Be creative, FULafia V-C tells students
|By Yahaya Ahmed & Musa Ishaq The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Lafia (FULafia), Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman, has advised students of the institution to be creative in order to be what he called “credential and potential graduates.” The vice-chancellor gave the advise at the 2021 town and gown literary interaction of the Creative Writers’ Forum (CWF) of FULafia. The Creative Writers’ Forum is an association that promote and maintains literary creativity and reading culture among students within and outside the University. Prof. Abdul Rahman, who reminded the students that Nigeria was passing through some hard times ranging from youth unemployment …
To dev. agric, CARDS gets support from Gov. Sule
|By Yahaya Ahmed The Governor of Nasarawa State Engineer Abdullahi A. A. Sule, has expressed his readiness to support the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) Centre for Agriculture and Rural Development Studies (CARDS) to maximise agricultural productivity in the state. The governor stated this at the occasion of presentation of FULafia CARDS’s Blueprint in Adamu Adamu Offices and Lectures Complex of the University. Sule, represented by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources, Mr. Naphtali Jarumi Dachar, said that the centre came when the state was need of agricultural transformation. He said: Looking at the enormous challenges agriculture …
Abdul Rahman hosts department of English and Modern Languages staff
|By Ene Peters & Friday Ikagu The Head of Department of English and Modern Languages, Dr Halima Amali, has, recently, presented copies of the departmental journal, Kalangu, Vol.1, No2, to Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shehu Abdul Rahman. Dr Amali was accompanied to office of Abdul Rahman to present the journal by other staff of the department. The Kalangu is an interesting journal which made its debut in 2019. Dr Amali, who is the Editor-in-Chief of the publication, said that the journal was named after a talkative African musical instrument of the northern nigerian origin called Kalangu. She said that the journal had …