Here are the education headlines as they where published in the dailies today.
INDEPENDENT
Tension as Unizik Student is Feared Kidnapped
There is tension in Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, over the missing of one of its students in the Department of Science Education.
The Student simply identified as Francisca Chioma was said to have left school to attend burial ceremony in Omasi Uno village in Ayamelum local council area outside Awka, the Anambra State capital on Friday and her whereabouts has remained unknown till now.
One of her schoolmates and a friend, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed the development.
Uzodimma Offers Automatic Employment To Two Indigenes With First Class In Law School
Governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodimma has approved the immediate employment of Mr. Chinonso Oparaji and Mrs. Chipuruime Udeh, two indigenes of Imo State who made First Class in Law at both the Imo State University and the Nigerian Law School.
He gave the approval when the duo, in the company of the Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, Prof. U.U. Chukwumaeze (SAN), the Dean of the Faculty of Law, Prof. C. K. Okorie ( SAN) and the Chief Judge of Imo State, Hon. Theresa Chikeka, paid a courtesy call on him at Government House, Owerri on Monday.
PUNCH
Hoteliers, school owners charging in dollars risk arrest – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has stated that hotels, schools, and other establishments that accept payments in dollars from their customers are at risk of facing arrest.
The Chairman, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, said this in the agency’s publication called EFCC Alert on Monday, adding that action would be taken against individuals involved in the dollarisation of the economy.
According to him, the exception is if foreigners come in to transact business and the only means of transacting is their credit card and dollar but to charge local customers in dollars or other foreign currencies would no longer be allowed.
UNIZIK students move to raise N2m ransom for kidnapped colleague
Some students of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, have called for donations for the ransom placed on their friend and schoolmate, Miss Francisca Chioma, who was reportedly kidnapped on her way to attend a burial.
Chioma, a student of the Science Education Department in the institution, was said to have been missing since Friday, April 5, after she left Awka to attend a friend’s father’s burial in a community in Anambra State.
NEWS DAIRY
NOUN to confer honorary doctorate degrees on Innoson’s Chukwuma, Hafsatu Abdulwaheed
The National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) will on Saturday confer honorary doctorate degrees on two distinguished Nigerians, Dr. Innocent Chukwuma and Hajiya Hafsatu Abdulwaheed.
The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Professor Olufemi A. Peters, announced this on Monday in Abuja at a press briefing on the institution’s forthcoming 13th Convocation ceremony.
Chukwuma is a renown entrepreneur and founder of Innoson Motors, one of Nigeria’s top automobile companies, while Hajiya Hafsatu was the first female novelist in northern Nigeria, prominent activist and philanthropist
BUSINESSDAY
LASU gives LCCI approval to commence entrepreneurship postgraduate studies
The Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has received the approval of the Lagos State University (LASU) to commence Postgraduate programmes in entrepreneurship.
This approval will see LCCI and LASU collaborate to offer to the public postgraduate diploma (PGD), masters and doctorate programmes in entrepreneurship.
Besides, it will provide students with an in-depth understanding of entrepreneurship, and management functions to be carried out in a successful business venture as well as a practical application of management theories to enhance the entrepreneurial skills of students.
NAIRA METRICS
Netherlands to reduce English-taught courses to limit int’l student numbers
he Universities in the Netherlands (UNL), a collective organization for higher education in the country, has decided to reduce the number of undergraduate courses offered solely in English.
This decision is a response to ongoing demands to cut down the influx of international students. Previously, the umbrella body attributed issues including student housing shortages and a decline in education accessibility and quality to a growth in international student numbers.