Fadiran Ifeloluwa, Author at Sundiata Scholar

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ATBU: ASUU members suspend duties over delayed salary payment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 5, 2025

Academic staff members under the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) in Bauchi have announced the suspension of their services until further notice. This decision comes as a result of the federal government’s failure to pay its June salaries

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FCT teachers: We won’t call off strike until we receive alerts

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 5, 2025

Primary school teachers currently on strike in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have insisted that they will not return to the classrooms until they are paid. The teachers have remained on strike since March, and all attempts to resolve the dispute have been unsuccessful. The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, held a meeting yesterday with representatives […]

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Doctors deserting LAUTECH hospital in large numbers, union informs Makinde

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 5, 2025

The Association of Resident Doctors at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology Teaching Hospital, Ogbomoso, has expressed serious concern over what it called a mass departure of medical staff from the hospital, warning that the facility was on the brink of “collapse.” In an open letter dated 4th July 2025 and addressed to the Governor of […]

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Vice Chancellor Urges Use of AI in Combating Unemployment, Poverty

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 5, 2025

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Kashere (FUK), Professor Umaru Pate, has encouraged higher institutions to adopt artificial intelligence as a tool for addressing unemployment and poverty. Mr Pate made this appeal on Friday in Kashere, Gombe State, during the university’s third combined convocation ceremony for undergraduate students. He explained that

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81 Kaduna students hospitalised amid diarrhoea outbreak

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 4, 2025

The Kaduna State Ministry of Health on Friday confirmed that there had been a diarrhoea outbreak at Government Girls Senior and Junior Secondary School, Kawo, which affected 81 students, out of which 15 were hospitalised. An inquiry carried out by the Kaduna State Rapid Response Team, headed by the state epidemiologist, Jeremiah Diako, showed that […]

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NECO: Oyo cautions against exam malpractices

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 4, 2025

The Oyo State Government has cautioned all students to avoid any form of malpractice during the ongoing National Examination Council (NECO) examination. The Chairperson of the Teaching Service Commission, Oladipo Olubukola, issued the warning while monitoring some secondary schools across various zones in the state on Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. She encouraged

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Wike takes steps to resolve FCT teachers’ strike, approves revenue deduction to meet demands

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 4, 2025

The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has stepped in to resolve the ongoing teachers’ strike by holding discussions with key parties, including the leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), and the chairmen of the six FCT area councils. The meeting, held at […]

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FG Inaugurates Governing Boards for Federal Tertiary Institutions, Agencies

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 2, 2025

The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has officially inaugurated the newly appointed members of the Governing Councils of selected federal tertiary institutions and parastatals under the Federal Ministry of Education. Alausa, while issuing letters of appointment to the new members on Tuesday in Abuja, urged them to offer forward-thinking and accountable leadership to

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Former student sentenced to death by hanging for Plateau teacher’s murder

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 2, 2025

A High Court located in Plateau State has issued a death sentence by hanging to Emmanuel Ude, an ex-student of Government Technical College, Bukuru, for the murder of his teacher, Mr Job Dashe, which occurred in 2021. Justice Silas Bakfur delivered the verdict on Monday, declaring Ude guilty of culpable homicide, as defined by Sections […]

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Tinubu Launches Scholarship for Caribbean Students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 1, 2025

President Bola Tinubu has declared that a scholarship initiative for students from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will commence in the upcoming academic year. He made this declaration during a joint press briefing held with the Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, Philip Pierre, on Monday in Gros Islet. This information was included in […]

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209 bag First-class degrees as Federal University Dutse holds 8th, 9th convocation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 1, 2025

A total of 209 students from the Federal University Dutse are set to receive first-class degrees during the upcoming 8th and 9th Combined Convocation Ceremony, scheduled to take place on the 4th and 5th of July, 2025. According to a statement issued by the university’s Acting Director of Public Affairs, Abdullahi Yahaya-Bello, the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. […]

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Poly Ibadan renaming: Oyo deputy governor, officials meet student leaders behind closed doors

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 1, 2025

Oyo State Deputy Governor, Bayo Lawal is currently holding a private meeting with the leadership of the student union of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, in response to a protest over the recent renaming of the institution by Governor Seyi Makinde. The meeting, which is being held in the conference room of the Secretary to the State […]

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Tinubu names former Nasarawa governor as UBEC chairman

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 1, 2025

A former governor of Nasarawa State, Tanko Al-Makura, has been named as the chairman of the governing board of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). President Bola Tinubu appointed the former governor as the new chairman of the UBEC governing board. The appointment of Al-Makura was confirmed by Tunji Alausa, the Minister of Education, during […]