Ondo State Governor and Visitor to Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria, AAUA, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, has expressed confidence in its ability to be one of the leading institutions in Africa, even as he charged the Management of the state-owned University not to rest on their oars in placing the Institution among […]
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Two lecturers of the Federal University of Oye-Ekiti, FUOYE, Dr. Oniyide Akingbe and Dr Gbemiga Adeyemi, who were allegedly sacked over misappropriation of TETFund grant for research, have described their sack by the institution as a contempt of court and a decision that can not stand. The former university dons said there was an injunction […]
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The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Wednesday announced that about 39,557 Nigerian candidates who wrote the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) got credits in the required five subjects including Mathematics and English Language to advance their academic pursuits. Head of West African Examination Council (WAEC), Olu Adenipekun, made the disclosure while addressing […]
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By Oyeyinka Oludayisi Fabowale Twenty-year old poet, literary scholar and 2018 Coventry University First Class Honours graduate, Aanu Adesina speaks on his inspiration in a chat with Oyeyinka Oludayisi Fabowale. Anuoluwapo Adesina has his path as a scholar, writer and artist cut out early in life. He was born into a family of educationists, with […]
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Heads of public primary and secondary schools in Ekiti State who collected alleged unauthorised levies at the beginning of the 2018/2019 academic year have been ordered to refund the pupils. Deputy Governor, Chief Bisi Egbeyemi, said school heads who collected and remitted such levies to government coffers should bring evidence of such remittances to the […]
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The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria says 11,550 candidates passed the Professional Qualifying Examination for teachers, representing 68 per cent of the total number of candidates. The Registrar of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, who said this in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Friday, however, said that 5,405 candidates failed the examination. The […]
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The Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), has canvassed N2 trillion annual funding for the education sector, saying it will help to produce globally competitive graduates.The lawyer made the demand on Thursday while delivering the 20th anniversary lecture of the Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, titled “Technical Education and the […]
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By Toyin Falola At the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the founding of the University of Ibadan, famous historian, Prof Bolanle Awe, will be conferred with a well-deserved honorary doctorate degree. For both Awe and even Nigeria’s premier university, this great honour is a fitting tribute to mark the anniversary of the institution of […]
Continue ReadingKastina State Governor Aminu Masari Governor Aminu Masari of Katsina State has identified huge investment in education as reason nations like Singapore, India, Malaysia and other Asian Tigers are ahead of Nigeria.He stated this on Tuesday at the commissioning of a study centre of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), at his hometown in […]
Continue ReadingEducation Minister, Adamu Adamu Nigeria’s education minister, Adamu Adamu, has said it would be difficult for the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to agree for a suspension of the ongoing indefinite strike action due to crashing oil prices. Adamu who was addressing reporters in Abuja stated that the well-being of the […]
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