Prizes

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Association of Nigerian Authors Calls for Entries for 2020 ANA Literary Prizes

The Association of Nigerian Authors has made a call for entries for its annual literary prizes, 2020 edition.  This was announced by the association’s General Secretary, Maik Ortserga. This year’......

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ANA Honours Late Poet Ikeogu Oke, Calls For Entries For Ikeogu Poetry Prize

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) under the national leadership of Mr. Camillus Ukah has honoured late poet, Okeogu Oke, with an annual poetry prize category for teenagers in secondary schools......

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Association of Nigerian Authors Calls for Entries for 2020 ANA Literary Prizes

The Association of Nigerian Authors has made a call for entries for its annual literary prizes, 2020 edition.  This was announced by the association’s General Secretary, Maik Ortserga. This year’...

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ANA Honours Late Poet Ikeogu Oke, Calls For Entries For Ikeogu Poetry Prize

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) under the national leadership of Mr. Camillus Ukah has honoured late poet, Okeogu Oke, with an annual poetry prize category for teenagers in secondary schools...

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Ireland Sponsors Poetry Competition in Nigeria

In honour of one of its greatest writers, James Joyce (1882 – 1941), the Irish embassy in Nigeria has announced a poetry writing competition to celebrate Bloomsday, which is always observed on July 16...

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Entry for NLNG Nigeria Prize for Science 2020 Ends Midnight April 30, 2020

Photo credit: NLNG Entry for the Nigeria Prize for Science 2020 ends midnight GMT, April 30, 2020. The organizers of the prize, Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas, had earlier made a call for entry fr...

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Authors

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Four Writers Storm Ilorin For Imodoye Residency

Established by Dr Usman Oladipo Akanbi, the Imodoye Writers Residency is a private initiative for writers and visual artists keen on completing their ongoing work in a conducive environment at no cost......

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Four Writers Storm Ilorin For Imodoye Residency

Established by Dr Usman Oladipo Akanbi, the Imodoye Writers Residency is a private initiative for writers and visual artists keen on completing their ongoing work in a conducive environment at no cost...

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General News

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National Library of Nigeria launches AI-Powered E-library platform Boldscholar in Abuja

The National Library of Nigeria has launched Boldscholar, an AI-powered E-library platform with indigenous contents, managed by Boldscholar Research Limited, an education-technology company in Nigeria......

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Prof. Chinwe Anunobi Appointed As The National Librarian Of NLN

Encomium has continued to pour in for Prof. Chinwe Veronica Anunobi who was recently appointed as the National Librarian/Chief Executive Officer of the National Library of Nigeria on September 8, 2021......

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Cambridge University: Lectures to be conducted online until 2021 summer

Picture Credit- AFP - Students walk through Cambridge University in Cambridge, east of England Cambridge University has announced that due to coronavirus pandemic, its next academic year shall b...

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The National Universities Commission Enjoins Vice-Chancellors to Keep Universities Shut

Prof. Abubakar Rasheed. Picture Credit: NUC The regulatory body of Nigerian universities, The National Universities Commission (NUC) has instructed all the university Vice-Chancellors not to re-o...

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FG Resumes School Feeding Programme on Thursday May 14, 2020

The Honorable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs at the NHGSFP. Photo Credit: Federal Ministry of Information and Culture In fulfillment of President Buhari’s promise on March 29 to continue school...

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Africa’s Education Sector Badly Hit as 1.235 Billion Learners Globally are Forced to Remain at Home for Fear of COVID-19 Pandemic

The world has been terribly shaken by COVID19 pandemic. Every sector of human activities is in serious comatose. Of all the sectors, the education sector particularly has been hard hit by the effect o...

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Campus Gist

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Beware: NUC Releases A List Of 58 Fake Universities

Once again, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has released a list of fake universities in Nigeria. This is to warn unsuspecting candidates who are seeking admission and could be deceived to a......

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FUTO: Prof. Nnenna Oti Becomes The 8th Vice Chancellor

Prof. Nnenna Oti has been appointed the 8th Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). This was revealed in a press briefing by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing......

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University Of Ibadan Announces Post UTME Screening For 2020/2021 Admission Exercise

University of Ibadan has announced its post UTME screening exercise for prospective candidates who seek admission into the university.According to the public announcement released by the school Regist...

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UNILAG: President Buhari Sacks Acting Vice-Chancellor, Suspends The Pro-Chancellor

University of Lagos Senate Building  In a press release issued on Friday by the the Director, Press and Public Relations of the Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong, FG has directed...

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University Of Ibadan Stays On Top On The Webometrics Ranking Of Nigerian Universities

UI VC and staff in front of the newly commissioned electrical and electronic engineering laboratory building  Based on July 2020 webometrics ranking report, University of Ibadan is ranked ab...

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Maritime University Okerenkoko and University of Port Harcourt Get New Vice Chancellor and Acting Vice Chancellor Respectively

According to a document obtained from the Ministry of Education, President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Professor Emmanuel Munakurogha Adigio, as the Vice Chancellor of the Nigerian Maritime Univers...

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Digest

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Footprints In The Sand Of Time: A Prof’s Memoire

The Early YearsIn the search for a common definition of this apt quintessence of a self-made man, an etymological analysis would prove useful. Before the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967 to 1970, having con......

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Footprints In The Sand Of Time: A Prof’s Memoire

The Early YearsIn the search for a common definition of this apt quintessence of a self-made man, an etymological analysis would prove useful. Before the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967 to 1970, having con...

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Books

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The Road to Bauchi and Other Poems: a Brief Review

Published by Kraft Books, Denja Abdullahi’s new book, The Road to Bauchi and Other Poems is a slim volume of forty two short poems grouped into four sections, namely: “Bauchi Poems”, “Haiku Poems”, “O......

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The Road to Bauchi and Other Poems: a Brief Review

Published by Kraft Books, Denja Abdullahi’s new book, The Road to Bauchi and Other Poems is a slim volume of forty two short poems grouped into four sections, namely: “Bauchi Poems”, “Haiku Poems”, “O...

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Edu-Statistics and Funding

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Orji Uzor Kalu Offers Scholarship To Medical Students In 12 Selected Universities Nationwide

Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation has announced scholarship for 650 fresh students who may have interest in studying medicine and surgery in 12 selected Nigerian universities across the country in the 2022/20......

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FG Sets Up Panels To Probe Finances Of Federal Universities

L-R: Perm. Sec., Fed. Min. of Edu., Sonny Echono and Exe. Sec. NUC. Prof. Abubakar Rasheed  The federal government has on Tuesday inaugurated visitation panels to probe financial management,......

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UNESCO Calls For Application For The 2021 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant

UNESCO calls for application for the 2021 Silk Roads Youth Research Grant. The research grant which is open to young postgraduate scholars (men and women) not more than 35 years of age at the time of...

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COVID-19: FG Postpones School Resumption Indefinitely

The Honourable Minister of Education, Mr. Adamu Adamu, has on Monday postponed school resumption indefinitely due to high rise in cases of coronavirus in the country. The Minister explained that the d...

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Diverted N2.67 Billion: ICPC, FME Launch A Full Scale Investigation

The Minister of Education, Adamu, has ordered an investigation into the report by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC) on tracing to personal account the sum...

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Sadiya Farouq: Count Me Out Of The N2.72b School Feeding Money Found In Personal Accounts

Photo Credit: ThisDayLive The Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development in a tweet on Monday has distanced itself and the Minister in charge of the ministry fro...

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Conferences

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Ikeoha Foundation Holds Webinar On Innovative Road Transport Solutions In Nigeria In Response To Covid-19 Pandemic

Ikeoha Foundation, in conjunction with the Traffic and Transportation Planning Research Group of University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus will hold a webinar on Friday, February 19, 2021, to discuss the to......

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Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba Inducted Into The Fellowship Of ANA

Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba (on a red cap) receiving a plaque from Mr Camillus Ukah, ANA PresidentThe Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Prof. Chinedum Nwajiuba, was on Friday night induc......

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Call For Papers: SEER Journal, Boldscholar Host International Students’ Conference

Sustainable Empirical Environmental Research Journal (SEER Journal- ISSN 2635-3520) calls for paper submissions from teachers, postgraduate and undergraduate students with respect to an international...

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Call for Papers: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Damian Ugwuntikiri Opata

Call For Papers: A Festschrift in Honour of Professor Damian Ugwuntikiri Opata"Coloniality of Knowledge, Cultural and Textual Productions in Africa: Treaties in Honour of Damian Opata"Professor Damian...

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International Institute of Engineers and Researchers (IIER) calls for papers in academic research

International Institute of Engineers and Researchers (IIER) is calling for papers for the following chains of annual international conferences which will be held in Lagos, Nigeria, beginning 29th till...

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Academics World Beats Lockdown, Holds its Conference amidst COVID-19 Pandemic

Irrespective of the devastating blow COVID-19 pandemic has dealt on the entire globe, which has forced everyone on a lockdown, the Academics World has refused to be compelled to suspend its conference...

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Edu Tech

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Boldscholar Partners With MElimu India To Deploy E-Learning Solution To Schools In Nigeria Amidst Security Challenges

As Nigeria battles insecurity, which has continued to disrupt academic studies in some parts of the country, Boldscholar forges a marketing partnership with mElimu Edutech Private Ltd, India, to deplo......

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Solutions for Distance Learning

The fear of spread of coronavirus pandemic may have paused physical learning in institutions across the globe, with over 1.186 billion learners in 144 countries (as reported by UNESCO on Sunday, June......

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Boldscholar Partners With MElimu India To Deploy E-Learning Solution To Schools In Nigeria Amidst Security Challenges

As Nigeria battles insecurity, which has continued to disrupt academic studies in some parts of the country, Boldscholar forges a marketing partnership with mElimu Edutech Private Ltd, India, to deplo...

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Solutions for Distance Learning

The fear of spread of coronavirus pandemic may have paused physical learning in institutions across the globe, with over 1.186 billion learners in 144 countries (as reported by UNESCO on Sunday, June...

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Google E-learning Tools for Your School, also Suitable for Deaf Students

The world is currently almost on stand-still due to COVID-19 pandemic. This period has birthed a lot of technological solutions and many more are still undergoing development to help find a way to mit...

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