Category: Education
UI, Covenant, OAU emerge top universities in Nigeria
Full List The University of Ibadan, Covenant University, and Obafemi Awolowo University have been ranked top in Nigeria by Webometrics in its latest rating. Analysis of the latest ranking showed that no Nigerian university was among the top 1,000 in the world. Though ranked first in Nigeria, UI rated 1,196 in the world. Private-owned covenant […]
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Buhari reappoints Oloyede, varsity don who remitted N30b as JAMB registrar
Despite the barrage of criticisms against some of the choices of his appointees, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed a few round pegs in round holes, one of whom is 66-year-old Is-haq Oloyede, a professor of Arabic and Islamic Jurisprudence who brought innovations to the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board since his first appointment as Registrar on […]
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‘How student activist was killed hours after facing LASU panel’
The Education Rights Campaign has lamented the death of a student activist, Nurudeen Alawonle, popularly known as Omomeewa, some hours after he was invited to face a disciplinary panel set up by the Lagos State University. Alowonle was shot dead on Wednesday, according to a statement by the LASU Students’ Union on Thursday. It was […]
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Buhari reappoints Oloyede, Rasheed as JAMB registrar, NUC secretary
President Muhammadu Buhari has reappointed the immediate former Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede. He also renewed the appointment of the immediate former Executive Secretaries of the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Abubakar Rasheed and Hamid Boboyi, among the top executive officers of […]
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We’ve paid counterpart funds for 2020-2021 UBEC/SUBEB intervention projects – Oyo
By Banji Ayoola Oyo State Government has refuted claims that the State has not accessed its N715 million counterpart funds for the Universal Basic Education Commission/SUBEB Year 2020 Intervention Projects. While reacting in Ibadan to allegations that the state government has failed to pay its counterpart fund to access the projects, the Executive Chairman, Oyo […]
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Ondo, Osun, Ekiti, Ogun, Oyo, Imo, Kwara, Kaduna, 14 others fail to access UBEC’s N29.3 cash
At least 26 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), failed to provide matching grants to access the basic education development fund last year. This is according to data from the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The records show that as of August 17, some states did not provide the 50 per cent matching grants […]
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UI to blend virtual, physical lectures as covid infection surges
Nigeria’s premier university, the University of Ibadan (UI) is considering blending virtual lectures with physical classes for the reminder of the 2020/2021 academic session, in a bid to shut the gates of the institution against the spread of the worrisome latest wave of the dreaded variant of coronavirus. This decision, according to the authorities, followed […]
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UNN students, lecturers dismiss viral video, commend authorities on hostel accommodation
Students, lecturers and othere stakeholders in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (UNN) have reacted to the recent online video that went viral over the alleged poor condition of Nkrumah Hostel in the institution. The people bared their minds on the issue in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Nsukka on Monday. […]
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UNIOSUN: How the frog broke its thigh
By Tunde Odesola Over the weekend, I gave thoughts to the snowflake nature of Man. I arrived at the conclusion that the mind of Man is a tragic theatre with a cast, whose hero commits an error which turns into a horror that smashes him down below zero in terror. I also gave thoughts to […]
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