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150 university students to benefit from 2024 Grooming Centre research awards

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 1, 2024

Grooming Centre Nigeria, a microfinance organisation, has opened its application portal for this year’s university research grant initiative, which is open to students from both public and private tertiary institutions around the country. Launched in 2019 as a corporate social

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Kidnapped Ekiti university ex-DVC found dead

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 1, 2024

The Ekiti State Police Command has confirmed the death of Professor Femi Olaofe, the abducted former Deputy Vice Chancellor of Ekiti State University, in the kidnappers’ hideout. Adeniran Akinwale, the State Commissioner of Police, confirmed the news on Wednesday while replying to reporters’ enquiries, emphasising that the professor’s body was discovered

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Lagos State College of Health Technology appoints a new provost

Fadiran Ifeloluwa August 1, 2024

The Lagos State Government has appointed Professor Raheem Olasupo Akewushola as the new Provost of the Lagos State College of Health Technology (LASCOHET) in Yaba. Prior to his appointment, the Professor was Dean of the Faculty of Management Science at Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo. The appointment of the new Provost was announced to the […]

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UI Open Distance eLearning Students to Resume on September 2nd

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

The University of Ibadan (UI) Distance Learning Centre (DLC) has announced that new and returning students would resume on September 2, 2024. According to Prof. Babatunde Omobowale, Director of the DLC, UI Open Distance eLearning provides a flexible, open, online, and seamless blended learning experience that allows learners to participate in live lectures in real time

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NUC approves second state-owned university in Kwara

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of Kwara State University of Education in Ilorin. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the institution is the second state-owned and funded university, following Kwara State University, Malete, which was established in 2009. On Tuesday, the Acting Executive Secretary of the NUC, Chris

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Hardship protest: 3 Unicross students die in auto crash

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

Three Cross River State University students were killed in a vehicle accident while driving home after the university closed for two weeks to prevent students from participating in the hardship protest scheduled for August 1. On Tuesday afternoon, the students boarded a bus bound for Ogoja in the state’s northern part when the disaster occurred. It […]

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OOU senior staff protest anti-worker policies by vice-chancellor

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

On Tuesday, the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities protested the Vice-Chancellor, Prof Ayodeji Agboola’s alleged highhandedness. The union claimed that the vice-chancellor modified the university’s laws, which affected congregation elections to the Senate and other standing

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TETFund bemoans high electricity tariff in Nigerian universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 31, 2024

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has expressed concern about the high consumption of electricity bill in universities, claiming that some were presented bills totalling N300 to N400 million in a single month. Sonny Echono, Executive Secretary of TETFund, revealed this during a meeting with a delegation of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) […]

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UNILORIN expels 2 students, rusticates 3 for misconduct

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 30, 2024

The University of Ilorin in Kwara State punished five students for alleged misdemeanours on campus. Two students were expelled from the institution, and three others were suspended for one academic session. According to a statement issued on Monday by the university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, the Vice-Chancellor approved the students’

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OAU announces 2024 admission screening dates and UTME registration process

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 30, 2024

Obafemi Awolowo University has officially announced the registration dates for its 2024 admission screening exercise, which includes both UTME and Direct Entry candidates. The university stated that prospective students who choose OAU as their first choice and received a UTME score of 200 or more, as well as DE candidates, are eligible. The enrolment period […]

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Nasarawa University collaborates with state government to combat hepatitis

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 30, 2024

The Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) has announced a partnership with the Nasarawa State administration to address the state’s hepatitis prevalence rate. On Monday, the university and the state government, along with partners, provided free hepatitis testing, counselling, vaccine, and treatment to hepatitis-positive individuals in the Gandu neighbourhood near

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NUC accredits 31 programmes at LAUTECH

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 30, 2024

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) in Ogbomoso has received full accreditation from the National Universities Commission (NUC) for 31 of its courses. Vice Chancellor, Professor Razaq Olatunde Rom Kalilu made this known in a letter to Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde, which was sent through the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council, Prof. […]

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McPherson University set to induct first set of nursing graduates

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 29, 2024

The management of McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ogun State, has selected Wednesday, July 31st, 2024 for the inaugural induction ceremony of her first set of Nursing Graduates into the Nursing Profession. The event, billed for the University’s Multipurpose Hall, is expected to draw significant stakeholders in the education sector, friends of the University

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NMCN raises ABUAD nursing admission quota

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 29, 2024

The Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria has increased the admission quota for the Faculty of Nursing at Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, from 190 to 300 every session. Tunde Olofintila, Director of ABUAD Corporate Affairs, stated in a statement on Sunday that the news was given in a letter dated July 18, 2024, from Council’s […]

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Babcock produces 148 first-class graduates, seeks review of electricity tariff for universities

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 29, 2024

Babcock University, Ilisan, Ogun State, announced and awarded degrees to 2,842 graduates at its 22nd undergraduate and 13th postgraduate convocation ceremony on Sunday. Of the 2,442 undergraduates that graduated, 148 received First Class grades. At the postgraduate cadre, 52 had Postgraduate Diplomas, 74 Masters, 19 MPHIL, and 160 at the Doctoral level. In his speech […]

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Southeast students will not participate in the mass protest, says NANS VP Ahaneku

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 29, 2024

Ahead of the nationwide protest scheduled for August 1 across the country, Nzubechi Valentine Ahaneku, National Vice President, Special Duties, of the National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, has stated that students from the Southeast region will not participate in the protest because it will not address their issues. He revealed his position during a […]

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Nigerian bags First Class at Essex University, UK

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 28, 2024

Winston Dennis-Masi, a young Nigerian, has been honoured by the University of Essex in Colchester, England, for his outstanding academic performance. Winston, 20, graduated from the university on Thursday with a First Class degree in the highly sought-after Computer Systems Engineering program. A devout Christian from Omoku, Rivers State, the young lad attributed his

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300-level female student of ATBU found dead in bathroom

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 27, 2024

Naja’atu Salisu, a 300-level computer science student at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) Bauchi, was discovered unconscious after falling in the bathroom on Friday morning. According to sources, Naja’atu went to the bathroom in the female hostel on the university’s Gubi campus to have a morning shower and prepare for her classes but was

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2 fake lecturers arrested in BUK

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 27, 2024

Security personnel at Bayero University in Kano have detained two people for posing as lecturers and selling books to naïve fresh students. This was said in a statement by Bala Abdullahi, Publication Secretary, Special Bulletin, on behalf of the university’s Registrar, which was made available to newsmen on Saturday. According to the statement, the two

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Reps push for removal of universities from Band A electricity tariff, give reasons why

Fadiran Ifeloluwa July 27, 2024

The House of Representatives has stated why it is attempting to remove federal universities from the Band A electricity tariff plan in order to reduce their high electricity bills. Rep. Abubakar Fulata, Chairman of the House Committee on University Education, made the revelation on Friday in Abuja, following an oversight visit to Federal Universities in the