As reported on Nairaland in 2017, the Federal University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) banned the niqab, which is an Islamic dress that covers the entire body of a woman except her eyes. The reason for this was obviously to ensure that people on campus could be identified. They didn’t ban the hijab, which covers a…
he FUD Chief Information Officer, Alhaji Abdullahi Yahaya, announced this in a statement in Dutse, the Jigawa state capital on Tuesday, News Agency of Nigeria reports. Yahaya said the Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Abdulkarim Sabo, had approved the hiring of the local hunters. He stated that they were engaged from the state’s branch of…
A while back, creditor u/dusty_ninja asked the internet, “What is the darkest thing you have kept from your partner?” Several married people shared shocking secrets they’ve been keeping from their spouses — and some of them are heartbreaking. Here are some of the most surprising ones: Note: Some responses are taken from Reddit thread and…
In a record-breaking feat, Mo Abudu’s media company, EbonyLife, has become a case study for Masters’ students at the Harvard Business School. Mo Abudu announced this via her verified Instagram page on Thursday, where she revealed that this is the first time in history where a media company owned by a female African would be…
A female Muslim student of the Online Distance Learning of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomosho, Oyo State, had her niqab (veil) brutally pulled off from behind by an official of the institution on Wednesday, 17th November, 2021. The incident occurred in public during the semester’s face-to-face interaction. Reacting to the incident, an Islamic human…
•Visitation team’s report expected in Eight weeks Trust Africa News, By Ayomide Otitoju Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, constituted a full Visitation Panel that will conduct holistic assessment into the Lagos State University (LASU) administrative process, academic programmes, finances, and staff welfare in order to ascertain if the school is being run in…
The Ondo State Governor, Mr. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has been receiving knocks over the recent increase of the tuition fee of the state-owned University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital, Ondo, which required non-indigenes and indigenes studying dentistry in the institution in the preclinical years to pay N2.245 million and N1.320 respectively. In a new schedule released…
A private tertiary institution, Thomas Adewumi University, Oko, Kwara State, has inaugurated a 214 kilowatt solar farm to serve its energy needs. The facility, which was unveiled by its founder, Dr Johnson Adewumi, at the university campus on Saturday, would also supply electricity to the neighbouring communities. A statement from the university on Monday said…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)’s probe panel has cleared the Governing Council and the management of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) of infractions in the appointment of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ibrahim Pantami, as a Professor of Cybersecurity. It said the university followed due process and…
