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Don implores governments to protect the marine and blue economy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 16, 2023

Lagos – Martins Anetekhai, a Fisheries Professor, has encouraged governments to take action to protect marine ecosystems, habitats, and species in order to maintain the marine and blue economy. This claim was made by Anetekhai of the Science Faculty of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo,

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Unilorin don demands a jail sentence and harsh penalties for tax evaders

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 16, 2023

ILORIN – Professor Saka Olokooba of the University of Ilorin’s (Unilorin) Department of Business Law has asked Nigeria’s Federal Government to punish tax evaders severely, including sending them to jail. During his 249th Unilorin Inaugural Lecture, “Withhold Caesar’s Right and then Cry the Beloved Country,” Olokooba made the call on

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Bauchi State University graduates 7,029 students at combined convocation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 16, 2023

Itas/Gadau (Bauchi State) – The vice chancellor of Bauchi State University, Gadau, Prof. Fatima Tahir, announced on Friday that 184 students would receive first-class degrees on Saturday. Prior to the announcement, she stated at a press conference that 7,029 students would receive Bachelor’s degrees at the first-ever combined convocation. Tahir said the 184

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300-level ATBU student arrested for possession of gun and bullets

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 16, 2023

The State Police Command has detained Atim Emmanuel, a 23-year-old 300-level student at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, on suspicion of possessing firearms and cartridges. The development is a part of the Command’s attempts to round up criminal elements around the student communities throughout the state. It comes just two weeks after the death […]

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TETFund launches a N1 billion state-of-the-art library complex at Bauchi University

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 15, 2023

The state-owned Sa’adu Zungur University in Gadau, Bauchi, has a 2,000-seat Central Library Complex that was built by the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) at an expense of N1 billion. It was formally opened for usage on Friday.Arc. Sonny Echono, the Executive Secretary of the TETFund, conducted the official commissioning and announced that the project […]

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IAUE Supplementary Batch C UTME Admission List 2023/2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 15, 2023

The Supplementary Batch C UTME Admission list of candidates given admission into various degrees for the 2023–2024 session has been released by the management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education and is currently accessible on the school’s portal. This is to announce the release the batch C list of successful candidates who applied for admission and passed […]

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500-level student of OAU, Chisom Nwankwo dies in a car accident

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

ILE-IFE (Osun) – The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), located in Ile-Ife, has announced that Chisom Nwankwo, a final-year student, died in a car accident on campus. The deceased was a Public Relations Officer at the institution and a student studying Agricultural Economics at the Faculty of Agriculture said Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju on Tuesday in Ile-Ife. […]

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The first private university in Kebbi set to begin operations in January 2024 – VC

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

BIRNIN KEBBI – According to Prof. Mohammed Ahmadu, the Vice Chancellor of Rayhaan University in Kebbi, the new private university will offer 15 degrees that have been recognised by the National Universities Commission (NUC) when it opens for activities in January 2024. This was disclosed by Ahmadu during a Sunday meeting with a delegation from the […]

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Stakeholders in Nigerian universities concerned about shortage of lecturers – Survey

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

ENUGU – Many lecturers in Nigerian universities have voiced concern over the lack of students in universities throughout the nation, claiming that the condition has created a significant obstacle for the country’s educational system. Due to a lack of academic staff, a survey conducted in the South East Zone revealed that many professors were overworked […]

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Al-Hikmah University urges TETFund to provide support for private universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

ILORIN – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETfund) has been urged to assist Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, as well as other private universities in Nigeria, by Alhaja Sekinat Yusuf, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council at the university. At the institution’s 13th Convocation on Saturday in Ilorin, Yusuf made the call, stating that support for private

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Governor Makinde to launch a 72-room office complex built using Ibadan Poly’s IGR

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

IBADAN – On December 15, during its 2023 graduation ceremony, The Polytechnic, Ibadan, will officially open a 72-room office facility that was constructed with its own internally-generated revenue (IGR). During the occasion, the institution’s radio station—which has an operating licence from the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC)—will also be opened. Dr.

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The blue economy will prosper in the future with good government – Francis Akpan

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

ORON (Akwa Ibom) – According to Rear Admiral Francis Akpan (rtd), effective administration will improve the nation’s blue economy going forward. In a speech he gave on Tuesday at the Maritime Lecture for the 2023 Cadets graduation conducted at the Maritime Academy, Oron, Akpan made this claim. ‘Emerging Challenges and Opportunities for Maritime Workforce

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130 Katsina undergraduate students get scholarships from the Anti-Terrorism Foundation

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

KATSINA – The Nigeria Foundation for the Support of Victims of Terrorism has awarded N25.1 million in scholarships 130 exceptional but underprivileged students of Katsina State studying in nine tertiary institutions in the state.  The recipients must have attained a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 or higher in each of their many institutions to […]

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UI student detained after allegedly raping fellow student

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

IBADAN – The University of Ibadan’s security staff has apprehended a 200-level student in the Faculty of Law after he is suspected of raping a 100-level colleague on campus. According to information obtained, the student had been reported to the school officials for committing a crime against a fellow student who was reportedly a first-year […]

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Chairman of Badagry LG grants 200 indigent students bursary awards

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

Badagry (Lagos State) – On Wednesday, Mr. Olusegun Onilude, the chairman of the Badagry Local Government Council, gave bursary awards to 200 indigenous students attending various tertiary institutions in the area. At the council secretariat in Ajara, Badagry, Onilude gave the bursary awards to the recipients and stated that the purpose of the gift was to […]

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Unilorin VC seeks assistance for indigent students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

ILORIN – Prof. Wahab Egbewole, the vice chancellor of the University of Ilorin, has urged the nation’s affluent citizens to always help the less fortunate, particularly impoverished students. During the official cheque presentation to the 2022 scholarship beneficiaries in Ilorin on Wednesday, the vice chancellor made the announcement. In the person of Prof.

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Former Ambassador says Nigeria needs change agents for a prosperous future

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 14, 2023

Ashimiyu Olaniyi, a former Nigerian ambassador to Pakistan, has issued a challenge to higher education institutions to generate graduates who can act as change agents and lead the country towards a bright future. Olaniyi made the statement on Wednesday during his talk at The Polytechnic’s Combined Graduation Lecture in Ibadan. His topic was “Leadership

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FEC Approves Removal of Public Universities and Other Tertiary Institutions from IPPIS

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 13, 2023

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has given its approval for every worker at public universities and other tertiary institutions to leave the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Speaking to reporters on Wednesday following President Bola Tinubu’s oversight of the FEC meeting at the State House in Abuja, Minister of Information and National

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UNIOSUN Amended Academic Calendar for the 2023/2024 Session

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 13, 2023

This is to inform all of the students, staff, and members of the public that the University of Osun has made the updated academic calendar available for the 2023–2024 school year. To learn the settings for the school academic programming for the year, all new and returning students should consult the academic calendar provided below. […]

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Dansharif College of Nursing Sciences (DCNS) Basic Midwifery Admission Form 2023/2024

Fadiran Ifeloluwa December 13, 2023

With the commencement of its Basic Midwifery course admissions for the 2023–2024 academic session, Dansharif College of Nursing Sciences (DCNS), Kano, is opening its doors to the upcoming generation of healthcare workers. This is an invitation to all would-be midwives to take the next step and embark on a path that will profoundly affect the […]