Margee Ensign the woman transforming education in northen Nigeria

One may wonder what an american is doing in north eastern Nigeria .an area that has witnessed much strife and caused by the senseless bomko haram insurgents .but this is no so to the president of American University of Nigeria as she has a home in the north eastern sdtate of adamawa in nigeria where she has been estending her academic qualities to thousands of nigeria students and foreigners alike
Dr. Margee Ensign, President, American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola, Adamawa State, is a renowned political economist. She had taught in many universities, including Columbia University, Tulane University and she was at the University of the Pacific, California when she got her current appointment. In this interview with TUNBOSUN OGUNDARE, she explains what makes AUN a development- driven university, and how Nigerian universities can improve in their global rankings, among other issues. The goal of the Sustainability Initiative, according to Professor Margee Ensign, President of AUN, "is to spur local economic development by providing hands-on training for local people while at the same time protecting and enhancing the natural environment, thus preserving it for future generations.

Yola, Adamawa State-based American University of Nigeria (AUN) played host to

Nigeria gets new N100 centenary note

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The CBN boss during the presentation stated series of activities lined up for the eventual injection of the new note into circulation. The new note, which

Photos at Blessing Okaghare's wedding

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Denise Coates :The lady behind Bet365

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The most visible face of online bookmaker Bet365, at least to Premiership football fans, is the actor Ray Winstone, who appears on half-time adverts during televised matches with updates on up-to-the-second odds - for example on whether Wayne Rooney will be the next goal scorer. But behind this most male of messengers is a passionate businesswoman, one of Britain's most talented entrepreneurs of her generation. There is every chance you will

Foremost motivational speaker Myles Munroe dies in plane crash

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hese are really bad times for lovers of motivational speakers as the cold hands of death has snatched one of the world's best motivational speakers in ghasty plane crash in Bahamas yesterday Dr Myles Munroe, famed preacher, business coach and author, died yesterday in a plane crash in the Bahamas, aged 60. All nine passengers of the small Lear 36 Executive Jet were killed in the accident, including Munroe’s wife, Ruth Ann Munroe. The plane had departed the Bahamian capital of Nassau, but crashed while attempting to land at Grand Bahama International Airport. “The Department of Civil Aviation has been advised unofficially that the aircraft was destroyed and that there were no survivors,” read a statement from the Ministry of Transport and Aviation. The group was travelling to the Global Leadership Forum, which was organised by Munroe and was scheduled for this week the city of Freeport. The cause of the crash has not yet been determined.

University of Benin student shot dead

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