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By Toknboh Akeredolu-Ale The Igbo apprenticeship system stands as one of Africa’s most coherent indigenous models of professional formation, enterprise succession, and competency validation. Its logic is not academic credentialism but verified capability, ethical conduct, economic relevance, and social trust. Apprenticeship within

The new Vice-Chancellor of Hensard University, Toru-Orua, Professor Sudhakar Kota, has called on students, staff, and stakeholders of the University to continue to embrace excellence, discipline, and renewed commitment to nation-building as the institution enters the New Year. Professor Kota, in his

The Federal Government has announced a comprehensive set of measures aimed at eliminating examination malpractices in the 2026 and beyond. This measure is geared towards eliminating examination malpractices in the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations. This

A former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ibadan (UI), Prof. Idowu Olayinka, has lamented that Nigerian lecturers are among the lowest-paid in Africa, warning that poor remuneration will continue to fuel recurring industrial actions in the country’s public universities. Olayinka, who stated

The Egbu Girls Old Girls Association (EGOGA), Owerri has concluded its 3rd reunion and Winifred Hubbard Lecture with commitment by participants to advance education, mentorship and welfare of the girl-child. This is made known in a statement on Wednesday by Ugonma Cokey,

The Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State, has appointed a professor of Cardiovascular Physiology, Daniel C. Nwachukwu the 4th Vice-Chancellor of the university.. His appointment was announced on Saturday, 20th December, 2025, after a painstaking and transparent process

The National Industrial Court sitting in Lagos has declared the compulsory retirement of a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Mojibayo Mobolaji Fadakinte, as unconstitutional, unlawful, null, and void. Presiding judge, Hon. Justice R. H. Gwandu, in a judgment

MEMBERS of the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, AE-FUNAI, started meeting on Thursday in the controversial final phase to select a new Vice-Chancellor for the university at the insistence of the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Council Dr. Tony Nebo to conclude

THE Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, AE-FUNAI, has been tore apart over the insistence of the Pro-Chancellor/Chairman of Council Dr. Tony Nebo to conclude the process “before Christmas of 2025”. Council had shortlisted 8 out of the over 35

By Khalid Alhawsawi Kaduna Professor Abdullahi Danladi’s attempt to glorify the Sokoto Jihad and sanitize its historical contradictions reflects a troubling trend among revisionist scholars who selectively interpret history to promote ethnic narratives. His claims collapse when examined against documented facts, eyewitness