JAMB sets June 15 deadline for 2020/2021 admissions

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said all admissions into the nation’s tertiary institutions for 2020/2021 academic session would end by June 15, 2021. According to the board, the decision was collectively taken at a virtual meeting held with heads of tertiary institutions in the country. The announcement was contained in a statement […]

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Ondo honours 21 students who excel at local, global, contests

By Banji Ayoola Twenty one students from Ondo State who excelled at local and global competitions have been honoured by the state government. They were honoured on Thursday at the Grand finale of schools debate and award presentation to selected students across the three senatorial districts of the state in Akure the state capital as […]

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Fedpoly Ile Oluji congratulates Akeredolu on 2nd term inauguration

By Banji Ayoola The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Prof Emmanuel Adedayo Fasakin, has urged Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, to vigorously pursue his first term undying commitments in the areas of Infrastructure, Education, Health and Security during his incoming second term in office. He gave the advice in a congratulatory message […]

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Ekiti community raises alarm over herders’ incursion into varsity

Donates N60m to support take-off of new institution Ikere-Ekiti Community in Ikere Local Council of Ekiti State has lamented the alleged destructive activities of Fulani herdsmen at the newly-established Bamidele Olumilua University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti (BOUESTI) and the entire community. The paramount ruler of the community, the Ogoga of Ikere, Oba Adejimi […]

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Highlife music legend, Chris Ajilo, passes on

Fabled highlife singer, Pa Chris Ajilo, has passed on. He died of malaria yesterday, aged 92. His caregiver, David Ekanem, who confirmed his death, said the singer battled malaria since last week before he gave up. “He died in a hospital this morning (yesterday) at 10:30 am, he said. As he puts it: “What happened […]

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11-year-old girl emerges BHMGS ‘one-day principal’

A Junior Secondary School, JSS, 2 student of Bishop Howells Memorial Grammar school, Bariga, Omoobajesu Iroyinayo Idris, on Monday, emerged as the one-day principal of the school for the 2020/2021 academic session. The annual event designed to encourage and reawaken the academic excellence of students recognised the unprecedented academic feats recorded by Omoobajesu Idris. The […]

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Lagos to build more schools to check out-of-school children

As part of efforts to encourage more enrolment of school-age children and check out-of-school children, Lagos State Government has expressed its readiness to build more schools. The State Commissioner for Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo disclosed this during a meeting with the Chief Resilience Officer (CRO), Lagos State Resilience Office (LASRO), Arc. Gbolahan Owodunni Oki and […]

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Online classes may result to mass failure, students lament

FUOYE Lecturers, Students Say Virtual Learning Challenging, Difficult Students To Lose One Academic Session As e-learning system of education, which most higher institutions have adopted due to COVID-19 pandemic and loss of over nine months to industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) gains momentum, students across the country have been faced […]

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FG kicks as university workers insist on strike

The Federal Government on Friday told members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the National Association of Academic Technologists that they could not go ahead with their planned industrial action slated to start by midnight. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, […]

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