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KWASU refutes social media report on Law program suspension

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 6, 2024

The Kwara State University (KWASU) in Malete, Kwara state, has refuted a viral social media post claiming that the Council of Legal Education (CLE) suspended admission to the university’s Law program for admitting and graduating law students without proper accreditation. It should be

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KWASU, US researchers investigate poor mathematics performance in Nigerian schools

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 21, 2024

A group of researchers from Kwara State University (KWASU) in Malete, the University of Ilorin, and the University of Alabama in the United States did a study on efficient ways for teaching mathematics in Nigerian schools. The study, titled “Exploration of the Effect of Scaffolding Instructional Strategy on Pupils’ Academic Performance in Mathematics,”

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Kwara Vasity expels 175 studentsKwara Vasity expels 175 students

Angel Ojonugwa July 9, 2024

ILLORIN (Sundiata Scholar) – The management of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, says it has expelled 175 students for various offences. This is contained in a statement issued by the Director of University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, on Tuesday. The university management said that the expulsion approval followed the recommendations of the Students’

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Kwara University expels 175 students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 9, 2024

Kwara State University, Malete, has expelled 175 students for various offenses. Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, Acting Director of University Relations, stated that the expulsion was approved based on the recommendations of the Students’ Disciplinary Committee, SDC, which met between October 2021 and March 2024. The expelled students were charged with a variety of offences,

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Kwara university punishes student for making inappropriate skits

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 3, 2024

The management of Kwara State University, Malete, has declared that a male student’s portal has been disabled after he was allegedly witnessed making inappropriate contact with ladies during a skit. Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, Acting Director of University Relations, remarked on Wednesday that disabling the portal is a first-line punitive measure pending the results

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NUC grants full accreditation to 18 programmes at KWASU

Fadiran Ifeloluwa June 20, 2024

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted full accreditation status to the 18 undergraduate and postgraduate programmes offered by Kwara State University (KWASU) in the October/November 2023 session of academic programme accreditation at the institution. A letter to the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, dated June 6, 2024, and

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NUC approves 13 new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes in KWASU

Fadiran Ifeloluwa May 23, 2024

The National Universities Commission (NUC) granted approval for 13 new undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete. According to the university’s acting director of University Relations, Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, the approval, which was contained in a letter to the Vice-Chancellor, was signed by the NUC’s Acting Director of

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KWASU promotes 17 staff to professorial cadrePromotion

Angel Ojonugwa May 8, 2024

ILORIN (Sundiata Post) – The Governing Council of Kwara State University (KWASU) at Malete has approved the promotion of six staff to full Professor and 11 others to Associate Professor. The KWASU Acting Director of University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, in a statement on Monday listed the new professors to include Prof. Adebayo Olowoake who […]

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Police arrest 4 KWASU students for allegedly beating colleague to death

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 8, 2024

The Kwara State Police Command has detained four Kwara State University (KWASU) students for allegedly beating a fellow student to death. DSP Toun Ejire-Adeyemi, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the arrest to journalists in Ilorin on Friday. According to him, an investigation into the purported murder was ongoing. It was reported that the KWASU students allegedly

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KWASU VC laments over the difficulties faced by the university

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 16, 2023

Prof. Shaykh Luqman Jimoh, acting vice-chancellor of Kwara State University in Malete, has expressed alarm over the serious issues facing the school. In his address at the combined 10th and 11th convocation ceremony held at the institution’s main campus, Malete, Moro Local Government Area on Saturday, the VC said, “access road to the university is […]

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KWASU engineering team transforms petrol-powered vehicles into electric ones

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 12, 2023

Kwara State University’s (KWASU) Centre for Sustainable Energy engineering team has successfully converted a petrol-powered bus to an electric vehicle. Speaking with reporters on Tuesday during the 10th and 11th combined convocation ceremonies for the 2021–2022 and 2022–2023 academic sessions at the university’s main campus in Malete, Moro local government area

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Management At KWASU Claims There Are No Intentions To Raise Tuition

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 13, 2023

There are no intentions to raise tuition costs for students at Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, according to the administration of the university. The acting vice chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, praised Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for his resolve to maintain the current school fees during his speech at the university’s seventh Student