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The premier Utkal University on Wednesday decided that it will allow participants with Covid-19 negative report to attend its 50th convocation ceremony on April 3 and pre-convocation award giving ceremony on April 1. It has started conducting Covid tests of participants including teachers, students and staff in the campus from Wednesday. The university has taken this decision after witnessing spurt in Covid positive cases in different educational institutions of the state. As the convocation ceremony will be attended by vice president Venkaiah Naidu , this institution wants to ensure that Covid infection should not be spread to anybody. He is scheduled to arrive at the university at around 10.20am on Saturday. “A maximum of 500 participants will be allowed in the convocation hall. All faculty/staff and students who will be in close proximity of the stage will undergo RT-PCR tests and rest of the staff and students will undergo rapid antigen tests,” said an official statement … [Read more...] about Covid-19 test mandatory to attend Utkal University convocation

MANAGEMENT and Science University (MSU) had its 27th convocation ceremony in Shah Alam where 914 diplomas, 955 bachelor’s degrees and 90 postgraduate degrees were awarded. The seven-session ceremony was held in accordance with the National Security Council and Health Ministry’s standard operating procedures. The scrolls were awarded by MSU president Prof Tan Sri Dr Mohd Shukri Ab Yajid. Also present were MSU vice-chancellor Prof Tan Sri Dr Junainah Abd Hamid and the varsity’s senior management. The Faculty of Business Management and Professional Studies (FBMP) contributed the most number of graduates, with 693, while the Faculty of Information Sciences and Engineering (FISE) presented the most number of programmes — 21 in total. Three programmes presented their first batch of graduates: Diploma in Physiotherapy, Bachelor in Islamic Finance and Bachelor in Marketing with Psychology. Five categories of special awards of excellence were presented to 54 recipients from among the … [Read more...] about University holds 27th convocation ceremony following strict SOP

Kindly Share This Story: By Ike Uchechukwu The Vice-Chancellor University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi has revealed that 22 graduands of the institution bagged first-class honours in their various fields of study out of the 4,955 graduands convocating on March 27, 2021. Prof Obi made the revelation while briefing newsmen on Tuesday on the activities of the Institution’s 34th Convocation ceremony billed for March 27 at the Abraham Ordia Stadium in the University of Calabar. She further revealed that the University would be conferring Honorary Doctorate degrees of Business Management on prominent Nigerian industrialists who have distinguished themselves in their different field of endeavour as well as their meaningful contribution towards the growth and development of the nation’s economy. Speaking further, Prof. obi disclosed that the Minister for Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi would be delivering the Convocation lecture with the theme:” The … [Read more...] about 34th Convocation: UNICAL to honour Innoson, Ibitoye, as 22 bag first class

Kindly Share This Story: Enjoin authorities to engage key leaders across all religions on solutions By Joseph Erunke ABUJA–AGAINST the backdrop of deteriorating insecurity in the country,some clerics have suggested that convocation of national dialogue has become a necessity and imminent,too. This was as they tasked authorities to immediately engage key religious leaders across the country to brainstorm on the issuue and come out with workable solutions on the problems ravaging the country. Attributing some of the security problems to injustice and lack of equity to appointments and distribution of national resources to all regions of the country,the religious leaders operating under the aegis of Conference of Concerned Islamic Clerics,tasked President Muhammadu Buhari to write his name in gold by correcting the anomalies. READ ALSO Ogombo monarch appeals to Sanwo-Olu on social amenities In a statement, Wednesday, by their National … [Read more...] about Insecurity: Clerics seek immediately convocation of national dialogue

Union finance minister addresses online 29th convocation of Nirma University; says NEP focus is to make students employable; negotiating with the UAE and Japan for Indian grads to get the skill sets in post-corona world Addressing the online convocation of the Nirma University on Saturday, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the private sector has been given prime importance in the 2021 Union Budget by opening up several areas which were till now completely reserved for the government. She said the newly opened up areas will offer immense opportunities for university graduates to become entrepreneurs, innovate and bring newer thought. 2,380 students conferred degrees Sitharaman was speaking at the 29th convocation of Nirma University held online this year. A total of 2,380 students from various institutes of the University received their degrees. These included 52 PhDs students, 798 post-graduates and 1,530 graduate students from various disciplines in the … [Read more...] about New fi elds opened for students to innovate, says FM Sitharaman

Kindly Share This Story: The House of Representatives has said that it was abnormal to produce Nigerian passports outside the country in view of its security features. Rep Timehin Adelegbe, Vice Chairman, House Committee on Foreign Affairs, said this at the public hearing on incessant malpractices associated with diplomatic postings and deliberate draining of resources on Tuesday in Abuja. He said that the security features contained in the Nigerian passport should be guarded, adding that printing of Nigerian passport by a private firm outside the country was abnormal. READ ALSO 34th Convocation: UNICAL to honour Innoson, Ibitoye, as 22 bag first class He said that most Nigerians were not happy with the process and collection of passports, adding that it was high time the issue was taken seriously and addressed. In his reaction, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, said it was his greatest … [Read more...] about It’s abnormal to produce Nigerian passports abroad, Reps tell NIS

It's getting warmer in Delhi. Sigh. So we won't see NDM's fashionable shawls till next winter... Remember those photographs from the 1990s of then Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Narendra Damodardas Modi in crumpled white kurta pyjamas that gave no preview whatsoever of what was to come post May 2014? Sure, there was a sartorial shift during his long tenure as chief minister -- early on, the crumpled white kurta s were replaced by better ironed saffron kurta s, the kurta -pyjamas were replaced on occasion by smartly tailored bandhgalla s. But there has been a seismic change in dress sense after he ascended to the highest political office in the land. Seven months after being sworn in as prime minister, he wore a monogrammed Narendra Damodadas Modi suit to his meeting with then US president Barack Obama. After the resultant hullabaloo and Rahul Gandhi's jibes of 'suit boot ki sarkar ', Modi abandoned anything so fashion flashy. The clothes he donned … [Read more...] about Modi, the Winter Fashionista

Kindly Share This Story: By Adesina Wahab Professor Nosa Owens-Ibie is a communication expert and the Vice-Chancellor of Caleb University, Imota, Lagos. In this interview, he speaks on the ranking of universities, the future of journalism among other issues. Excerpts: TIMES Higher Educational, THE, recently came up with its ranking of universities globally, how would you describe the performance of our universities and how can that be improved on? The THE ranking is part of the process of ensuring standards in the universities and to improve quality of what the universities have to offer. It is a wake up call for us all. There is no institution in the society that will not benefit from value addition to the system. READ ALSO NPA hands over shipyard to NIMASA for floating dock The ranking is encouraging, that some Nigerian universities are among the first 800 globally is not too bad. The fact that South Africa dominated the list from Africa … [Read more...] about Traditional journalism won’t die, will always remain relevant — Caleb VC

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Kindly Share This Story: Minister of Transportation Chibuike Amaechi says work on the proposed Lagos-Calabar railway will commence before the end of 2021. Amaechi disclosed this on Friday in Calabar while delivering the 34th Convocation Lecture of the University of Calabar with the topic: “The National Question and the Challenges of Nationhood in Nigeria”. He said that the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration was committed to massive infrastructural development across the country. Amaechi explained that the objective was to ease movement across the country and by extension enhance national integration. “In a few weeks from now, we are going to sign the loan agreement for the commencement of that project and before the end of the year, contractors will move to site. “The President Buhari administration has embarked on railway construction and rehabilitation from Port Harcourt to Maiduguri, from Ibadan to Kano and from Abuja to Kauran … [Read more...] about Work on Lagos-Calabar railway to start this year ― Amaechi