Day: July 4, 2024
ABUJA ( Sundiata Scholar) – The newly inaugurated Chairman, Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic Damaturu, Yobe, Alhaji Ibrahim Balarabe -Abdullahi, says he will not fail President Bola Tinubu and Nigerians. ”I will use my wealth of experience to reposition the polytechnic for an
KANO (Sundiata Scholar) – Malam Suleiman Hodi, the Acting Executive Secretary, Kano State Library Board, says the board has plans to establish public libraries in all local government areas of the state. Hodi who disclosed this in Kano on Thursday shortly after a tour of some public
The Federal Government has announced that over 67,751 candidates are now taking the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) examination. Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, Registrar/Chief Executive of NABTEB, said this while accompanying the Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has discovered 3,000 Nigerian fake graduates. Prof Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB Registrar, made the announcement during a meeting with a delegation from the Committee of Pro Chancellors of State Universities in Nigeria, COPSUN, in Abuja. In the
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Ogun II Area Command has said that it will collaborate and build a working synergy with student bodies at tertiary institutions in the state. Bisi Alade, the Area Comptroller, made the announcement on Wednesday while meeting with leaders of student bodies
The number of children enrolled in school in Bauchi State has reached an all-time high of 2.1 million pupils and students in basic education. Dr. Jamila Dahiru, Bauchi State Commissioner of Education, ascribed it to Governor Bala Mohammed’s declaration of an emergency in the education
MAIDUGURI ( Sundiata Scholar) – The Borno government has released N507 million to cover the cost of external examination registration fees for 25,075 indigent students in the state. Lawan Wakilbe, the Commissioner for Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, stated this during the
BENIN (Sundiata Scholar) – The authorities of the University of Benin on Thursday shut down academic activities in the institution indefinitely. The university in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, attributed the decision to the refusal of the students of
GUSAU (Sundiata Scholar)- Lagos-based Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Zakkat and Sadaqat Foundation, on Wednesday, offered education support to 22 orphans and underprivileged children in Zamfara. The Executive Director of the NGO, Sulaiman Olagunju, disclosed this in Gusau when he formally
LOKOJA (Sundiata Scholar) – The Kogi Government on Wednesday pledged to immortalise the two slain students of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara. The two slain students, James Anajuwe, a 100 level Information Technology student and Musa Hussein, a 100 level
A final-year History and Diplomatic Studies student at Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, was reportedly killed on campus by suspected cultists on Wednesday. According to a student who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the victim, identified as as Olaoye
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted full accreditation to all academic programmes at Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) in Osara, Kogi State. According to a statement signed by CUSTECH Registrar Ms. Olufunke Hudson, the university’s full
The Federal Government has scheduled a meeting with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) for today at the Office of the Minister of Education. The meeting comes after the Joint Action