No fewer than 241 graduates of Nigeria’s oldest citadel of learning, University of Ibadan (UI), have been awarded with First Class degree in the 2017/2018 academic session. Professor Abel Olayinka, UI’s Vice-Chancellor disclosed that the Faculty of Science had the highest number of First Class at 46, followed by the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry with 38 and the Faculty of Technology with 27. The breakdown of graduates for the 2017/2018 session showed 1,966 students had Second Class...

The University of Ibadan Celebrates Miss Ebhomielen Ofure Mary of the Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science Who scored the Highest CGPA of 7.0. This was announced by the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka, FAS on the first day of the 2019 Convocation ceremonies holding at the International Conference Centre, Ibadan, Oyo state Nigeria. It could be recalled, such fest was also achieved by Mr. Daniel Nkemelu from the same department (Computer science...

Report has shown that the Akwa Ibom State University (AKSU) has sacked eight lecturers for alleged sexual assault and extortion on female students of the institution. Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Eno Ibanga disclosed this on Tuesday during a press conference at the main campus of the institution located at Ikot Akpaden, Mkpat Enin local government area. Prof Ibanga stated that some of the cases were in court, adding that 10 students involved in cultism were also caught by the m...

A medical student, Sale Murtala Dandashire, has emerged overall best graduating medical student, 2019 at Ahmadu Bello University Medical School, Zaria. Dandashire hails from Kankara Local Government Area in Katsina State. The outstanding student graduated in style with many accolades to his name. He also emerged best in Physiology, Surgery, Haematology, Anatomy, and Histopathology. Dandashire also came out top in project work, Biochemistry and Chemical Pathology. His unprecedented...

Protesting students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Benin City, Edo State have blocked the ever-busy Benin/Lagos expressway, taking to the street football match. The students have equally shut down the main gates leading to the Ugbowo main campus of the university, depriving staff of the institution of leaving or going into the school premisses. CAMPUS GIST reports that the students are protesting the failure of the school management to restore electricity and water to those living in...

UNIPORT Alumni Commit to Members' Business Success Twenty-seven years after their graduation from the Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT), the 1992 alumni set recently held its second reunion in Lagos. Apart from an opportunity for members to meet again years after graduation to relive their experiences at the university, the event also provided a forum for members to share ideas that would improve their businesses and other aspects of their lives. As s...

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun has offered immediate employment to the best graduating student of Crescent University, Abeokuta, Miss Halimat Abdulsalam of the Department of Biochemistry, College of Natural and Applied Sciences. With a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.93, she surpassed 413 graduands, the best ever to be achieved by any valedictorian of the institution. Speaking at the 11th convocation ceremony of the institution recently, the governor, who was represented ...

A public affairs analyst, Mr. Carl Umegboro has described the newly approved postgraduate law degree at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), without clearance of Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) degree for admission into the Nigerian Law School for vocational training as a Greek gift. In a statement in Abuja, Umegboro, who is the Chairman of the Law Graduates Forum (LGF) of NOUN, appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene to ensure under national security that the trapped innocent ...

The Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki and President of Dangote Group, Alhaji Aliko Dangote have pledged their commitment to Ambrose Alli University’s (AAU) N10 billion endowment fund, to reposition the institution to a world class ivory tower. Speaking at the university’s 22nd convocation ceremony recently, Obaseki said the state government would provide AAU with a 2MW gas-fired power station to supply electricity to the institution, and lay fibre optic cables for internet service within th...