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28/08/2022

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) invites applications for the Fall 2022 King Abdullah University Scholarships Program

28/08/2022

The slipshod approach of the Nigerian government to address the lingering ASUU strike is, to say the least, nauseating. There is no better explanation to this shoddy...

13/08/2022

This is late Dr. Yusufu Bala Usman who had his first, second and Doctorate degrees from the University of Lancaster, United Kingdom and the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. He taught briefly at Barewa College, Zaria before he spent all his working life as a lecturer at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

A social critic, historian, author of many books and pamphlets. Bala Usman was a Nigerian politician and historian who shaped Nigerian historiography. He had brief stint in the Civil Service as Secretary to the Kaduna State Government in 1979-82. He was the founder of the Centre for Democratic Development, Research and Training at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.

May his gentle soul rest in peace.

~ The Abusites.


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03/08/2022

UPDATE
We don't fix cut off marks,
In fact, over 50% of
Universities proposed 200
as minimum, JAMB
clarifies
The Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board
(JAMB) has clarified that
the recently adopted 140
cut-off mark for
admissions to Nigerian
universities is not uniform
for all the institutions.

28/07/2022

AS public universities in the country have been shut down since February 14 this year due to strike action by staff unions whose demands are mainly financial in nature, unless drastic steps are taken, the issue of poor funding

28/07/2022

The federal government of Nigeria has called for applications from suitably qualified youths for the Free Cyber Security Training for Nigerian Youths.

28/07/2022

A lecturer in the Department of Development Communication, in the recently created Faculty of Communication and Media Studies, University of Uyo, Christiana

28/07/2022

Nigerian students hoping to study abroad will need to brace for increasing uncertainties in their plans. The Nigerian currency has crashed to a historic low

03/07/2022

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02/07/2022

25 Top Facts about Eastern African countries

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18. 🇰🇪 🇺🇬 🇹🇿 Has Lake Victoria which is the largest fresh water lake in Africa.

19. 🇹🇿 And 🇰🇪 have serengeti and maasai mara home to the great migration and 8th wonder of the world.

20. Kenya 🇰🇪 Mombasa Port was the first port in the region to be established in 1896.

21. Somalia 🇸🇴 was the first country in Africa to produce a pilot.

22. In Uganda 🇺🇬, less than one dollar is enough to sustain you for a day.

23. Ethiopia 🇪🇹 had the strongest Emperor and Monarchs that made them resist Colonization.

24. Tanzania 🇹🇿, lake Tanganyika in Tz is the deepest lake in Africa,

25. Lastly the longest river in the world is river Nile which is estimated to be 30 million years old...

01/07/2022

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30/05/2022

30/05/2022

LondonToLagos : Kunle Adeyanju, gets a hero's welcome as he arrives Nigeria after 40 days on his Bike

30/05/2022

Management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, Thursday, directed staff and students of the institution to resume, Thursday, May 26. A statement by the institution's Registrar, Dr Kayode A. Ogunleye, stated that the resumption "is for the continuation of the academic acti...

27/05/2022

When school finally resume
Lecturer: so last semester we discussed......
Me; you and who discus?

25/05/2022

As the ASUU strike enters its 13th week, U.S educational experts have called on Nigerian universities to look outside the government for the funding of their

21/05/2022

In this article, you are going to see the latest JAMB cut off marks 2022/23 For Admission in all universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education in Nigeria.

21/05/2022

The 2022 IFCN Education Scholarships have now begun to receive applications from interested and qualified young Africans and students from developing countries.

16/05/2022

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the release of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination( UTME) results.Head, Public Affairs and Protocol, JAMB, Fabian Benjamin, said this in a statement on Saturday.The boa

15/05/2022

Striking university unions have said their members would “consider” the appeal by the Nigeria Inter-Religious Council (NIREC) which seeks the suspension of their ongoing strike while negotiations continue.

15/05/2022

Twenty-six-year-old Abdulmalik Bashir, who graduated with a first-class in Water Resources and Environmental Engineering from the Ahmadu Bello University,

10/05/2022

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has said results from the first batch of candidates who wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Friday and Saturday will be out next week.JAMB's Head, Public Affairs and Protocols (PAP), Dr

02/05/2022

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Saturday, directed all candidates sitting for its 2022 examination

30/04/2022

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has alleged that Nigerians spend at least N1.6 trillion every year as tuition fee to schools outside the country.Its President Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke stated this during a meeting of the Central working

18/04/2022

JAMB has scheduled the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) between May 6 and 16, with 1.8 million candidates registered.

15/04/2022

Applications are currently ongoing for the 2022 University of Rennes Scholarships for International Students.

15/04/2022

Othman Abdulrasheed, a young ABU Alumnus was recently named among the 2022 official members of the Forbes Coaches Council. Abdulrasheed who is the first to

13/04/2022

The NUTM Scholars Program (NSP) is a one-year full-time interdisciplinary postgraduate program in Technology, Entrepreneurship, and Design. During the

13/04/2022

It is in relation to the above line of thinking that I set to extrapolate on some widely sustained lies against ASUU