A Ugandan student identified as Lulu Jemimah who is pursuing her masters at Oxford University has staged a wedding in which she married herself due to pressure from her parents. She made this performance while at her 32nd birthday on which she invited friends and family to celebrate with her but showed up in a […]
Makerere University Business School (MUBS) students turned violent and chased the DJs off the podium with stones on the Friday October 5, 2018 freshers ball. The chaos was triggered by the jamming of the disco system just after singer Gravity Omutujju performed only two of his hits. Furious, the ‘Ompalana’ hit maker decided to leave […]
A 4th year female student identified as Vespers Shimuzhila at the University of Zambia Great East road Campus suffocated and died in her room when police allegedly teargas canisters in her room. The incident happened on Thursday as students protested over government’s failure to pay their allowances. Shimuzhila, who is said to have been asthmatic was […]
The President of Uganda Yoweri Museveni officiated the launch of the Mwalimu Julius Nyerere Leadership Centre on Saturday to pay accolade to former Tanzania president Julius Nyerere. While delivering an inaugural lecture at the launch of the center at Makerere University, president Museveni commended Mwalimu Julius Nyerere for his vital role in the liberation of […]
Uganda Christian University (UCU) electoral commission on 1st October issued guidelines to be followed by all interested aspirants of the guild race for the year 2018/2019. 3rd – 12th October, guild aspirants are expected to pick their nomination forms and register for numerous guild posts. Other notable dates include; 15th October, which is the vetting day for […]
Makerere University has urged lecturers to publicly declare their love relationships with students to enable the institution extend appropriate aid in case of any conflict and also to check cases of prevalent sexual harassment at the campus. The Deputy Director of Research and Graduate Studies, Prof David Owiny while addressing lecturers at the graduate students supervisors […]
The Makerere University staff appeals tribunal has ordered university administration to reinstate Dr Stella Nyanzi. The tribunal ruling states that Dr. Nyanzi’s suspension was done through an illegal procedure. The University is therefore tasked to pay the doctor outstanding emoluments within ten working days after the order. On March 31, 2017, with an order from the appointments […]
According to the the Swedish ambassador to Uganda,Mr Per Lindgard, the issue of funding universities is a matter of development of and for a country, and needs to be steered nationally. “We expect the government of Uganda and the universities shall allocate more local funding to post-graduate training and research and that new ways of […]