Oyo 2023 Common Entrance Exam holds July 31

Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology is set to conduct a Screening Exercise for primary six pupils transiting into Public Junior secondary schools in the coming academic session on July 31, 2023. This was contained in a circular, released by the Registrar, Mr Yekeen M.B, on behalf of the Ministry’s […]

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Oyo may enforce Exam Malpractice Act- TESCOM chair

Governor Seyi Makinde Oyo State government has said it may start enforcing the Examination Malpractice Act, as enshrined in the 1999 Federal Constitution. The Act stipulates a three years jail term or a fine of N100,000 or both for anyone caught and found guilty of compromising exam ethics in the country. Speaking in Ibadan, with […]

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I-CON Polytechnic inaugurates press club to boost campus journalism

I-CON Polytechnic, Osogbo, Osun State has launched a press club, I-CON Wiz, as a platform for practising journalism on campus. The inauguration ceremony was held at Osamdo House, Osogbo and chaired by the Assistant Secretary of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Osun State council, Comrade Mayowa Fagbohungbe. Addressing the Mass Communication students of the […]

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JAMB and the challenge to lift tertiary education

Remarkable as the revenue being generated by the Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) for the federal government is, the debate that has ensued over the impact or otherwise of the funds on improving tertiary education should not be surprising. It is indeed true that money being generated by JAMB is not being used, at least […]

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135 young Nigerians get EU-funded postgraduate scholarships

The European Union Ambassador to Nigeria, Samuela Isopi, says the EU has awarded postgraduate Masters study scholarships to 135 Nigerian youths, selected from various universities across the country. The EU Ambassador made this known during a press briefing at the EU Embassy in Abuja, on Monday. According to her, over five hundred Nigerian youths have […]

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Uniosun suspends female student who dupes social media lover of N1.5m

A first-year female student of Osun State University, Ikire campus, who allegedly lured and robbed her social media boyfriend of his money and phone has been suspended by the institution’s authorities. Vice- Chancellor of the institution, Prof Clement Adebooye , announced the suspension following the investigation of the police and pending its outcome. The culprit […]

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Odumakin to Soyinka at 89: Your genius is lifelong

Obi, Sanwo-Olu celebrate icon President of Centre for Change Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin has described Nobel Laureate Prof Wole Soyinka as a genius of poesy who “captivates us in its gripping hold, not once, not twice but lifelong.” Okei-Odumakin, who is also the President of Women Arise for Change Initiative, stated this in a birthday titled […]

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Wole Soyinka at 89: A tribute to the fortress of African literature

By Adedamola Adedayo It’s the 13th of July, 2023, as Soyinka takes another powerful leap. Name any major literary genre, you can be sure Soyinka has his imprints there. But his legacy is most amplified in the theatrical hemisphere, where he made a name for himself as Africa’s most acclaimed playwright and became the apple […]

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Reps seek three-year validity for JAMB result

The House of Representatives member has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to extend the validity of its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to three years. The lower legislative chamber made the request on Wednesday while calling on JAMB to conduct the UTME at least twice a year. This motion was moved […]

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Tinubu celebrates Wole Soyinka at 89

President Bola Tinubu has poured encomiums on the Nobel Laureate and elder statesman, Prof. Wole Soyinka, a professor, on his 89th birthday, describing him as a veritable source of support, inspiration, and encouragement. The president, who called the literary giant a brother and comrade in the struggle for the restoration and entrenchment of democracy and […]

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