UNESCO/People’s Republic of China (The Great Wall) Co-Sponsored Fellowships Programme 2017-2018 Click here to read the Announcement Letter for Session 2017-2018                               What is it about? The Government of the People’s Republic of China has placed at the disposal of UNESCO for the academic year 2017-2018 seventy-five (75) fellowships for advanced studies at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. These fellowships are for the benefit of developing Member States in Africa, Asia–Pacific, Latin America, Europe and North...Read More

Invitation to apply for an ACU Titular Fellowship Professional and academic staff of ACU member institutions are invited to apply for the 2017 round of ACU Titular Fellowships. The fellowships provide funding of up to GBP 5000 to enable a member of staff from one ACU member university to travel to a member institution in another country, for a collaborative research or fact-finding visit of up to six months. Before...Read More

ELECTORAL REFORM: AN APPRAISAL OF THE CASE FOR E-VOTING (3) “The solution lies in voter education. It lies in the formulation of government policies aimed at the eradication of illiteracy and poverty. A solution must be found to voter apathy which has characterised most elections since the incursion of the military into politics”. Two weeks ago I began an examination of the long standing debate about the propriety of the...Read More

PREVALENCE OF DRUGS AND CULTISM AMONG YOUTHS: STIFFER PENALTY (3) “I remain of the view that the sentences should be made more severe by the imposition of the death penalty in deserving cases”. I have in the past weeks discussed the rising prevalence of drug addiction among the nation’s youth. Last week I highlighted some measures which must be adopted by government to curtail the growing trade in narcotics. One...Read More

CHEVRON NIGERIA LIMITED   R. C. 6135 Operator of the NNPCCHEVRON Joint Venture APPLY FOR THE 2017/2018 NNPC/CHEVRON JV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS Chevron Nigeria Limited, in collaboration with its Joint Venture partner, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), is offering a number of University Scholarship Awards to suitably qualified Nigerian students.   Requirement/Eligibility E-applications are invited from full-time SECOND YEAR (200 LEVEL) degree students of the under-listed courses in Nigerian Universities: Accountancy Agricultural Engineering/Agricultural Science Architecture  Business Administration/Economics Chemical Engineering...Read More