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Examinations: Bauchi govt threatens to stop sponsoring truant students

Angel Ojonugwa April 25, 2024

BAUCH (Sundiata Post) – The Bauchi government says it will stop sponsoring truant students for external examinations in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Dr Jamila Dahiru, said this while monitoring schools’ resumption on Wednesday in Bauchi. reports that the state government had

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Borno varsity secures accreditation in all programmes – VC

Angel Ojonugwa April 24, 2024

MAIDUGURI ( Sundiata Post) – The outgoing Vice Chancellor of Borno State University (BOSU), Prof. Umar Sandabe, says the five-year old institution has secured 100 per cent accreditation for its programmes. Sandabe made this known on Wednesday in his valedictory speech in Maiduguri. “The first accreditation exercises for the 30 programmes in the university were […]

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Smooth conduct of JAMB examination in Kaduna excites RegistrarJAMB

Angel Ojonugwa April 24, 2024

KADUNA ( Sundiata Post) – The smooth conduct of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) examination in Kaduna State has excited itsBoard’s Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede. Oloyede also solicited for parcels of land from state governments for the board to build mega- JAMB centres across the country specially in Lagos State and others. Speaking […]

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Don urges use of mathematics to advance technology, national development

Angel Ojonugwa April 24, 2024

EPKOMA (Sundiata Post) – Edo Prof. Goddy Agbeboh of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, says knowledge of Mathematics can be effectively utilised to advance Nigeria’s technology and national development.Agbeboh, a professor of Mathematics,stated this on Tuesday in Ekpoma, at the 109th inaugural lecture of the university with the theme: ”Demystifying Mathematics”He

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NSCDC deploys personnel to JAMB CBT centres in Anambra

Angel Ojonugwa April 24, 2024

AKWA (Sundiata Post) – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), said it has deployed personnel to ensure a hitch-free 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in Anambra. The state Commandant, Olatunde Maku, stated this after monitoring the conduct of the exams across CBT centres in Awka, on Wednesday. Some of the centres visited […]

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1.94 million students sit for 2024 JAMB – Registrar

Angel Ojonugwa April 24, 2024

KADUNA (Sundiata Post) – The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Ishaq Oloyede, says no fewer than 1.94 million candidates are projected to sit for the 2024 examinations in the country. Oloyede said this on Wednesday in Kaduna, while inspecting Computer Based Test (CBT) centres in the state amidst the ongoing JAMB examinations. […]

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National Library urges FG to increase schools funding to promote reading culture

Angel Ojonugwa April 24, 2024

ENUGU (Sundiata Post ) – The National Library of Nigeria (NLN) has urged the Federal Government to increase funding for schools to promote reading culture among students. The Head of NLN, Enugu State, Mrs Rachel Neboh, made the call during the 2024 World Book and Copyright Day, organised by the Nigeria Copyright Commission (NCC) held […]

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Kano Govt inaugurates Caretaker Committee for ANCOPSS

Angel Ojonugwa April 24, 2024

KANO (Sundiata Post) – The Kano State Government has inaugurated a caretaker committee to oversee the affairs of the state All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS), following the dissolution of the former executives.Alhaji Umar Doguwa, the state’s Commissioner for Education stated this at a ceremony in KanoDoguwa said that the

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National Assembly approves 18 years as minimum age for university admission

Angel Ojonugwa April 24, 2024

ABUJA (Sundiata Post) – The National Assembly says it will come up with a robust legislation to support 18 years old as entry limit for admission into tertiary educational institutions. The Chairman, Senate Committee on tertiary institutions and TETFund, Sen. Muntari Dandutse, said this at the ongoing monitoring of the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations

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Strike grounds academic activities at ABU, Yola varsityBy Mustapha Yauri/Ibrahim Kado

Angel Ojonugwa April 24, 2024

ZARIA (Sundiata Post) – Kaduna State, The industrial action embarked by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), has grounded academic activities at the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. A correspondent who monitored the strike reports that theatres, lecture halls, libraries and laboratories were

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Former student of Ambassador College bags $3.5m scholarships to 14 top universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 24, 2024

Oluwafemi Ositade, 17, a member of The Ambassadors College, Ota’s Class of 2023, has received full scholarships worth $3,511,582 from several Ivy League universities as well as other top universities in the United States, Canada, and Qatar. With his outstanding achievement, Ogun-state Ositade has once again confirmed and projected the state as a hub of […]

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First Lady expresses concern about the rising dropout rate in schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 24, 2024

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, the President’s wife, voiced alarm on Tuesday about the rate at which children, particularly girls, are dropping out of school in the country. She expressed her desire to see young girls and women return to school after dropping out due to unintended pregnancies, cultural hurdles, or economic or financial reasons. The President’s […]

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FG sets up a seven-member committee to investigate bullying in Abuja school

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 24, 2024

Namtira Bwala, a student of Lead British International School, was subjected to bullying by fellow students. The federal government has formed a seven-member committee to investigate alleged bullying incidents at Lead British International School in Abuja. This came after the government called an emergency meeting with the school’s administration following the

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Nasarawa to register final year students for the 2024 NECO

Angel Ojonugwa April 23, 2024

LAFIA (Sundiata Post) – The Nasarawa State Government says it will pay for the 2024 National Examinations Council (NECO) registration fee for all final year students in public secondary schools in the state. Gov. Abdullahi Sule disclosed this on Monday in Lafia, while inaugurating four newly appointed permanent secretaries, as well as the executive Chairman […]

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Otu urges corps members to implement laudable community projects

Angel Ojonugwa April 23, 2024

OBUBURU ( Sundiata Post) – Gov. Bassey Otu of Cross River has urged newly sworn-in members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in the state to implement laudable projects in their host communities.Otu made the call on Tuesday at the swearing-in ceremony of the 2024 Batch ‘A’ Stream II corps members, at the NYSC […]

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JAMB: Don calls for awareness for participation of PWD candidates

Angel Ojonugwa April 23, 2024

ENUGU ( Sundiata Post ) – The JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG) has called for intensive awareness to encourage People With Disabilities (PWD) to participate in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The Coordinator of the UTME Enugu Special Centre, Prof. Mosto Onuoha, made the call in Enugu during the conduct of the UTME for […]

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OAU, FUTA SSANU, NASU branches comply with nationwide warning strike

Angel Ojonugwa April 23, 2024

Ile-Ife (Osun), Activities at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife in Osun, and Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), were on Monday paralysed as workers complied with the directive to embark on seven-day warning strike.reports that the seven-day nationwide warning strike was declared by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and

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World Book Day: Association tasks members on new reading methods

Angel Ojonugwa April 23, 2024

IBADAN (Sundiata Post) – The President and Chairman-in-Council, Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA), Chief Uchenna Anioke, has tasked its members to explore new means of enhancing book reading. Anioke, represented by his Deputy, (East zone), Chief Austin Onwubiko, gave the charge at the 2024 virtual news conference to mark the World Book Day on Tuesday. According

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82 PWDs write JAMB examination at Lagos centre

Angel Ojonugwa April 23, 2024

LAGOS (Sundiata Post) – Eighty-two candidates living with disabilities on Tuesday sat for their United Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at the Lagos centre. Correspondent, who visited the centre at the Distance Learning Institute, University of Lagos, reports that the examination started at exactly 8.00 a.m. that this year at the Lagos Centre, 62

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61 blind candidates take UTME exam in Enugu

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 23, 2024

On Tuesday, April 23, 61 blind students took part in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) organised by the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Enugu through the JAMB Equal Opportunity Group (JEOG). The candidates are among 577 others who are taking the exam around the nation. Candidates from nine southeast and south-south […]