The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi (right) being presented the copy of a book entitled, Ayinla Omowura: Life and Times of an Apala Legend, by its author, Dr. Festus Adedayo, in his Oyo palace. The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi, has said there is traditional medicine capable of combating the COVID-19 pandemic. He […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has returned N3.5billion to the Federation Account from the excess generated from its operations during the conduct of 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). It said that it had returned N3.5billion to the government following the sales of ePINs to UTME candidates, bringing the total remittance this year […]
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Christian N. Okolie, Assistant Superintendent of Customs 1 (ASCI) By Emmanuel Uwah If tears could bring back dear ones gone,Then would our own just that have doneAs in sorrow we bow our headFor one of us now counted dead! This was a philanthropic one,A gentleman well cooked and doneWith a character noble so,And humble, himself […]
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University teachers have criticised as unworkable the directive by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, that Nigerian tertiary institutions should resume their academic activities, which were truncated by the coronavirus pandemic, with online teaching. They faulted the directive in a leaflet issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Ibadan, Publicity Committee, […]
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Unsure of how soon the Corona Virus pandemic will end, Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu has directed vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts to reopen using virtual learning. But experts have argued that the nation’s education sector is not prepared for such. Worried about the continued closure of the nation’s higher educational institutions over the CoronaVirus […]
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Osun State Government has announced the commencement of School-on-air for primary and secondary school students and pupils of the State. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Jamiu Olawumi on Monday, government stated that the on-air education programme is to complement teaching and learning in the state. Jamiu said […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates who sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to be wary of fraudsters calling them for the upgrade of scores. The board, in its weekly bulletin on Sunday in Abuja, warned that such calls for the doctoring of their outcomes were a scam.It […]
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Authorities of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, have expressed grief over the sudden death of one of the institution’s erudite Professors, Christopher Olumuyiwa Aboluwoye, who died on Thursday April 9 after an illness. The Acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, who visited the family of the late scholar on Friday alongside […]
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The Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Prof Adedayo Fasakin, on Friday greeted Christians within the Polytechnic community and across the Country, Nigeria at large on the celebration of Easter. In a message which he signed, he said that despite the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and an imminent gloomy economy, he said that […]
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Polytechnics teachers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has shelved its proposed strike to support the fight against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic across the country. The union’s President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the union’s 97th National Executive Council (NEC) […]
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