IBADAN (Sundiata Scholar) – Nigerian youths have been advised to seize opportunities beyond their academic fields and channel their creativity toward nation-building. The advice was given by Mr Oluwademilade Oluokun, the winner of the 2025 Policy Challenge Competition, in an interview in
Two men suspected of being serial rapists have been taken into custody by the South-West Security Network, known as Amotekun Corps, in Osun State after unsuccessful efforts to rape two female victims in the state. The individuals arrested are 25-year-old Raji Ridwan, described as a serial rapist, and 28-year-old Abdullateef Ajao. Ridwan faces allegations of […]
ILLE – IFE (Sundiata Scholar) – Osun Some primary and secondary schools in Ile-Ife, Osun, on Monday witnessed low turnout of students as schools resumed for second term 2024/2025 academic session in the state. Correspondent who visited some of the schools in Ile-Ife and its environs, observed that only few students were in their schools. […]
Ademola Adeleke, Governor of Osun State, has awarded cash and gifts to the winners of the Essay and Debate competitions held to commemorate Nigeria’s 64th Independence Celebration for the state’s schools and students. The competition winners received N500,000 each, while others received gadgets, electronic equipment, and other prizes. Adeleke, speaking at the
Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke increased the salary of teaching and non-teaching staff of Osun State University (Uniosun) by 25% and 35%, respectively. Speaking at the institution’s 14th convocation event at the Osogbo campus over the weekend, Adeleke stressed that the university is running smoothly because there are no strikes or labour unrest among workers. He
Ademola Adeleke, the Governor of Osun State, approved Akinwale Sarafadeen Adeyemi’s appointment as the new Chairman of the Governing Council of the Osun State College of Education in Ila-Orangun. His appointment was announced in a statement signed by Governor Adeleke’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, on Friday. According to the statement, the new Chairman,
The Osun State Government, through the Ministry of Education, will conduct interviews for teachers and education officers on September 9. The interview, approved yesterday by the Executive Council (Exco), presided over by Governor Ademola Adeleke, would recruit 5,250 teachers and education officers. It will be recalled that Adeleke in February announced recruitment into
OSUN (Sundiata Scholar) – A reckless driver on Thursday killed a final year student of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, throwing the institution into into a gloomy state. The victim, a student of the Department of Foreign Languages, was at the school to submit her project when she was knocked down while crossing the […]
According to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Osun State has the highest number of students applying for student loans. Mr. Sawyer Akintude, the Managing Director, made the announcement yesterday in Osogbo during a visit to Governor Ademola Adeleke’s office. He stated, “I can tell you today that Osun State has the highest number of […]
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
OSUN (Sundiata post) – A female staff member of the University of Ilesa in Osun State, whose name could not be immediately ascertained, on Wednesday, died as a container filled with cashew nuts being conveyed by a truck fell on her car. The accident, which happened along Ilesa/Ibodi Expressway, a few meters away from the […]