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NANS demands apology from Ogun deputy governor after clash involving convoy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 16, 2025

On Thursday, the Chairman of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Ogun Joint Campus Committee, Adeyanju Francis, called on Governor Dapo Abiodun to investigate the reported shooting of protesting students from Moshood Abiola Polytechnic Abeokuta by security personnel in the

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Ogun Education Ministry Becomes Certiport Authorised Training Centre—Commissioner

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 18, 2024

The Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, has announced that the ministry is now a recognised Certiport Certificate Centre, offering workforce testing and certification for digital literacy skills. Prof. Arigbabu made this revelation in Abeokuta during the presentation of Microsoft Certificate Education to Master Trainers

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Ogun State closes school, suspends principal after student’s death

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 30, 2024

The Ogun State Government has closed Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-emi, following the tragic death of Master Monday Arijo, a Senior Secondary 2 student, reportedly due to corporal punishment administered by a teacher. This decision comes after the teacher allegedly responsible was arrested and subsequently suspended. The school’s Principal, Mrs. Tamrat Onaolapo, has

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Ogun student dies after alleged punishment of 162 frog jumps, flogging

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 26, 2024

Ariyo Monday, a pupil at Obafemi Grammar School in Imeko Afon Local Government Area, Ogun State, died after allegedly being put to 162 frog jumps and flogged by his teacher. In a video released by activist JustAdetoun, the incident started when a teacher brought a trash can to class and instructed students to handle it […]

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Almajiri, out-of-school children are national challenges—Governor Abiodun

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 11, 2024

On Thursday, Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State said that the issue of Almajiri and out-of-school children is a national challenge that must be handled before it spirals out of control. He made this statement during a courtesy call to his office in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, by members of the National Commission for Almajiri and Out-of-School […]

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Ogun threatens to close down private schools that fail to comply with education policy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa October 5, 2024

Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, Ogun State Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, lamented on Friday that certain private school owners are failing to follow the state government’s education policies. He deemed this unacceptable, declaring that the state would no longer tolerate such illegal acts. Arigbabu stated this during a meeting with the heads of private

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Banning under-18 students from WASSCE, NECO will lead to capital flight — Don

Angel Ojonugwa August 30, 2024

SANGO OTA OGUN (Sundiata Scholar) – A university lecturer, Dr Stella Aririguzuh, says banning under-18 students from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will lead to capital flight. Aririguzuh, who is the Head, Department of Mass Communication, Covenant University at Ota in Ogun, stated this on Wednesday while speaking with the

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NUC identifies poor governance, funding issues, others in Nigerian universities

Angel Ojonugwa August 14, 2024

ILLESHA (Sundiata Scholar) – (Ogun) The National Universities Commission (NUC) has identified poor governance, academic corruption and inadequate funding as some of the critical issues affecting tertiary education in Nigeria.The Acting Executive Secretary of the NUC, Chris Maiyaki, made this statement during the 2024 Registry Lecture at Babcock University, Ilishan,

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Ogun students demand an end to importation of counterfeit Adire

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 1, 2024

The National Association of Ogun State Students urged the Federal Government on Sunday to take action against the importation of counterfeit Adire fabric from China. Adire (tie and dye) is a domestically produced cloth from Abeokuta, Ogun State’s capital, that provides jobs to thousands of people. The popular Adire Market in Itoku, which is the traditional

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Ogun Govt partners with IAGIFTED to train over 5000 students on ABACUS skills

Fadiran Ifeloluwa April 8, 2024

No less than 5,043 secondary school students in Ogun State have been taught how to use an abacus counting machine to answer addition and subtraction problems, allowing them to beat the global record. The event, hosted by the International Academy For The Gifted (IAGIFTED) in partnership with the Ogun State Government, took place at Dipo […]

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Ogun empowers women with financial literacy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa March 4, 2024

To combat poverty, the Ogun State Government has empowered women through the ‘Oko-Owo Dapo’ empowerment project, which teaches them financial literacy. Adijat Adeleye, Ogun State Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, presented a keynote presentation at the beginning of the ‘Training Of Trainers Workshop on Financial Education’ in