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Unilorin extends Post-UTME registration to Jan. 31

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 1, 2024

KWARA (Sundiata Post) – The University of Ilorin (Unilorin) has extended the Post-UTME registration of the institution to Jan. 31 .A statement signed by Mr Mansur Alfanla, the Registrar of the university on Monday announced that this is arising from demands from some concerned parents and

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Old students implore the government to prioritise local languages in schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 1, 2024

The Federal Government has been urged to give local language use in schools at all levels of the nation top priority by former students of Government Secondary School (GSS) Ilorin, Kwara State. Global statistics, they reasoned, demonstrated that teaching universal languages, such as English, in developing country schools “reduces children’s assimilation because

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UNIZIK commends Tinubu for his endeavours to enhance university education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 1, 2024

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has received praise from the administration of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), located in Awka, Anambra State, for his reforms aimed at enhancing higher education. It issued a warning to those deemed troublemakers to desist from interfering with school matters, stating that “they’re trying to cause confusion.” The reaction

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50 Ondo indigent students receive scholarships from NGO

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 1, 2024

A total of 50 indigent secondary school students in Ondo State have received scholarships from the DOW Education and Mentoring Foundation, a non-governmental organisation (NGO). Cheques for the cost of tuition, uniforms, sandals, school bags, textbooks, and note books were given to the indigent students who were chosen from a variety of secondary schools throughout […]

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MFM offers 50 students scholarships and trains 60 women in fashion design

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 31, 2023

A total of 60 women have received fashion design training from Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries (MFM), located in Akure, Ondo State’s Mega Region 1, South West 4, and Akure. The graduates of the programme also received complimentary sewing machines. 50 indigent students also received full scholarships. As part of the festivities honouring the […]

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Rector urges Gov. Lawal to save Abdu Gusau Poly after years of neglect

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 31, 2023

Dr. Surajo Abdullahi Shinkafi, the Rector of Abdu Gusau Polytechnic Talata Mafara in the state of Zamfara, has made an appeal to Governor Dauda Lawal’s rescue mission for infrastructure and human resources, claiming that the institution has been neglected for years by the state’s successive governments. When Shinkafi received the visitation panel from the

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Old students reunite to support Katsina alma mater with learning tools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

KATSINA – In order to provide the college with educational resources, the old students of Government Day Secondary School, Kofar Yandaka, in Katsina State, reunited for the second time after graduating in 1983. Alhaji Ali Aliyu-Saulawa, the chairman of the Class of ’83 Old Boys Association, revealed this to reporters in Katsina on Friday during […]

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Old students seek public-private sector collaboration to tackle falling education standard

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

Badagry (Lagos State) – Iworo Ajido Model College alumni have advocated for public-private partnerships to address the nation’s declining educational standards. They issued the demand on Friday during the Iworo Ajido Model College Old Students’ Association’s 2023 Annual General Meeting and Reunion in Badagry. Professor Olusegun Whenu, an alumnus and

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VC promises Sule Lamido University a conducive learning environment

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

DUTSE – Prof. Muhammad Yakasai, the recently appointed Vice-Chancellor of Jigawa’s state-owned Sule Lamido University Kafinhausa, has promised to implement measures that would improve employee welfare in order to provide efficient services. Shortly after receiving his appointment letter from Malam Bala Ibrahim, the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), in

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Olusegun Agagu University gets new bursar and registrar

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

Okitipupa (Ondo State) – The appointments of Mr. Peter Okunniga and Mr. Ganiyu Aminu as the Registrar and Bursar of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), located in Okitipupa, Ondo State, have been approved by the Governing Council of the university. The institution’s deputy director of protocol and public relations, Mr. Paul Adeagbo,

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UNIUYO promotes 153 staff to the rank of professor

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

In its 2023 appraisal year, the University of Uyo (UNIUYO) in Akwa Ibom state promoted 153 Academic Staff members to Professorial positions. This was proclaimed at the 129th sitting of the University Senate by Prof. Nyaudoh Ndaeyo, Vice Chancellor of UNIUYO, who also announced 23 promotions. An analysis of the promotions made during the year […]

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Law students request Gov. Lawal intervention over colleagues’ registration fees

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

The Zamfara Indigene 2023–2024 Forum of the Nigerian Law School has thanked the Governor for his rescue effort and requested immediate action from him to settle the registration fees of its 25 members at the law school. The request was included in a statement that the Forum’s Chairman, Comrade Mubasshir Umar Gusau, and Secretary, Mahmud […]

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Education sector is at risk from insecurity, laments NAPTAN

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 30, 2023

In order to raise the standard of education in the country by 2024, the National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria has asked for cooperation between academic unions at tertiary institutions and the Federal Government. It also mentioned one of the biggest issues facing the industry, which is the insecurity that exists in some areas of […]

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Delta state governor authorises land for the Federal Medical University in Kwale

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 29, 2023

The Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale, has been granted a takeoff site in the Ndokwa West Local Government Area of Delta State, with the approval of the state’s governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori. On Friday in Asaba, journalists were informed of the governor’s permission by Chief Emamusi Obiodeh, the State Commissioner for […]

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Bauchi lawmaker launches the first scholarship programme for tertiary students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 29, 2023

The first Toro scholarship scheme for students attending local tertiary institutions has been launched by Hon. Ismail Haruna Dabo, the member of the House of Representatives who represents the Toro Federal Constituency in Bauchi State. The sciences, arts, engineering, technology, and mathematics are all covered under the scholarship programme, which is the first in the

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FG starts recruiting teachers for the “Build-A-Thon” scheme

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 29, 2023

The Build-A-Thon initiative programme of the Ministry of Communications, Innovation, and Digital Economy has announced the opening of applications for teaching positions. The Ministry made this announcement on Thursday on their “X” handle. According to Bosun Tijani, Minister of Communication, Innovation, and Digital Economy, the plan was introduced earlier in

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University of Ibadan warns against free online courses

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 29, 2023

The administration of the University of Ibadan, located in Ibadan, Oyo State, has announced that no free online courses are being offered by the university. The University of Ibadan declared this in a statement released by Ganiyu Saliu, the registrar. The organisation claimed to have noticed an advertisement for one of its online courses, in […]

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Institute of Agriculture releases 200 crop varieties

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 29, 2023

In its 100 years of operation, Ahmadu Bello University’s Institute for Agricultural Research (IAR) has released more than 200 crop varieties to increase food. 21 improved cowpea varieties, 29 groundnut varieties, 69 maize, 56 sorghum, four sunflower, 17 cotton, seven millet, five wheat, 12 tomato, three soyabean, two sesame, and oats were among them. The […]

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Out-of-school children: Tinubu to recruit teachers and establish more schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 29, 2023

According to President Bola Tinubu, democracy needs to be inclusive and progressive, with a primary focus on combating poverty by giving young people access to jobs and high-quality education for all Nigerian children. On Thursday in Lagos, Mr. Tinubu welcomed members of the All Progressives Congress’s (APC) National Working Committee (NWC) and stated his support

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University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) Admission List 2023/2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 28, 2023

This is to inform all of the applicants who took part in the post-UTME screening exercise for the 2023–2024 academic session at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) that the names of those who were given provisional admission to the university’s various undergraduate programmes have been made public by the management of the institution. This […]