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TETFund: VCs Protest Reps’ Infringement on Varsity Autonomy

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 31, 2024

Regarding its instruction to halt the execution of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) interventions , the House of Representatives has been accused of encroaching on university autonomy by the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities. The vice chancellors noted that it was

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Kogi Poly matriculates 4,349 students, emphasises zero tolerance for cultism, indecent dressing

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 30, 2024

For the 2024–2025 academic year, 4,349 students have been admitted in the Kogi State Polytechnic’s National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) programmes. This was announced during the 31st Matriculation Ceremony, which took place on Tuesday at the Polytechnic’s Matriculation Ground, by Salisu Ogbo Usman, the Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic,

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TETFund approves N761.4m scholarship grant for 12 lecturers

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 30, 2024

Under the TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff Intervention (TSAS) programme, the Federal Government, through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), has granted scholarships to twelve Nigerian lecturers from public tertiary institutions to pursue doctoral, PhD studies in science-related fields in France. At a pre-departure briefing in Abuja, TETFund Executive

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State universities oppose the decision to stop the N683 billion TETFund intervention

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 30, 2024

The House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund  (TETFund), decided to stop the 2024 TETFund intervention in state-owned universities. This decision has been met with protests from the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities (COPSUN). The decision was described as unprecedented in a press release signed by the committee’s

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24-year-old student commits suicide after breakup with boyfriend

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

A Diploma Two female student named Jemima Shetima Balami, who was doing an industrial attachment with Adamawa State Television in Yola, took her own life. Jemima, a student of Federal Polytechnic, Mubi studying mass communication, is said to have killed herself by  consuming a poisonous substance because her boyfriend declared he was no longer interested in dating her.

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Elizade University matriculates 532 students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

For the academic year 2023–2024, Elizade University, Ilara–Mokin, located in the Ifedore Local Government Area of Ondo State, has matriculated 532 students into a variety of degree programmes. With 468 undergraduates and 64 postgraduate students, the institution’s 12th matriculation ceremony took place over the weekend at the university grounds. Speaking at the

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179 Newly Qualified Nurses of Ambrose Alli University are Inducted by NMCN

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 29, 2024

Alhaji Faruk Umar Abubakar, the Secretary-General and Registrar of the Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria (NMCN), inducted a record 179 qualified nurses for the 2020–2021 academic year at Ambrose Alli University in Ekpoma over the weekend. Alhaji Abubakar, speaking to the inductees on behalf of the Council’s Director of Nursing Education, Dr. Emmanuel Odontra,

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Poly alumni lament the hostel crisis in public institutions

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 28, 2024

The Federal Polytechnic Ado Ekiti Alumni Association has lamented the housing crisis in public tertiary schools, claiming that it is negatively affecting students’ life in a number of ways. In his plea for government intervention, the association’s national president, Dr. Oyedokun Abiodun, stated that the dearth of hostel space, which he characterised as a

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Gunmen Kidnap Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Abia State Varsity

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 27, 2024

Prof. Godwin Emezue, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of Abia State University (ABSU), has been kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. According to a statement released on Saturday by ASP Maureen Chinaka, the State Police Command spokeswoman, Prof Emezue was abducted on Friday night at 7 p.m. as he was buying fuel at a petrol station in […]

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Gov Adeleke appoints acting provost for Osun State College of Education

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 26, 2024

OSOGBO (Sundiata Scholar) – Governor Ademola Adeleke has approved the appointment of Dr Jimoh Lasisi Ayanda as the acting Provost of the Osun State College of Education, Ila Orangun. The appointment was sequel to the suspension of Prof Jimoh Atanda Afolabi as Provost on grounds of financial impropriety, concealment of official information/ records; and failure […]

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NDDC’s uncompleted projects in tertiary institutions posing security threat, says NANS

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 26, 2024

IBADAN (Sundiata Scholar) – According to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), unfinished Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) projects in a few tertiary institutions around the nation pose a security risk. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Friday, Mr. Akinteye Babatunde, the President of the NANS’ Senate,

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Federal Ministry of Education Appoints New Acting Rector for Nasarawa Poly

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 26, 2024

After Dr. Abdullahi Alhassan’s term as Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa expired on Friday, the Federal Ministry of Education named a new Acting Rector for the institution. This was revealed in a signed statement provided to journalists in the state’s Nasarawa local government area by Mrs. Safina Sabo, the institution’s acting director of

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Gov Adeleke approves suspension of Ila Orangun College Provost

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 26, 2024

The Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke has authorised the suspension of Prof Jimoh Atanda Afolabi, the Provost of the Osun State College of Education, Ila-Orangun. Olawale Rasheed, the governor’s spokesperson, said in a statement that the suspension is effective immediately and is in accordance with the interim report of the Investigation Panel, which is led […]

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YABATECH set to integrate AI, robotics into curriculum

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 26, 2024

The Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) plans to include robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) into its academic curriculum to give students the skills they need to succeed in the quickly changing labour market. The institution has also put in place plans to substitute the computer science course with AI, robotics, and other skills related courses. […]

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LASU senate grants UNILAG best doctoral thesis award winner N1 million.

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 25, 2024

Dr. Aminat Ige-Ariyibi, the winner of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) overall best doctoral thesis prize, was given N1 million by the Senate of Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo. Ige-Ariyibi is a lecturer at LASU’s Faculty of Science’s Department of Mathematics and an alumna.Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, LASU’s vice chancellor, delivered the speech on

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Niger Delta University and NDDC to collaborate on research

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 25, 2024

In order to promote research that would address the peculiar health and environmental concerns in the Niger Delta region, the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has promised to work with the Niger Delta University (NDU), Amassoma in Bayelsa State. The pledge was given by NDDC Managing Director Dr. Samuel Ogbuku during a courtesy visit to […]

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1,118 bag first class as OOU graduates 11,896 students

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 24, 2024

Prof. Ayodeji Agboola, the vice-chancellor of Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, announced on Wednesday that 11,896 students will graduate from the university during its 32nd and 33rd convocations, which is set for next week. Of those, 1,118 will receive First Class degrees, and 112 will receive various doctorate degrees. The convocations cover two academic sessions

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Abia varsity ASUU commences strike over 11-month salary arrears

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 23, 2024

As the state government has been unable to pay the academic and non-academic staff unions at Abia State University (ABSU), Uturu, their 11-month salary arrears, members of these unions have persisted in abstaining from office. It was learned that the employees had given the management till December 31 to settle their salary arrears through their […]

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FG to use education tax to fund the student loan scheme 

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 23, 2024

Yesterday, the Federal Government disclosed that, in partnership with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), education taxes will be used to fund the Student Loan Scheme that it recently launched. At the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Dr. Akintunde Sawyerr, the Executive Secretary of the Student Loan Board, and Zacchaeus Adedeji, the Chairman of the FIRS, […]

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Hundreds of Covenant University Students ‘Hospitalised’ Over Suspected Food Poisoning

Fadiran Ifeloluwa January 22, 2024

According to reports, hundreds of Covenant University students in Ota, Ogun State, were admitted to the hospital after possibly contracting food poisoning from the school’s butteries. The number of affected students has caused the school’s medical center to become overcrowded. But the university is keeping mum over the matter as calls and messages to relevant