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Opay awards N12m scholarships to ABU students

max Amuchie November 8, 2024

Zaria (Kaduna State) – Opay Digital Company, a mobile money subscriber firm, has disbursed N12 million scholarship to 40 indigent students of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria. Malam Auwalu Umar, Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the university, who made this known in a statement

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Yabatech Union commends philanthropist for N3.5bn Entrepreneurship Centre donation

max Amuchie April 12, 2024

THE (Sundiata post) – Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic (SSANIP), Yabatech Chapter has commended Alh. Tunde Fanimokun, a philanthropist, for donating N3.5 billion to build an Entrepreneurship Centre for the college.The Chairman of SSANIP, Yabatech Chapter, Mr Jason Ayodeji, told on Wednesday that the donation was a welcome development that would add

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NIGCOMSAT MD first female to deliver Herbert Macaulay Memorial Lecture

max Amuchie April 12, 2024

THIS (Sundiata Post) -is contained in a statement issued in Nsukka on Tuesday by Prof Emenike Ejiogu, Dean, UNN Faculty of Engineering.Ejiogu explained that HMML was established in 1978 by the Facultyto honour and preserve the memory of Herbert Macaulay, an Engineer and Nigeria’s foremost nationalist.According to the statement, the lecture will hold on May […]

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Yabatech Union commends philanthropist for N3.5bn Entrepreneurship Centre donation

max Amuchie April 12, 2024

THE ( Sundiata Post) -Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic (SSANIP), Yabatech Chapter has commended Alh. Tunde Fanimokun, a philanthropist, for donating N3.5 billion to build an Entrepreneurship Centre for the college.The Chairman of SSANIP, Yabatech Chapter, Mr Jason Ayodeji, told on Wednesday that the donation was a welcome development that would add value to

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University of Science and Technology Ondo State, have threatened to embark on strike over unpaid minimum wage and wage award.

max Amuchie April 5, 2024

THE (Sundiata post)-workers are under the aegis of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT). Mr Temidayo Temola, the Chairman of the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the unions, who made the disclosure on Friday in Okitipupa,

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Lagos State University (LASU), says students’ welfare is a top priority of the university.

max Amuchie April 5, 2024

VICE- (Sundiata Post)- chancellor also said that LASU management would continue to ensure a conducive and competitive learning environment. Olatunji-Bello, represented by her deputy (Academic), Prof. Olufunsho Omobitan, made the promises on Friday at the matriculation ceremony of the university’s new part-time students for the 2023/2024 academic session. reports that more

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Lokoja varsity matriculates 4,925 students, warns against vices

max Amuchie April 5, 2024

LOKOJA -(Sundiata post)-The Federal University Lokoja (FUL) on Thursday, matriculated 4,925 students for its 2023/2024 session with strong warning against vices and other acts that could undermine its integrity. The FUL Vice Chancellor, Prof.  Olayemi Akinwumi, gave the warning during the ceremony at the varsity’s campus at  Andankola, Lokoja. Inducting the

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BUA Group kicks off N250m projects for Al-Qalam University, Katsina

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

(ASR) (Sundiata Post)-Africa, an affiliate of BUA Group of Companies, turned the sod of a N250 million Administrative Block and Conference Room at Al-Qalam University, Katsina, on Thursday. In 2022, ASR Africa announced the launch of its 2023 Tertiary Education Grant Scheme to cover 22 institutions, one of which is Al-Qalam University, a private Islamic […]

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Female university staff crushed to death by fallen container

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

OSUN (Sundiata post) – A female staff member of the University of Ilesa in Osun State, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, on Wednesday, died as a container filled with cashew nuts being conveyed by a truck fell on her car. The accident, which happened along Ilesa/Ibodi Expressway, a few meters away from the […]

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Plateau SUBEB opens bid for 258 classrooms, others

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

PLATEAU (Sundiata post) – Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) on Thursday opened bid for the award of contracts for the construction and renovation of 258 classrooms and other projects across the 17 local government areas of the state. Speaking at the event in Jos, Chiarman of the board, Mr Sunday Amuna, said that the projects […]

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Ododo hails Tinubu for signing Student Loan

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

LOKOJA Sundiata post ) Gov. Usman Ododo of Kogi, has commended Bola Tinubu for assenting to the Nigeria Student Loan Act, which establishes the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). Reports that Tinubu, on Wednesday, signed the Student Loans (Access to Higher Education) Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, into law. This comes after separate considerations […]

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Tragedy as Ebonyi varsity student slumps, dies during football match

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

EBONYI (Sundiata post) – Tragedy struck at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo, AE-FUNAI, Ebonyi, following the death of a 200-level student, Ogboji David Chukwuebuka, who slumped on campus. Gathered that there was a football competition in the school organized by the Directorate of Sports of Student Union Government, SUG, of the school when […]

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Poly student accuses lecturer of extortion, withholding result

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

OSUN (Sundiata post) – A student of Oduduwa Polytechnic, Ile-Ife, Osun State, who gave her name as Jesulayomi Adedini, has accused a lecturer of the institution known as Ogunjana Adeolu of extortion and deliberate attempt to frustrate her graduation from school. It was gathered that Adedini wrote her final National Diploma examination from the Department […]

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Student Loan: FG To Begin Pilot Scheme With Public Institutions

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata post) – The Tinubu-led Federal Government has announced that it would begin a pilot phase of the student loan scheme with applicants from public tertiary institutions across the country. The spokesman for the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Nasir Ayitogo, made this known on Wednesday hours after President Bola Tinubu signed the amended Student […]

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Zamfara Govt. to recruit 2,000 English, Science teachers – Commissioner

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

ZAMFARA (Sundiata post) – Government says it is set to recruit 2,000 English and Science subjects teachers in the state, an official disclosed Alhaji Wadatau Madawaki, the state Commissioner for Science and Technology made this known in Gusau on Tuesday. Reports that the commissioner spoke at a stakeholders’ meeting on “Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning […]

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World Bank funded project to renovate 441 public schools in Zamfara – Official

max Amuchie April 4, 2024

GUSAU (Sundiata post) – The Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment (AGILE), a World Bank funded intervention, will renovate 441 public primary and secondary schools in Zamfara.The Coordinator of the Project, Hajiya Sa’adatu Abdu-Gusau, disclosed this in Gusau on Wednesday at the stakeholders’ meeting on AGILE project in the state. Reports that the

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Unilorin expels, rusticates 19 students over examination malpractice, racketeering

max Amuchie April 2, 2024

ILORIN- University of Ilorin has expelled or rusticated 19 students involved in various offences. Their offences ranged from misconduct, theft, examination malpractice, hostel bed-space racketeering, extortion and assault to admission racketeering, Those expelled included six final year students, the varsity’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun stated in Ilorin