Some graduating students of the University of Ibadan have decried Nigeria’s premier university management’s decision to ban all, except first-class graduates, from its 2021 Convocation ceremony.
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I am an ambivert and an entrepreneur looking to learn more and connect with people. I also write to inspire you even in what appears to be a searching world where everyone is trying to fit in and not being fit in themselves.
The National Bureau of Statistics, yesterday, said that the annual food inflation rate rose for the 24th consecutive month to 20.75 per cent in October from 20.71 per cent in September, owing to further increases in the prices of basic food items.
Salaudeen Waliu, popularly identified as Captain Walz, allegedly beat up a lecturer, Mrs. Zakariyyah, to stupor after an altercation on his academics.
“Have you lost weight? …, “You look like you’ve gained weight in all the right places…”, “Do you want to eat all of that?” , “You’re so lucky you can just eat and eat.” etc, are some familiar questions associated with body shaming. Body shaming is a familiar issue in the society that you keep coming across every day, It happens to both the famous and infamous, rich and the poor, educated and non-educated, etc. Body shaming is the act of deriding or mocking a person’s physical appearance.
What do you call that guy or girl that wakes the class group up with nine-ten pictures or more, and ends with a call to action like come and buy what we are selling so that we can eat. Let me give you another scenario, what do you call that guy that when you go and meet him in Zik hall to teach you something in Arc 111, he will always reply you when you meet with him with, guy I dey busy, I dey try update my business plan and business model, Tony Elemelu Foundation grant application don comot, or this grant application don come out, so I dey try apply as you see me so, just wish me luck make I just get am make my business hammer. If you are guessing an entrepreneur, a business owner, a hustler, etc, you are correct. But for this article, I will be sticking with entrepreneur/business owner. I am here to let you know as you read on a business community is very essential to a business owner for growth and support. Who then is an entrepreneur?.
Equality is the soul of liberty; there is, in fact, no liberty without it. -Frances Wright. I started with this quote by Frances Wright to make you understand that equality brings liberty to all parties involved and it is the soul of liberty. What then do we mean by the word equality?.
What is a successful society without great leadership that involves carrying the people along with their plans in moving the society forward?. The department has been buzzing with various activities this week in readiness to electing executives that would chair the affairs of the department and because the department just had her 50th-anniversary conference. I hereby commend every student reading this article for their active participation in all of these activities.
The department of Archaeology and Anthropology is currently marking its fiftieth anniversary. AASA Press interviewed lecturers of the department this interview is with the current Head of Department (HOD), Prof. Raphael Alabi.
Prof. Alabi spoke to AASA Press on the growth and development the department has experienced in the last 50 years, he also spoke on the changes he would like to see in the department going forward these and many more were discussed in the interview.
Omah Lay, a Nigerian artist, is going through a rough patch in his relationship after Gloria, his girlfriend, allegedly cheated on him. A video of Gloria rolling with a man who isn’t Omah Lay that leaked on social media by an Instagram user reinforced the cheating rumors.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has indicated that its members can strike at any moment since the Federal Government has failed to follow the Memorandum of Action, or MOA, that the two parties agreed on last December. He said the dues ran into millions of naira and that the act was perpetrated by the government through the controversial Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System, IPPIS.
In addition to the 2018-2020 borrowing plan, President Muhammadu Buhari is seeking approval from the National Assembly to borrow further funds totaling $4,054,476,863 and €710 million. The president also requested that the national assembly approve $125 million in grant components. The request was made in a letter read on the Senate floor by Senate President Ahmad Lawan on Tuesday, September 14.
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Audiobooks: A new normal for students
Funny story, I didn’t plan to write on this topic, but something happened to me on Tuesday, 6th of September, 2021, and I decided to write on this. My classmates and I were given a review to work on by our professor for missing his class on Monday, 7th of September, 2021.
The political sector is one very important sector in every society and the Department of Archaeology and Anthropology of the University of Ibadan is not to be exempted.
An Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, 24th of August ordered that a 21-year-old labourer, Marvellous Faruna, be given 12 strokes of the cane for stealing electrical materials.
The NCDC made this known through its website on Monday morning, adding that the country reported 388 additional COVID-19 infections on Aug. 22, 2021.
Next level, a phrase that resonates with students, entrepreneurs, worker, creatives, basically a goal getter. For a student, it might mean the next class, for the business owner it might mean the next stage of growth or expansion for his/her business venture. For a working class it can mean a promotion, for a creative it can mean a bigger gig, and the list goes on and on.
More than one billion students worldwide have been impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The news of cancelled exams has been widely covered by the press and has left many asking what solutions exist to enable students to continue to study and to sit important examinations.
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has said that Channels TV is liable to sanctions which could lead to the suspension of its broadcast license and a fine of N5 million for broadcasting an inciting, secessionist, false and derogatory declaration by a leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra on its programme, Politics Today on April 25, 2021.
A hotelier, Mr Olukunle Oyedokun, also known as Agbo; seven of his family members including his wife and three children and a hotel guest have been kidnapped by gunmen at Ajaawa, Oyo State.
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OAU 200-level student commits suicide
A 200-level student of the Management and Accounting department of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife, Osun State Emmanuel Adedeji has committed suicide.
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