Buhari s Government s Illegal Interference In The Selection Of New Vice Chancellor For University Of Jos
By Usman Masara Kim, Jos Nigeria Listen to article
There is currently an unprecedented political interest in the selection of a new Vice Chancellor for the University of Jos, as the current VC s tenure elapses this June. This University has an interesting history of having been founded by a Southwestern University located over 800kms away, under the carefree watch of many Plateau neighbors.
What became the University of Jos was established in November 1971 from the satellite campus of the University of Ibadan. This was after the then Head of State, Yakubu Gowon failed in his bid for the creation of a satellite campus for Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in Jos.
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PITTSBURGH, May 11, 2021 /PRNewswire/ After a year during which the pandemic made traditional schooling and after-school learning opportunities nearly impossible and as schools, libraries, and museums begin to reopen, Remake Learning Days reconnected tens of thousands of families this spring to the joys and possibilities for modern learning.
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Remake Learning Days reconnected tens of thousands of families to the joys and possibilities for modern learning.
Remake Learning Days is a family-friendly festival of innovative experiences where youth make, code, play, design, and tinker alongside the adults in their lives. At events held virtually and in-person at schools, libraries, museums, tech centers, outdoor play spaces, and other sites of learning, families turned out this April and May to do such things as explore space virtually and digitally fabricate new art pieces. Embracing new ways of
Election officials face fines, charges in GOP voting laws
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRREMay 8, 2021 GMT
In 2020, election officials tried to make voting easier and safer amid a global pandemic. Next time, they might get fined or face criminal charges.
Republicans are creating a new slate of punishments for the county officials who run elections, arguing they overstepped their authority when they expanded voter access during the coronavirus pandemic.
The new penalties, part of a nationwide Republican campaign to roll back access to the ballot, already have become law in Iowa, Georgia and Florida, and are making their way through statehouses in Texas and elsewhere. The GOP push comes after a presidential contest that saw record turnout and no widespread problems.
Vartan Gregorian in Armenia in 2019
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Vartan Gregorian, who has died aged 87, was an Armenian immigrant to the US, born into poverty in Iran, who became a scholar, university leader and an Olympic-standard fundraiser and philanthropist, on first name terms with everyone who was anyone; one newspaper described him as “one of the few men in the world who could phone Bush or Bono and expect both of them to take his call”.
In a colourful career, Gregorian, a short, stout man of boundless energy and charm, notched up a formidable CV. He served as president of Brown University and president of the Carnegie Corporation of New York (the foundation created by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 to promote education and peace).
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