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Usmanu Dan Fodio University, Sokoto Invites Nigerians to a Seminar on Banditry

Posted By: adminon: September 07, 2021In: BookspaceTags: Political violence, University of St Andrews, Usmanu Dan Fodio University - UDUNo CommentsViews:

It is about time such a seminar is held. And there might be no better place than one very close to, arguably, the heartland of banditry in contemporary Nigeria – Zamfara State. An Historian... Read more

War, University and Life: African Studies and Politics @ Nigeria’s UI in the 1960s

Posted By: adminon: September 05, 2021In: BookspaceTags: 'Odejo of Idomaland', Billy Dudley, Essien Essien-Udom, James O'Connel, Kenneth Dike, Ukpabi Asika, University of ChicagoNo CommentsViews:

Students of the University of Ibadan who swear that it is “the first and the best” will never agree with Professor Hayden White who declared that there is nothing like history but only histo... Read more

US, UK Universities Still Lead the World in THE’s 2022 World University Ranking

Posted By: adminon: September 02, 2021In: BookspaceTags: CHINA, Toronto, UCL, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

The world order might be changing but, as far as the knowledge-power nexus is concerned, the United States of America and the United Kingdom still have the largest number of the top scoring... Read more

The Coming Fireworks on Hegemony @ Nigeria’s University of Benin

Posted By: adminon: August 19, 2021In: BookspaceTags: Anti-SAP riots, Hegemony, Political Science, University of BeninNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo Onoja Because no concept today can claim centrality in Political Science as much as Hegemony, especially with its further radicalization by the post-Marxists, Nigeria might tempora... Read more

University of Mkar Appoints Prof Professor Zacharys Anger Gundu as New VC

Posted By: adminon: July 31, 2021In: BookspaceTags: Archeology, COPSUN, Nok culture1 CommentViews:

The 16 year old University of Mkar in Gboko, Benue State in Central Nigeria has a new Vice-Chancellor. He is Prof Professor Zacharys Anger Gundu, a Professor of Archeology with the Ahmadu Be... Read more

Give UNIOSUN VC-ship to Prof Rotimi Olatunji

Posted By: adminon: July 25, 2021In: BookspaceTags: FUOYE, LASUSOC, NUC, UNIOSUNNo CommentsViews:

Tunde Akanni, PhD Like similar relevant posts in the recent past, the advertisement for the Vice-Chancellorship position of UNIOSUN found its way to the exalted WhatsApp forum exclusive for... Read more

20% of 2nd & 3rd Year UK Undergraduates Lack Friends on Campuses – Survey

Posted By: adminon: July 18, 2021In: BookspaceTags: No CommentsViews:

By Brendan O’Malley One in every five students in the second and third year of their undergraduate studies on campuses in the United Kingdom does not have a ‘real friend’ at university. This... Read more

How Top Young Academics Secure ‘Currency’ from the Start

Posted By: adminon: July 16, 2021In: BookspaceTags: Career, Funding, Journals, NRF rating, PBRF, Peer review, Publishing, ResearchNo CommentsViews:

From the July 15th, 2021Africa edition of University World News is extracted this piece which , in spite of its South African focus of the study population, suggests something to the typical... Read more

Nigeria Completely Out of 2021 Global University Ranking Where China is Slugging It Out With the West

Posted By: adminon: June 13, 2021In: BookspaceTags: Africa, CHINA, MIT, UK, USNo CommentsViews:

There is no knowing whether it is her internal bleeding or the criteria by which the QS ranking exercise is conducted that may explain why not a single university from Nigeria made it in the... Read more

An Interesting Addition to Ethnicity Scholarship in Nigeria

Posted By: adminon: May 25, 2021In: BookspaceTags: 'Geological contingency', ethnicity, UNSWNo CommentsViews:

By Adagbo ONOJA There is a sense in which this book is a statement in itself. Reading through it, one is compelled to conclude that those who think that everything worth writing about ethnic... Read more