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UI ASUU awards scholarship to 6 brilliant, indigent students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 10, 2024

In its 2023 Indigent Students Scholarship Award, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan (UI) chapter, yesterday granted scholarships to six brilliant, indigent university students. Following the presentation of the awards to the recipients, Prof. Ayo Akinwole,

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Two female students of Akwa Ibom polytechnic crushed to death by a truck

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 9, 2024

On Monday, two female students from Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, were crushed to death by a truck. The incident occurred on Aba Road in the Ikot Ekpene local government region, a short distance from the school’s grounds and close to the intersection with Ikot Inyang village. It was discovered that the girls were […]

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Kaduna State University (KASU) Admission List 2023/2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 9, 2024

Kaduna State University Admission list for the 2023/2024 academic session has been released. This is to inform all candidates who participated in the 2023/2024 Admission Screening Exercise that they can proceed to check if their names are on the Provisional Admission list of successful candidates.  The list of admitted candidates have been uploaded online via […]

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Fellowship alumni offers N1.6m scholarship to OAU students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 9, 2024

Over N1.6 million has been given by graduate members of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church Unification, a campus fellowship at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), to cover the cost of tuition for the school’s undergraduate students. The scholarship is for the 2022–2023 school year, the alumni stated in a statement on Monday. Through the Trustees of the […]

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Hillside University starts admission process into medicine and 29 other courses

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 9, 2024

The start of admissions for 30 different programmes for the 2023–2024 academic year has been announced by the management of Hillside University of Science and Technology (HUST), Okemesi, Ekiti State. This came after the National Universities Commission (NUC) gave its permission following a final evaluation of the institution’s facilities by its resource verification

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CDHR opposes Osun Poly’s tuition fee increase

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 9, 2024

The Osun State branch of the Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has expressed disapproval over the recent increase in Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, tuition rates. In a statement released on Tuesday by state chairman Emmanuel Olowu, Osun CDHR characterised the increase as a blatant infringement on Nigerians’ right to an inexpensive and […]

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Unilorin students to evaluate lecturers, says VC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 9, 2024

Prof. Wahab Egbewole (SAN), the vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin, made a call to students yesterday encouraging them to take part in the upcoming student evaluation of staff. At a meeting with the leaders of the students union, Egbewole made the appeal and stated that the initiative was designed to guarantee the best […]

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Taraba Gov mandates that teachers in secondary schools hold a master’s degree

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 9, 2024

Governor of Taraba State, Dr Agbu Kefas, has revealed that his administration intends to raise the bar for teaching in the state’s secondary schools from a bachelor’s degree to a master’s. A first degree from a university will be the minimum academic requirement for primary school, according to the governor. Kefas said the current era […]

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Federal University Gashua (FUGashua) 2nd Batch Admission List 2023/2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

The Federal University Gashua administration has released the second batch merit admission list for 2023/2024 session. Candidates who took part in the admission processes and performed well during the exam, but were not shortlisted in the 1st list should see details on how to check the list below. This is to inform the general public […]

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ACEONDO 1st Batch Degree Admission List 2023/2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

The management of Adeyemi College of Education is officially announcing to all candidates who sought for admission into its various degree programmes that the degree admission list is available. To verify that their names are on the admission list, all applicants should take the short actions listed below. Adeyemi College of Education in Affliation to […]

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Court remands UNICAL prof suspended for sexual harassment in Kuje Correctional Centre

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

On Monday, a Federal High Court ruled that Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the University of Calabar’s Faculty of Law, who is accused of sexual harassment, should be placed under detention at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja. Ndifon, who is being prosecuted by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission […]

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NUC denies release of the viral list of fake professors in Nigeria

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

On Monday, the National Universities Commission refuted reports that it had discovered 100 fake professors at various universities in the nation. A number of universities were included in a list by certain media organisations of the institutions the NUC has charged with employing fake professors. However, the NUC claimed in a statement issued on Monday […]

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OAU mourns as varsity loses past Deputy Vice Chancellor

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

The tragic death of Professor Christopher Olugbenga Ajila, the immediate past Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration), has left Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Nigeria, in mourning. Professor Adebayo Simeon Bamire, the Vice Chancellor of the University, described Prof. Ajila’s death as devastating. He said that Prof. Ajila was a well-known academic

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ASUU President blames poor funding of universities for fake foreign degrees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has blamed the low funding of the federal government’s university system for Nigerian students’ desire to obtain certificates, particularly those from bordering countries like Togo and Benin Republic. The academic union also charged regulatory organisations such as the Federal Ministry of Education and the

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AAU denies operation of satellite campuses

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

The state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU) in Ekpoma, Edo State, has requested that security agents detain and prosecute any operator of satellite campuses since it has not granted anyone authorization to manage a satellite campus on its behalf. In a statement made over the weekend in Benin City, the university’s Head of Corporate Communications and […]

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There are no fake professors in our university – UNN, Covenant University, UNILORIN

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 8, 2024

Reports that the National Universities Commission (NUC) had exposed fake professors at their institutions have been refuted by the administrations of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) in Enugu State, Covenant University at Ota in Ogun State, and the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) in Kwara State. The story was deemed derogatory by the UNN in […]

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Nigerian students call on Tinubu to give security top priority

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 7, 2024

President Bola Tinubu was asked on Sunday by the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to give the security of citizens’ lives and property top priority. At a press conference in Abeokuta, the senate president, Elvis Ekudina, made the request, stressing the significance of the student body’s input on the status of the country. He […]

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LAUTECH First Batch Undergraduate Admission List 2023/2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 7, 2024

The first batch list of applicants granted admission to Ladoke Akintola University for the 2023–2024 academic year has been made public by the university’s administration. This post contains information on how to check your name on the list. This is to inform the candidates who applied for admission to various programmes in the university for […]

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Kogi polytechnic to graduate over 12,000 students in combined convocation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 6, 2024

The Kogi State Polytechnic has modified the format of its certificates and statement of results, strengthening them with robust security measures including QR codes that make them difficult or impossible to compromise. During a pre-convocation press briefing on Thursday, Dr. Salisu Ogbo Usman, the Rector of the Polytechnic, disclosed this information. There will be ten

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Fake professorial list: EKSU denies association with 15 fake professors on the list

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 6, 2024

The list of 15 professors allegedly provided by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and affiliated with Ekiti State University (EKSU) in Ado Ekiti has been denied by the university. This was stated in a statement that was signed by Bode Olofinmuagun, the university’s head of directorate of corporate affairs and information. The statement reads: “The attention