The Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji has appointed Mr Gabriel Adeyemi Awe as its new Registrar. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the institution’s Head, Information, Protocol and Passages, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, which said that the appointment was made at the 14th statutory meeting of the Governing Council of the Polytechnic on Friday […]
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Scene of reunion of some abducted school children with their parents after they were freed ‘Over 1,000 children abducted between January and August 2021’ 31 Bethel students still in captivity, CAN cries out FG: Lack of funds hampering implementation of Safe School Initiative Mobilise hunters, vigilance groups, retired military and paramilitary officers to protect schools, […]
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The Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo, Professor Jacob Adeniyi, has passed on. He reportedly died at his residence in Bodija area of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital after a brief illness. It was learnt that the professor of computer science had been taken to University College Hospital (UCH) for treatment before he later […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), at its policy meeting last week, announced the cancellation of national admission benchmark, otherwise called cut-off mark. With the scrapping of the age-long method, each of the nation’s tertiary institutions is now authorised to peg its admission benchmark. Already, universities, polytechnics and colleges of education have sent their […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities [ASUU], Calabar zone, has expressed disappointment at the way some governors establish state universities without backing same with necessary laws. The union warned that such may affect the autonomy of the institutions. The zonal chairman, Dr Aniekan Brown, while addressing journalists in Uyo, said for most state universities to […]
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A lecturer at the Department of English Language Obafemi Awolowo University, Dr Adebayo Mosobalaje, has claimed that he was “wrongly” dismissed by the university management for alleged sexual assault. In an exclusive interview on Wednesday, Mosobolaje faulted the Governing Council for acting contrary to the recommendations of the Joint Senate and Council Disciplinary Panel. According […]
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Education stakeholders have hailed the recent scrapping of general cut-off marks for admission into the country’s tertiary institutions by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB. JAMB had at its August 31, 2021, virtual policy meeting said that tertiary institutions were now to set their own minimum benchmarks. The meeting was chaired by the Minister […]
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Nigeria’s premier university, the University of Ibadan, UI, maintains its top spot in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. However, the University of Lagos moved a step ahead to rank second in Nigeria and 501–600, out of over 1,600 institutions across the world. On its part, the Lagos State University dropped to sixth […]
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Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, has explained why the state opted out of the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. He spoke in Abuja while fielding questions at NAN Forum, a special interview programme of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN). He said the decision was reached after his government weighed […]
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The Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), on Saturday, said that a schedule of school fees that has gone viral on social media did not originate from the management of the institution. This was disclosed by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr Foluso Ogunmodede, in a signed statement issued in Oye-Ekiti. The statement asked members […]
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