July 2024 - Sundiata Scholar

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UI Open Distance eLearning Students to Resume on September 2nd

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

The University of Ibadan (UI) Distance Learning Centre (DLC) has announced that new and returning students would resume on September 2, 2024. According to Prof. Babatunde Omobowale, Director of the DLC, UI Open Distance eLearning provides a flexible, open, online, and seamless blended learning

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NUC approves second state-owned university in Kwara

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of Kwara State University of Education in Ilorin. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the institution is the second state-owned and funded university, following Kwara State University, Malete, which was

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Hardship protest: 3 Unicross students die in auto crash

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

Three Cross River State University students were killed in a vehicle accident while driving home after the university closed for two weeks to prevent students from participating in the hardship protest scheduled for August 1. On Tuesday afternoon, the students boarded a bus bound for Ogoja in

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OOU senior staff protest anti-worker policies by vice-chancellor

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

On Tuesday, the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities protested the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ayodeji Agboola’s alleged highhandedness. The union claimed that the vice-chancellor modified the university’s

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TETFund bemoans high electricity tariff in Nigerian universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed concern about the high consumption of electricity bill in universities, claiming that some were presented bills totalling N300 to N400 million in a single month. Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary of TETFund, revealed this during a

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Foundational literacy, numeracy, cornerstones of child’s educational journey – Sani

Angel Ojonugwa July 30, 2024

KADUNA (Sundiata Scholar) – Gov. Uba Sani of Kaduna State says Foundational Literacy and Numeracy (FLN) are the cornerstones of every child’s educational journey. Sani, represented by the State’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Muhammad Bello, said this at a two-day seminar organised by

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ASUP shelves planned nationwide strike

Angel Ojonugwa July 30, 2024

JOS (Sundiata Scholar) – The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has shelved its planned industrial action, Mr Simji Lumpye, the Zone B Coordinator of the union, has said. Lumpye explained in a statement on Tuesday in Jos that the decision to shelve the planned strike followed a

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Army calls for indigenous systems to address insecuritySecurity

Angel Ojonugwa July 30, 2024

IBADAN (Sundiata Scholar) – The Director-General, Nigerian Army Resource Centre, Abuja, Maj.-Gen. Garba Wahab (Rtd), has underscored the need for indigenous systems to address insecurity and promote national development. Wahab stated this on Monday in Ibadan at the Faculty Distinguished