ADMISSION OF INFANT/UNDERAGE GENIUSES INTO UNIVERSITIES “Universities have inherent and statutory powers to admit infant/ geniuses” Perhaps the greatest controversy surrounding tertiary education in Nigeria borders on the age of University applicants and their denial of admission. More often than not, there had been cases of applicants who, having scaled all academic hurdles for admission, are eventually denied admission by virtue of the only element they cannot control; their age....Read More
Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital in Ado Ekiti said on Saturday it successfully carried out another open heart surgery last week. A team of medical experts from ABUAD Multi System Hospital, in collaboration with some foreign partners, who made the disclosure in Ado Ekiti during a review of the teaching hospital’s Cardiac Mission, hinged the success of all cardiovascular surgical operations on the dexterity of the facility’s personnel and world...Read More
The Afe Babalola University Multi-system Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti (ABUTH) has broken an unprecedented record in Nigeria by emerging the first hospital to carry out, successfully, an open heart surgery, in collaboration with some foreign partners. The hospital achieved the ground-breaking development between Thursday and Friday last week and revealed it on Saturday evening at a ceremony held at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD), which marked the review of the...Read More
AWOISM AND THE UNENDING SEARCH FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN NIGERIA: CHALLENGES (6) The desirability of single six-year tenures for the office of the President and Governors The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as Amended) limits the period which any individual can serve as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to two terms of 4years each. It is not in dispute that the just concluded elections at...Read More
I just wanted to remind you that applications for the ACU Gender grants are still open. Don’t forget we have grants of up to £1000 GBP available for staff at ACU member universities, to help meet the costs of organising projects that promote gender equity and equality on campus. All you need to do is visit the website and complete the application form, give us an outline of the project along with an action plan (including...Read More
