowing it down to Africa, the focus is on education across the borders, how is it faring? Please lets have your views. Merry Christmas. #education#Africa#letstalk
191 Stranded Nigerians Evacuated From India By NEMA
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), on Friday, evacuated a total of 191 stranded Nigerians from India. The returnees, who arrived at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 4 pm, were welcomed by a delegation of the Federal Government, led by NEMA officials. NEMA spokesperson, Ezekiel Manzo, said in a statement that after being […]
Claudine Gay: Harvard University Picks First Black President
Harvard University has named the first black person to lead the Ivy League university. Dr Claudine Gay, who is a dean at Harvard and a democracy scholar, has been appointed as the school’s 30th president. She is the second woman to head the elite college in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dr Gay will replace Lawrence Bacow as […]
FG Set To Release NUC New Core Curriculum For Universities On Monday
The Federal Government will on Monday (today) unveil the newly developed curriculum for Nigerian universities through the National Universities Commission, NUC. In 2021, the NUC established a committee of experts drawn from various disciplines in Nigerian universities to design a new core curriculum and minimum academic standards for universities. The date for the unveiling was […]
ASUU: FG Pays Full November Salaries, Withholds Eight-month Arrears
The Buhari-led administration has reportedly paid full salaries for the month of November 2022 to lecturers under the auspices of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The Federal Government, however, was said to be withholding the eight-month arrears. On Wednesday, a senior member of the union at Bayero University Kano confirmed this to The […]
Biden Extends Student Loan Repayments Freeze Amid Lawsuits
The White House has put student loan repayments on hold again, saying that the delay will let courts rule on the Democrats’ plan to forgive some debt. The pause on repayments had been due to expire in December for the first time since the Covid pandemic began. It is now being extended until 30 June […]
