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ASUU rejects advertisement for Danfodiyo University VC and other positions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 12, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS) Chapter, has rejected the advertisement for Vice Chancellor and other positions at the institution. This was stated in a statement issued by the branch chairman and secretary, Prof. Nuruddeen

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Students protest as UI increases tuition for new students to N412,000

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 12, 2024

According to the Union of Campus Journalist (UCJ), new students at the University of Ibadan (UI) this month for the new academic year will pay up to N412,000 every session. Prof. Keye Abiona, Dean of Student Affairs, confirmed this during a call with UCJUI yesterday. While verifying that the increased fees indicated on the portal […]

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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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Group set to donate vocational centre worth N30 million to Alma Mater

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 12, 2024

The Eva Adelaja Girls Secondary School Old Girls Association (OGA) UK plans to commission the newly constructed Eva Adelaja Girls’ Secondary Grammar School Old Girls’ Association Vocational Centre, which would cost N30 million. The vocational centre project, which aligns with the goal of the World Bank’s ‘Girls and Work Project,’ is scheduled

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Vice chancellor of UniCal to deliver bullion lecture

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 12, 2024

Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Professor Florence Banku Obi, is to deliver the 2024 edition of the Bullion Lecture. The lecture is slated for 10 a.m. on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at The Civic Centre, Ozumba Mbadiwe Avenue, Victoria Island, Lagos. The lecture’s theme is Human Capital Development as a Catalyst for Nigerian […]

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Nigerian Army University loses lecturer

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 12, 2024

Brig. Gen. Ali Williams Butu (retd), a lecturer at Nigerian Army University in Biu, Borno State, passed away. Butu was an Associate Professor of Geography and Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences at the university until his death. He was originally from Taraba State’s Takum Local Government Area. The retired Army General, who died […]

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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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Chrisland School establishes boarding facility in Abuja

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 11, 2024

Chrisland College, Katampe, a full-boarding school in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, has opened. The school, which was founded in October 2020, officially inaugurated and dedicated its permanent campus on February 18. Mrs. Ibironke Adeyemi, Managing Director of Chrisland Schools Limited, emphasised that the college was created to help pupils develop academic

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Orchard Scholarships equips African talent for global opportunities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 11, 2024

Orchard has celebrated the success of its inaugural Orchard Scholarship initiative. Designed to develop African talent both locally and in the diaspora, the project provides individuals with the skills, tools, and chances they need to prosper in the global ICT scene. In a statement made available to the media, the founder, George Odiana, said: “Following […]

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10 indigent students receive N35.7 million scholarship from Lagooz Schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 11, 2024

Following their outstanding performance in this year’s Lagooz Schools Scholarship Awards competition, no fewer than ten primary six students from public and private schools were awarded a Lagooz Schools scholarship valued at N35.7 million. The top three students won N7.2 million apiece, while the others received N1.89 million each. They are six males and four […]

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UNN SUG appoints S Mobile CEO, Kingsley Adonu as Patron

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 11, 2024

Mr Kingsley Adonu, the founder and CEO of S Mobile Group, has been appointed patron by the executive council of the Students Union Government (SUG) at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN). In a letter dated March 29, 2024, signed by Comrade Enoch Utazi, President, SUG of UNN, the students stated that Adonu’s appointment was […]

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Salary arrears: SSANU and NASU members to receive half salary – FG

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 11, 2024

The Federal Government has announced that members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, will receive half of their withheld salaries if President Bola Tinubu approves the payment of their salary arrears. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, disclosed this on Channels Television’s Politics Today on

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75% of Rivers primary schools lack teachers, while 90% are dilapidated – Fubara

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 11, 2024

Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara stated on Wednesday that 75% of his state’s primary schools are facing a teacher shortage, while 90% are dilapidated. Fubara stated that he became aware of the state’s dismal primary schools when a corporation, New Global, in its quest to work with his administration to improve teacher capacity, conducted field […]