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Crisis-hit students seek for extra time over tuition fees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 29, 2024

Overseas students struggling with tuition fees in Nigeria during a currency crisis have asked for extra time after the University of Sussex told them their debts had to be paid by Friday. The Students’ Union accused the university of taking a “hostile approach” by threatening

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Lagos Government enrols 11,957 out-of-school children

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 29, 2024

According to reports, Lagos State has enrolled approximately 12,000 out-of-school children under its Project Zero Programme. At the 2024 Children’s Day on the grounds of the Police College, Governor Sanwo-Olu, represented by Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, stated that his administration would give tools and build skills to help students thrive academically. The theme

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Unilag partners with foundation to empower 3 innovators with N3.5 million

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 29, 2024

The Oladele Fajemirokun Foundation, in collaboration with the University of Lagos Entrepreneurship and Skills Development Centre (ESDC), has awarded N3.5 million to three Nigerian entrepreneurs during the second edition of the Business Innovation and Talent Expression (BITE) programme. The BITE competition winners include Father Chow, who won the title and received a N2

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Children’s Day: Bayelsa Gov’s wife decries poor parenting

Angel Ojonugwa May 28, 2024

YENAGOA (Sundiata Scholar) – The wife to Bayelsa Governor, Justice Patience Diri, has decried the abdication of parenting roles and attributed the social decadence to poor parenting. Diri, who spoke with at the sidelines of 2024 Children’s Day activity, Bringing Back the Reading Culture, a Chapter, a Day noted that reading was instrumental to character […]

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Kogi to sanction principals who sabotage free education policy

Angel Ojonugwa May 28, 2024

LOKOJA (Sundiata Post) – The Kogi Government will sanction secondary school principals or head teachers of public primary schools who sabotage its free education policy, education commissioner Wemi Jones, has announced. Jones gave the warning on Monday at the 2024 Children’s Day celebration held at Muhammad Buhari Square in Lokoja. Jones emphasised that public

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5 UNN staff drag university to court over removal from governing board

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 28, 2024

Five academic staff members of the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, have filed a lawsuit against the university’s management at the Federal Court High sitting in Enugu for refusing to allow elected members of the Governing Council to complete their tenure. The frustrated academics, which included three professors, claimed that they were elected for a […]

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ASUU: Students loan is a ploy to enslave Nigerian students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 28, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Calabar Zone, has condemned the Federal Government’s planned Student Education Loan, calling it a ploy to enslave Nigerian students and keep them in debt to the country forever. Dr. Happiness Uduk, Zonal Chairperson of ASUU, spoke at a press conference in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital, on Monday. She expressed […]

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Oyo University VC expresses sadness over student’s death, considers phone ban

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 28, 2024

Prof. Timothy Adebayo, Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University in Oyo State, has expressed his sadness over the terrible death of a student, regretting the failure of almost 100 hostel residents to raise an alarm during the incident. Alex Timileyin, a 200-level engineering student at the university, was beaten to death by his colleagues on Saturday after […]

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ASUU cautions against proliferation of universities, urges adequate funding

Angel Ojonugwa May 27, 2024

UYO (Sundiata Post) – Happiness Uduk, the Calabar Zonal Coordinator, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ÀSUU), has described the proliferation of universities in the country as a worrisome trend. Uduk, said at a press conference in Uyo on Monday that the trend was not in the interest of the nation’s education sector. Uduk said that […]

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Children’s Day: Lagos Govt. enrolls 11,957 out-of-school children Lagos, Gov.

Angel Ojonugwa May 27, 2024

LAGOS (Sundiata Post) -Gov.Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State, on Monday said that his administration had, through its Project Zero Programme, helped 11,957 children who were out-of-school get back to their studies. Sanwo-Olu, who was represented by his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, made this known at the Children’s Day celebration parade and rally held at Police […]

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126 federal institutions approved for student loans (Full List)

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 27, 2024

The student loan scheme started on Friday after multiple delays. However, just 126 federal institutions will benefit from the first phase of the initiative, which aims to make education more accessible to indigent students. According to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), the first phase would target 1.2 million students from federal-government-owned universities,

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17-year-old Nigerian awarded full scholarships to study software engineering

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 27, 2024

Emmanuela Ilok, a 17-year-old student, has received full scholarships to study Software Engineering from some of the world’s most famous colleges, including Stanford, MIT, Yale, UPenn, Princeton, and Columbia. Alex Onyia, an education activist and CEO of Educare, posted about Ilok’s accomplishments on his X page on Sunday. “This is Emmanuela Ilok, the

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FG reduces the tenure of College of Education provosts to a single term of five years

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 27, 2024

The Federal Ministry of Education has published an extensive clarification on the execution of the Federal Colleges of Education Act, 2023, specifically addressing Provost tenure. This is in response to concerns voiced by the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Staff Unions of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, about the prevention of possible crises in […]

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Gov Radda vows to restore Katsina’s education vanguard status

Angel Ojonugwa May 27, 2024

KATSINA (Sundiata Post) – Gov. Dikko Radda of Katsina State says his administration is committed to restoring the state’s glorious days as education vanguard and agricultural hub.The governor stated this at the 9th to 13th combined convocation ceremony, investiture of the chancellor and award of honorary doctorate degrees by Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU)

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Nigeria French Village to create 6 centres nationwide -MDBadagry (Lagos State),

Angel Ojonugwa May 27, 2024

BAGAGRY (Sundiata Post) – Language Village (NFLV) says it will establish six centres in the geopolitical zones of the country for teaching of French language to interested Nigerians. Prof. Lateef Ayeleru, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the institute, disclosed this in an interview in Badagry on Sunday. NFLV is an Inter-University Centre for […]

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CUSTECH declares three-day mourning over death of abducted students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 27, 2024

The management of Confluence University of Science and Technology, CUSTECH, in Kogi State, has declared a three-day mourning period following the death of two students by kidnappers. Ms Olufunke Hudson, the CUSTECH Registrar, confirmed this in a statement issued on Sunday. James Michael-Anajuwe and Musa Hussein, first-year students of Information Technology and Software

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Radda offers automatic employment to Yar’adua University’s first class graduates

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 27, 2024

Dikko Radda, the Governor of Katsina State, has given automatic employment to all Katsina State indigenes who have graduated with a first-class degree from Umaru Musa Yar’adua University Katsina (UMYU). The Governor, who made the announcement on Saturday during the University’s combined 9th-13th convocation ceremony held in the Convocation Arena, emphasised his

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ACU expels students for beating colleague to death over ‘stolen phone’

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 27, 2024

Ajayi Crowther University (ACU) in Oyo has expelled some of its students for beating a colleague to death over an alleged phone theft. In a now-viral video, the expelled students are shown beating a colleague who is rolling on the floor while one of them shouts “harder, harder”. The victim was also seen gasping for air […]

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FG postpones inauguration of governing councils of federal tertiary institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 27, 2024

The Federal Ministry of Education has stated that the inauguration and retreat for pro-chancellors, chairmen, and members of federal tertiary institution governing bodies, which was originally set for Thursday, May 30, and Friday, May 31, 2024, would be postponed. This was said in a statement that was made public on Sunday and was signed by […]

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We cannot educate our children by leaving them on the streets – Sultan

Angel Ojonugwa May 27, 2024

GUMMI (Sundiata Post) – (Zamfara), The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, has said that it was impossible to educate children by throwing them into the streets to scavenge for food.The Sultan spoke on Sunday in Gummi at the inauguration of the Zamfara State Almajiri Integrated Qur’anic Education Centre. “I am not a politician, but […]