Here are the headlines as they where published in the dailies today
Independent
Nasarawa Promises To Empower 50 First Class Graduates With 500,000 Each
Abdullahi Sule, the governor of Nasarawa State at weekend promised to empower fifty (50) first class graduand students of Federal University of Lafia with N500,000 each as part of the State’s contribution to human capital development.
The governor made the promise at the combined convocation ceremony for the 6th, 7th, and 8th graduates of the students of Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Lafia, Nasarawa State. Read more @ https://independent.ng/nasarawa-promises-to-empower-50-first-class-graduates-with-500000-each/
Thisday live
Redeemer’s College to Award 396 Students Certificates in Various Fields Tomorrow
The Redeemer’s College Of Technology and Management (RECTEM) is set to award a National Diploma to 396 graduates of the Polytechnic during its 3rd and 4th combined Convocation scheduled to take place on February 13 from its four schools.
They are: School of Management; School of Environmental Design Technology; School of Science & Technology and School of Engineering.
Speaking during a press briefing to announce the forthcoming convocation ceremony, the Rector of RECTEM, Mrs. Stella Mofunanya, said the great citadel of learning though still in its infancy, has taken some giant strides towards the pursuance of its mandate as captured in the mission statement of the college.
She explained further that the college’s mission include, among others developing a centre of academic excellence for training students to acquire qualifications higher than secondary school level. read more @ https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2024/02/12/redeemers-college-to-award-396-students-certificates-in-various-fields-tomorrow
The Guardian
Saraki gives scholarships to children of late deputy bursar
Former governor of Kwara State, Bukola Saraki, has awarded scholarships to two children of the late deputy bursar of Kwara State University (KWASU), Abdullahi Olaitan, who died last Wednesday while watching the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) semi-final match between Nigeria and South Africa.
Olaitan, while watching the match at a viewing centre in Ilorin, suddenly complained of health complications and was taken home where he was later taken to a private hospital in the neighbourhood. read more @ https://guardian.ng/news/saraki-gives-scholarships-to-children-of-late-deputy-bursar/
NECO postpones staff promotion exam over insecurity
The growing insecurity ravaging some parts of the country has forced the National Examinations Council (NECO) to indefinitely postpone its 2024 staff promotion examination scheduled for Minna, Niger State next week.
This followed the intervention of the House of Representatives which called for the postponement of the exercise over fears of insecurity.
The Nation
Why Nigerian varsities must embark on solution-driven researches, by President
President Bola Tinubu has given Nigerian universities the marching order to develop solution-driven researches that will tackle myriads of socio-economic problem bedeviling the country.
President Tinubu, who spoke at the weekend during the eighth convocation ceremony of the Federal University at Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), stressed that universities were supposed to be fertile centres for scientific and technological innovation and discoveries. read more https://thenationonlineng.net/why-nigerian-varsities-must-embark-on-solution-driven-researches-by-president/
UK minister Kemi Badenoch visits first British independent school in Nigeria, West Africa
United Kingdom (UK) Minister for Business and Trade, Kemi Badenoch, on Monday, February 12, visited the Charterhouse School, the first British independent school in West Africa.
The visit is aimed at building on the UK government’s commitment to supporting Nigeria’s desire to offer high-quality education at home.
Badenoch toured the construction site of the new campus located in Lekki Ajah, Lagos with the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy for Girls Education, Helen Grant.
She expressed enthusiasm about the first British independent school in West Africa even as she described as brilliant the progress of the construction work at the Charterhouse site.
“The UK education system is rightly renowned around the world, and I hope the school will deliver a world-class learning experience to many students who choose to study here in Nigeria,” she said. https://thenationonlineng.net/uk-minister-kemi-badenoch-visits-first-british-independent-school-in-nigeria-west-africa/
Premium Times
EDITORIAL: ECOWAS and the burden of the Sahelian contagion
PREMIUM TIMES believes that the message in all of this for ECOWAS is: good governance and an economy that works for all are the guardrails of any democracy.
In the years leading to independence for most African states, there was the geopolitical cleavage having various countries with the radically-minded pan-Africanists dubbed the Casablanca bloc up against the conservative, pro-Western, Monrovia bloc. The 1975 formation of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) put paid to that gulf in the West African sub-region, when 15 countries sought to forge a common identity around questions of citizenship, governance, regional security and integration, economic issues, the environment, natural resources, and development, as well as issues of higher education and employment.
That vision suffered its severest blow recently when on 25 January when Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced their exit from the 15-member bloc “without delay.” They described the action as their “sovereign decision.” This not-unexpected declaration by the three Sahelian nations was the denouement of diplomatic stand-offs they had been having with ECOWAS, following a series of coups in the region; in Chad, Mali, Guinea, Burkina Faso, and Niger, since 2020.
Business Day
Walk347 Book Drive initiative to distribute 20,000 books to promote learning
To change the country’s learning narrative, Walk347 has launched its Book Drive initiative to collect and distribute over 20,000 books to students across Nigeria.
The Walk347 Book Drive, a campaign by Walk347, the advocacy and charity wing of the National Association of Seadogs (NAS), Magna Carta chapter, will help ignite young imaginations, unlock the vast potential within each child and foster a love for reading among students.
Daily Post
Gov Uba Sani orders stoppage of levy collection by KASU
Governor Sani of Kaduna State has ordered the stoppage of levy collection by the management of the Kaduna State University (KASU).
The Governor said the collection of levies negates the State Government’s downward review of the extant fees regime announced in 2023, which was implemented as an intervention to cushion the effects of the general rising cost of living in the polity, especially in the wake of the petroleum subsidy removal.