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By Omolola Dede Adeyanju Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana (SAN), has assured the students of the University of Lagos, Akoka that there will be a restoration of the Student Union Government (SUG) in less than two weeks, should the matter be taken up. This was communicated at the 6th Annual Youth Leadership Conference, organized ...
The Federal Government (FG) has been advised to improve the quality of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme instead of extending the service year to two. A cross section of corps members, parents and education stakeholders advised in separate interviews with News Men in Ibadan on Saturday. The respondents unanimously opposed the extension of ...
Gov. Umar Namadi of Jigawa has reaffirmed his administration’s commitment to improve educational outcomes in the state. Namadi said this during a courtesy visit to Aisha Garba, Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), on Friday in Abuja. The visit focused on strengthening partnership between the state and the UBEC, with emphasis on addressing critical ...
Prof. Olusola Akinbobola of Redeemer’s University, Ede in Osun, says majority of women with corporate jobs are often tempted to quit their jobs due to the conflict between work and family roles. Akinbobola, a professor of Industrial/Organisational Psychology, Faculty of Social Sciences, made the remarks while delivering the 18th inaugural lecture of the university in ...
...Marwa, Pedro bag honourary doctorate degrees ...As varsity graduates 11,917 Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has rewarded academic brilliance with a N10 million cash prize to Miss Isioma Sybil Nwosu, the overall Best Graduating Student of Lagos State University (LASU) for the 2023/2024 academic session. Nwosu, a Biochemistry student from the Faculty of Science, ...
The Anambra State Government has directed all owners of private schools operating without official approval to obtain the necessary authorisation by September, or face closure. Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, the state’s Commissioner for Education, gave the warning during a stakeholders meeting of proprietors of private schools, in Awka on Thursday. Chuma-Udeh questioned the reasons for the ...
The National Open University of Nigeria Alumni Association (NOUNAA) has launched its 2025 scholarship campaign, offering N50,000 tuition grants to prospective students nationwide. At a news conference in Abuja on Thursday, the President of the association, Ifeanyi Obukwelu, revealed that the campaign is not just a scholarship programme but a strategic initiative to bridge financial ...
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has reiterated that only studying hard allowed candidates to pass examinations and not cheating. The registrar gave the advice while speaking with newsmen during an assessment of the 2025 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) on Thursday, at the Board Headquarters in Bwari, Abuja. Oloyede ...
Ms Surah Animashahun, Chairman, Epe Local Government, Lagos State, has begun the distribution of 200 first aid boxes to public primary schools in the community. Animashahun, who inaugurated the distribution on Thursday in Epe, said that the development was for the public schools students to have easy access to first aid medical treatment before being ...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has directed all federal tertiary institutions that have been granted waivers to recruit staff to publicly advertise the available vacancies. This was contained in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja on Thursday by the Director of Press in the Ministry, Folasade Boriowo. Alausa urged the institutions to ...
The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Hajiya Zainab Musa-Musawa, made this known during an interactive session with newsmen in Katsina. According to her, the plans would ensure every school operates under the same structure, eliminating the disorganisation previously caused by individual school-based practices. “We discovered that schools were operating under different systems. ”This ...
Some teachers in Bauchi State have appealed to the state government to fulfill its promises by addressing the issues of unpaid leave grants and improving infrastructure and learning materials. They said these would aid in promoting a conducive environment for effective teaching and learning in the state. The teachers made the appeal on Tuesday in ...
By Sodiq Adelakun Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello on Thursday said 192 students would be graduating with First Class during the institution’s 28th convocation. Olatunji-Bello stated this at a press conference to announce the 28th convocation ceremony scheduled for April 4 to 7th, 2025. Of the 8,711 students graduating ...
By Ismail Azeez, Osogbo The management of Osun State College of Technology, Esa-Oke (OSCOTECH), has refuted recent allegations that Governor Ademola Adeleke appointed his nephew as the Deputy Rector of the institution, asserting that such claims are incorrect and deceptive. Speaking on Friday in Osogbo, the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Abdulfatai Tijani, clarified that the ...
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) says it will partner with relevant agencies to boost Artificial Intelligence (AI) studies in the nation’s tertiary institutions. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Mr Sonny Echono, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Friday. He said the Fund had drastically scaled ...
Idowu Adebomi, Ado Ekiti President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has announced the appointment of the Pro-Chancellor, Governing Council members and Principal Officers of the new Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti State. According to the statement made available to journalists, Senator Binta Masi Garba from Adamawa occupies the position of the ...
Edo State Governor, Monday Okpebholo, on Tuesday declared a State of Emergency on public schools across the state, stressing that they were in a dire condition. Accompanied by government officials, Okpebholo visited schools in Ikpoba-Okha and Egor local government areas, expressing deep concern over the deteriorating state of urban schools. The governor voiced his dissatisfaction ...
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday appointed Sen. Binta Garba as the Pro-Chancellor and Chairperson of the Governing Council of the new Federal University of Technology and Environmental Sciences in Iyin Ekiti, Ekiti. Garba, a politician, businesswoman and administrator, represented Adamawa North Senatorial District in the Senate from 2015 to 2019 and served in the House ...
By Sodiq Adelakun The Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education has urged school principals to develop effective strategies to enhance students’ performance in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Commissioner Tolani Alli-Balogun made this appeal in a statement signed by Kayode Sutton, Deputy Director of Public Affairs. Expressing concern over students’ ...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has rescheduled the date for the 2025 Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from April 5 to April 10. This is contained in a weekly bulletin of the board made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday. According to the bulletin, the adjustment aimed to ensure all necessary ...
…Sanctions one for sexual misconduct By Idowu Adebomi, Ado Ekiti The Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University (EKSU), Professor Joseph Babalola, has reaffirmed his commitment to maintaining the institution's high standards, which led to its ranking as the best state university in Nigeria and the 12th overall in the country. Professor Babalola made this statement ...
By Saka Laaro,Ilorin Kwara State Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) has invited another 180 applicants who sat its computer based test (CBT) for a makeup interview to fill gaps in certain subject areas and 15 local government areas. The interview is fixed for 9a.m. on Wednesday March 26 at the headquarters of the commission in Ilorin. ...
Opay Digital Services has pledged to support 20 students of Kwara State Polytechnic annually for the next 10 years via a scholarship. The representative of the Digital Services, Mr Itoro Udo disclosed this on Wednesday during a visit to the management of the polytechnic. Udo said that the primary aim of the initiative was to ...
