Day: January 31, 2024
Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has reaffirmed his commitment to giving all state-owned tertiary institutions the support they require. During a meeting with members of the institutions’ Governing Councils on Wednesday in Akure, Aiyedatiwa gave the assurance. The organisations are
A student from Yaba College of Technology has been sentenced to two years in a Borstal Training Institute by the Area Court at Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, for smoking marijuana. Judge Hammad Ajumonbi declared in his ruling on Wednesday in Ilorin that Mr. Onikoyi ought to be transferred to the
Nigerian Academy of Science has appointed Friday Okonofua of the University of Benin as its vice-president. The appointment was disclosed in a statement released on Wednesday by Benedicta Ehanire, a spokeswoman for UNIBEN. Mr. Okonofua is the director of the World Bank programmes in UNIBEN and
Regarding its instruction to halt the execution of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) interventions , the House of Representatives has been accused of encroaching on university autonomy by the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities. The vice chancellors noted that it was
In the House of Representatives, Hon. Akarachi Amadi, the lawmaker for the Mbaitoli/Ikeduru Federal Constituency of Imo State, has proclaimed a state of emergency in the consistuency’s elementary and secondary schools. When discussing his leadership thus far and his plans for the future,
Concerns have been voiced by private schools in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) that higher tuition will result from the expensive cost of protecting their buildings against roving kidnappers. An administrator of a private secondary school in an Abuja satellite town, who wished to remain