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OCP Africa offers N10 million to enhance agricultural education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

OCP Africa, a subsidiary of phosphate manufacturer OCP Group, has pledged N10 million to the Brightest University Fund, a crowdfunding campaign that supports outstanding agricultural science students in Nigeria. According to a statement, the contribution takes the project closer to its N100

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FBS Re, Insurfeel Initiative offers 26 LASU students N66.30 million insurance

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

Twenty-six Lagos State University (LASU) students will get N66.30 million in insurance coverage donated by FBS Reinsurance Corporation in partnership with the Insurfeel initiative. Prof. Raheem Olasupo Akewusola, the immediate past Dean of the Faculty of Management Science, and his successor, Prof. Akanji Rafiu Bankole, received free coverage during the event held on

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UI students reject planned 750% increase in tuition fees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

Students at the University of Ibadan have opposed the planned 750 percent fee increase for new students. The President of the University Student Union, Samuel Tobiloba, and the General Secretary, Olaniyi Dolapo, issued a statement requesting a meeting with management to discuss the modifications. The Union said in a statement that it was shocked to […]

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UNICAL 36th Convocation: Kukah tasks graduands on hard work for prosperity

Angel Ojonugwa April 17, 2024

THE (Sundiata Post) – Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has urged graduating students of the University of Calabar to embrace hard work in order to earn a prosperous future.Kukah gave the advice on Friday in Calabar while delivering the 36th convocation lecture on the university titled: ”Harmonising Diversity for National Development”Kukah said

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OAUSTECH workers threaten strike over non-payment of wage award, subvention

Angel Ojonugwa April 17, 2024

OLUSEGUN ( Sundiata post) – Agagu University of Science and Technology(OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, have threatened to embark on strike over unpaid minimum wage and wage award.The 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

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Ajayi to deliver the 7th inaugural lecture at Caleb University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

Prof. Adesola Ajayi, who won the first National Education Award, will give the 7th Inaugural Lecture at Caleb University (CU) in Imota, Lagos, tomorrow. In the university’s multipurpose hall, Ajayi, a professor of microbiology, will give a lecture titled “From Abraham, the Greek philosophers, housewives, the French industrialist to modern biotechnology:

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Student Loan Scheme set to launch with 1.2 million beneficiaries

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

The first group of beneficiaries of the Bola Ahmed Tinubu Administration’s Student Loan Scheme would include 1.2 million young Nigerians. The process of participation in the initiative, whose enabling law was signed by President Tinubu on April 3, would begin “anytime soon,” according to Mr. Akintunde Sawyer, Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer

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FG suspends mining operations within OAU and surrounding areas over illegal activities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

Mining activities within the university, its teaching hospital, and surrounding areas have been suspended indefinitely by the federal government, acting through Minister of Solid Minerals Development Dr. Dele Alake, pending the conclusion of investigations into suspected illegal mining around Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) and Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching

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WAEC releases May/June SSCE timetable

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 17, 2024

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has revealed the timetable for Nigeria’s 2024 May/June SSCE examination. The examination will start on Tuesday, April 30 with Foods & Nutrition and Home Management. This was stated in a paper released by WAEC via its X handle (previously known as Twitter), @waecnigeria. According to WAEC, candidates for the […]

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Anambra: Peter University, first Nigerian varsity to complete fiber optics Internet service

Angel Ojonugwa April 16, 2024

THE (Sundiata Post) – university is located in the twin towns of Achina and Onne in Aguata and Orumba North Local Government Areas respectively, in Anambra State. The fibre optics cables were laid around theentire school with 10 terminations, to serve users from the base station at Ekwulobia.It will serve the institution’s radio stationwhen it […]

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UNILAG College of Medicine inducts 38 radiographers

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

38 radiologists were inducted on Tuesday by the University of Lagos (UNILAG) College of Medicine (CMUL). 36 inductees from CMUL and two from Lead City University, Ibadan, participated in the department’s ninth induction ceremony, according to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). According to NAN, during the induction event, the department’s best graduating

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Underfunding huge challenge facing Nigerian universities

Angel Ojonugwa April 16, 2024

LAGOS (Sundiata Post) – A Professor of Social History, Ezekiel Adeoti says that underfunding and dependence on government funds remain a huge challenge for university governance in Nigeria. Adeoti, a lecturer in the Department of History and International Studies, Lagos State University (LASU), said this at the 95th inaugural lecture of the institution, on Tuesday,

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ASR Africa Initiative commences N250m intervention project at Danfodiyo varsity

Angel Ojonugwa April 16, 2024

SOKOTO (Sundiata Post) – The Abdul Samad Rabiu (ASR) Africa initiative on Tuesday marked a significant milestone with the groundbreaking ceremony for a N250 million intervention project office building for the College of Health Sciences at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto. During the inauguration, Dr Ubon Udoh, the Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of

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Commissioner urges integration of digital tools into curriculum to reshape learning

Angel Ojonugwa April 16, 2024

ARIGBABU(Sundiata Post) – a former Vice-Chancellor of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ogun, made the call at the maiden edition of Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) Distinguished Lecture Series.The event held on Tuesday in Lagos State.The lecture had the theme: “Teachers’ Preparation For Nigerian Schools in Contemporary World”.Arigbabu said that with

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23 inmates bag varsity degrees at Enugu Custodial Centre

Angel Ojonugwa April 16, 2024

TWENTY (Sundiata Post) – three inmates of the Enugu Custodial Centre bagged Masters, first degree and Post Graduate Diploma of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) on Saturday. Five of them bagged the Master’s degree, 17 bagged their first degrees, while one got a Post-Graduate Diploma. The 23 are products of NOUN’s study centre […]

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UNICEF calls on Nigeria to secure education and children’s future

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

The Nigerian government has been urged by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to secure children’s education by making sure that early warning systems are in place in 37 percent of schools across 10 states to detect risks like school attacks. They are making this request in light of a report that claims 1,680 schoolchildren […]

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NECO postpones Common Entrance Exams into Unity Colleges over low enrollment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

Due to low enrollment, the National Examinations Council, NECO, has delayed the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination for Federal Unity Colleges. It also rescheduled the entrance examination at the Federal Government Academy in Suleja. With the current arrangements, the Common Entrance Examination, which was originally set for April 20th, 2024, has been moved to June

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Kogi govt. unveils registration portal for students’ bursary award

Angel Ojonugwa April 16, 2024

THE (Sundiata Post) – reports that the bursary award, tagged: “Ododo Students Support 2024”, is strictly for students of Kogi origin currently enrolled in tertiary institutions nationwide. Addressing newsmen in Lokoja on Monday, the Executive Chairman of KSSB, Mr Afolabi Joseph-Raji, urged eligible candidates to register at https://forms.gle/2CrxL7WkRgvGeacw9 or

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NYSC deploys 2,172 corps members to Bauchi State

Angel Ojonugwa April 16, 2024

THE ( Sundiata Post) – The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has deployed no fewer than 2,172 corps members to Bauchi State for the 2024 Batch ‘A’ stream ll orientation exercise.The NYSC Coordinator in the state, Mrs Rifkatu Yakubu, said this in an interview on Tuesday in Bauchi.According to her, registration of prospective corps members […]

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How FG rescued over 1000 abductees without ransom – NSA

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 16, 2024

The National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu, claims that the Federal Government has recovered over 1,000 victims of verifiable mass abductions across the country without paying ransom. Mr Ribadu stated on Monday in Abuja, while welcoming 22 rescued students and staff from the Federal University Gusau, that the covert operations were carried out in recent […]