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Violence: Don calls for creation of crime prevention commission

Angel Ojonugwa April 30, 2024

PROF (Sundiata Post) – Taslim Hammed of the Department of Counselling and Human Development Studies, Faculty of Education, University of Ibadan, made the call in Ibadan on Thursday while delivering the university’s 546th Inaugural Lecture. Hammed underscored the use of the counselling

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Sokoto: AGILE project to train 2,400 SBMC members on school improvement plan

Angel Ojonugwa April 30, 2024

SOKOTO (Sundiata Post) – No fewer than 2,400 School Based Management Committee (SBMC) members would be trained on School Improvement Plan (SIP) under the Adolescent Girls Initiative for Learning and Empowerment, (AGILE) Project in Sokoto State. The Project Coordinator, Mr Mansur Isa-Buhari, disclosed this at the first level training of SBMC focal persons on Monday

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Gov Alia appoints Agena, Rector

Angel Ojonugwa April 29, 2024

MAKURDI (Sundiata Post) – Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has approved the appointment of Dr Martins Agena as Rector, Akawe Torkula Polytechnic, Makurdi.This was contained in a statement on Friday by Alia’s Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Tersoo Kula, in Makurdi on Friday.According to the statement, Agena, who is a Development Communication Scholar, hails from Guma […]

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Former VC advocates drug test for lecturers

Angel Ojonugwa April 29, 2024

BAUCHI (Sundiata Post) – Prof. Muhammad AbdulAziz, the immediate past Vice Chancellor, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, has advocated drug test for lecturers to sanitise university system AbdulAziz stated this in a valedictory speech to the Senate of the University at a handing over ceremony to his successor, Prof. Sani Kunya, the newActing

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ASUU urges Sokoto Govt. to reconstitute state varsity governing council

Angel Ojonugwa April 29, 2024

SOKOTO (Sundiata Post) – The Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU), Sokoto State University (SSU) chapter, has urged the Sokoto State Government to reconstitute the state varsity governing council.The union also called on the government to pay outstanding allowances of the institution’s workers.This is contained in a statement signed by the branch

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Dont hide your disabled children –Don begs parents

Angel Ojonugwa April 29, 2024

ILLORIN (Sundiata Post) – Prof Bolanle Olawuyi, of the Department of Social Sciences Education, University of Ilorin, has appealed to parents of disabled children against hiding them due to shame or stigma. Olawuyi made the call in Ilorin while delivering her paper presentation at the 255th Inaugural Lecture of the University, entitled: “People With Disabilities […]

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Isyaku Rabiu University unveils 16 undergraduate programmes

Angel Ojonugwa April 29, 2024

KANO (Sundiata Post) – The Khalifa Isyaku Rabiu University, Kano (KHAIRUN), has unveiled its 16 undergraduate programmes.The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Abdulrashid Garba, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen on Thursday in Kano.reports that the official commissioning of the university is expected to hold on April 27.Garba, who spoke through the

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HomeShow more commitment to your children’s education, VC with urges parents

Angel Ojonugwa April 26, 2024

LAGOS ( Sundiata Post) – Vice-Chancellor of Trinity University, Yaba, Lagos, Prof. Clement Kolawole, has urged parents to show more commitment to the general activities of their children in their academic pursuit.Kolawole, in an interview with the News said this would go a long way in enhancing their children’s success in their studies.According to him, […]

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Aiyedatiwa seeks support from philanthropists for Ondo’s educational devt.Support

Angel Ojonugwa April 26, 2024

AIYEDATIWA ( Sundiata Post) – made the call on Wednesday while inaugurating the Most Revd. Apostle Matthew Omodayo-Owotuga Memorial Lecture Theatre at Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH).reports that the lecture theatre was donated to the institution by Owotuga Foundation.The governor, who was represented by his Special Adviser on Higher

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FG sets 18 years as minimum entry age into tertiary institutions

Angel Ojonugwa April 25, 2024

BIOGRAPHY (Sundiata post) – legacy and research]The federal government has directed that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates less than 18 years old. PauseUnmuteFullscreenThe Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, gave the directive on Monday during a monitoring exercise of the ongoing 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination

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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 paid N396.9 million for 2023/2024 external examinations for 14,170 indigent

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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