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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

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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

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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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Why we need more special education teachers in schools – Inclusion Advocate

Angel Ojonugwa April 22, 2024

LAGOS (Sundiata Post) – Akhere Aghedo-Akran, Educational Manager, St. Agatha’s Inclusive Learning Centre, Satellite Town, has solicited for the employment of more special education teachers in schools.Aghedo-Akran told Friday in Lagos that this would encourage mainstream settings in the country.She added that it would also promote lifelong learning opportunities for