An Associate Professor and Director of Student Recruitment at the University of Nottingham, Faculty of Engineering, Dr Mohamed Elmaghrbi, has promised to drive the new Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Covenant University and the University of Nottingham to the point of fruition.

The Chancellor of Covenant University, Dr. David Oyedepo, has advised postgraduate students of the University to consistently ask God for guidance at every point in their journey in life. The counsel came during a special session the Chancellor had with graduate school students at the University.

The Vice Chancellor of Covenant University, Professor Abiodun Adebayo, played host to a Team, led by the District Governor of Rotary International, Rotarian Omotunde Lawson, who is in charge of District 9110, which comprises 146 Rotary Clubs in both Lagos and Ogun States.

The College of Leadership and Development Studies has collaborated with the United Nations to mark the International Peace Day. The event, which was held at the African Leadership Development Centre of the University, doubled as the official Town and Gown Seminar of the College and also featured a book presentation segment.

The Vice-Chancellor of Skyline University Nigeria, Kano, Professor Ajith Kumar V.V., has appreciated the management of Covenant University for the privilege to learn from her the operational framework of managing an institution of the magnitude of Covenant.

The North-Eastern part of Nigeria, bedevilled by terrorism perpetrated by Boko Haram, is recovering from over a decade of a campaign of terror and insurgency that has witnessed the socioeconomic collapse of the region with millions of internally displaced persons.

The Nigerian government has been expressing their desire for the displaced to return home following the restoration of peace in some parts of the region. However, a large population of these individuals have registered their unwillingness to return despite the perceived gains of reintegration.

In this study, Dr. Adekola Oluwatomipe, Dr. Azuh, Dominic, and Dr. Amoo, Emmanuel of Covenant University, Professor Brownell, Gracie of Texas A&M University, and Dr. Giuseppe Cirella of the University of Gdansk, discovered a strong positive influence of having the assurance of finding employment back home on the willingness to reintegrate.

The results further suggest that displaced people are 14 times more willing to return home when the government guarantees employment. To encourage reintegration, the authors propose that displaced people be economically empowered through the provision of jobs upon their return to their various home communities.

For more on this study, visit

http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/16041 to read more.

The "Beautiful Game", also known as football, remains an important sport in the world, with followers generated across different social divides and strata. Interestingly, researchers are becoming more interested in analyzing football match results in order to aid prediction and match forecasting using a single variable or a large number of variables.

The President of the Biotechnology Society of Nigeria, Professor Mohammed B. Yerima, has heaped plaudits on Covenant University as one of the very few institutions in Nigeria with the requisite capacity to teach and carry out a deep research in the area of biotechnology.

The Vice-Chancellor of Covenant University, Professor Abiodun H. Adebayo, has called on experts in the biotechnology field of learning to quickly work at evolving means of confronting the plethora of challenges bedevilling development globally and deliver on the expectations of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).