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Nasarawa University launches first medical geology degree programmes

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 19, 2024

The management of Nasarawa State University Keffi (NSUK) announced on Thursday that the institution’s Jose Centino International Centre for Medical Geology (JacMedGeo) Research has begun the world’s first medical geology postgraduate studies. Dr. Kitso Nghargbu, Director of Linkages

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1 student dead, 9 others injured UNILORIN road accident

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 19, 2024

Ten students from the University of Ilorin in Kwara State were injured in a car accident along the university road, yesterday afternoon. According to reports, the accident involved a small commercial bus known as “Korope” and was caused by a tyre burst. It was also reported that the

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Tinubu orders payment of SSANU, NASU’s withheld salaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 19, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has directed the Ministers of Finance, Wale Edun, and Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, to look into ways to pay the four months’ salaries withheld from university non-teaching staff, which include the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the

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2024 UTME: VCs, others peg minimum admissible score of universities at 140

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 19, 2024

On Thursday, stakeholders in the education sector approved 140 as the National Minimum Tolerable UTME Score (NTMUS), popularly known as the cut-off mark for 2024 admission into the nation’s universities, and 100 for polytechnics and colleges of education, respectively. According to JAMB

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Barau Foundation offers postgraduate scholarships in AI, Robotics

Angel Ojonugwa July 18, 2024

KANO (Sundiata Scholar) – The Barau I. Jibrin Foundation (BIJF), established by the Deputy Senate President, Barau Jibrin, has announced the opening of applications for postgraduate foreign scholarships in Artificial Intelligence, Forensic and Robotics Sciences. This is contained in a

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Olympiad: LASG applauds students’ ingenuity, pledges more computers for schools

Angel Ojonugwa July 18, 2024

Lagos, (Sundiata Scholar) – The Lagos State Government has commended the winners of the World Robot Olympiad (WRO) finals for junior and senior secondary schools for their ingenuity and creativity in robot building. Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education,

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FCT security tightened as SSANU, NASU converge for protest

Angel Ojonugwa July 18, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata Scholar) – There is heightened security in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and those of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) gathered for a protest on Thursday. Reports that a few

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Tinubu launches student loan, says education is key to fighting poverty

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

On Wednesday in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu delivered cheques to the first batch of recipients of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), also known as the student loan scheme. The president stated that the student loan was critical to combating poverty, aligned with his

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Electricity hike: Al-Hikmah University pays N72 million bills in three months

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

Prof Noah Yusuf, Vice Chancellor of Al-Hikmah University in Ilorin, Kwara State, said that the university paid N72 million to the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBDEC) over the last three months. He added that before the tariff hike, the university paid N8 million every month. Prof.

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Nigerian lady emerges best law graduate of UK university

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

Cherish Daniel Markson, a Bayelsa native, was awarded first prize from the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom for her outstanding achievement in the three-year BA (Hons) Law with Social Sciences degree programme. Cherish, the university’s best law graduate is the daughter of

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IBB pledges to advocate for the reintroduction of religious knowledge in Nigerian schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

Former Military President General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida has stated that reintroducing the teaching of Christian and Islamic religious knowledge in schools will help address some of the country’s social problems. Babangida pledged to speak with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and

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LASU, UNILAG, Pan-Atlantic sign agreement with US university to strengthen STEM education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 18, 2024

The Lagos State University (LASU), the University of Lagos (UNILAG), and the Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) have signed an educational cooperative partnership agreement with Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, to advance women’s education and strengthen STEM education. The partnership

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Over 1.3 million candidates registered for the 2024 SSCE – NECO

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

The National Examinations Council is now conducting the 2024 Senior School Certificate Examination (internal), and 1,376,391 students have registered. Prof. Dantani Wushishi, NECO’s Registrar/Chief Executive, made the announcement on Wednesday after overseeing the examination at various

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Youths kill final year student of Niger Delta University over N150

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

On Monday, some teenagers from the Amassoma community in Bayelsa State’s Southern Ijaw Local Government Area reportedly killed a final year student of the Niger Delta University student, Francis Palowei, over N150 at a sand dump, a famous relaxation spot in the area. According to a

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JAMB conducts UTME in UK, Saudi Arabia, 6 other foreign countries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the successful completion of the foreign component of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in eight nations. According to the Board, the examinations, which took place on Saturday, July 13, were intended for

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GOUNI VC urges graduating students to shun materialism

Angel Ojonugwa July 17, 2024

ENUGU (Sundiata Scholar) – , The Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, Rev Fr Christian Anieke, has counseled outgoing students of the university to show exemplary performance in their future endeavours. Anieke made the call during the Thanksgiving Mass organised by

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2022 strike:;CONUA demands payment of outstanding salaries, other benefits

Angel Ojonugwa July 17, 2024

BENIN (Sundiata Scholar) – The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has called on the Federal Government to pay outstanding salaries, promotion arrears, and other benefits owed to its members.The congress made the call in its communiqué read at the end of its Second National Executive

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Stakeholders seek improved welfare for teachers in Borno

Angel Ojonugwa July 17, 2024

MAIDUGURI (Sundiata Scholar) – Stakeholders in Borno have urged the State Government to improve welfare and incentives for public school teachers to boost their morale in the ongoing revival of education in the state after the insurgency. The call was part of recommendations by the

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200 students receive NDDC scholarship for post-graduate studies abroad

Angel Ojonugwa July 17, 2024

PORTHARCOURT (Sundiata Scholar) – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has presented post-graduate foreign scholarship letters to 200 scholars from the Niger Delta region. Mr Chiedu Ebie, the Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, handed over the letters to the beneficiaries

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FG denies plans to hand over universities to private investors

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 17, 2024

The federal government has disputed claims that it is selling public universities to private investors. Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, stated that there has been misinformation about one aspect of the ministry’s strategy regarding tertiary education. The minister declared