Afe Babalola Elder statesman and legal icon, Aare Afe Babalola (SAN), has advised universities against awarding honorary degrees to those who do not merit it, in both character as well as individual contributions to the nation’s growth and development. The legal luminary said this on Saturday at the 14th Founder’s Day celebration, and 11th convocation […]
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The European Union (EU) has announced the investment of an additional 5.4 million euros in building the capacity of teachers in the Northwest. The EU Commissioner for International Partnerships, Jutta Urpilainen, made this known at the official launch of the 4O million Euro intervention programme on education and youth empowerment in North Western Nigeria through […]
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Nigerian Universities Over the years, some university students have lost their lives while seeking urgent care at medical centres located in their various institutions. No thanks to the poor service delivery in such facilities, or the lack of drugs or prompt attention. While students have protested against poor service delivery by their institutions’ medical centres, […]
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By Olubukola Omowaye History repeats itself So the saying goes yet men daft repeats same foible Which ancients passed as route Liberalism and its many woes Visits man in the summit of his height And bends his knees to those same slave master he each times submits On self same rock be stumbled Even as […]
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Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde Inaugurates Management Committee into Smart School Oyo State government has declared as untrue news by a blog about purported recruitment into the State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB. The board’s Ag. Executive Secretary, Mrs. Olaide Ladipo made the clarification in a statement signed on Thursday in Ibadan, the State’s capital. […]
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The National Examinations Council, on Tuesday, released the results of the 2023 Internal Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with a record of 61.60 percent of candidates scoring five credits and above, including English and Mathematics. However, the examination council disclosed that 93 schools were found to be involved in whole-school (mass) cheating while 52 supervisors […]
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Wife of Ekiti Governor, Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji The wife of Ekiti State governor, Dr. Olayemi Oyebanji, has commenced a community service at Ekiti State University (EKSU), where she offered to teach students of Education Management for free as a way of contributing to development. She started community service at the school yesterday in Ado-Ekiti and […]
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The National Examinations Council, NECO, has released the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) 58 days after the final paper was written on August 11. The NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announcing the result at a news conference in Minna, Niger, on Tuesday said the 2023 SSCE was the best in recent years. Wushishi, who […]
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About 1,533 second-year students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso will resume at the Iseyin Campus, by the end of this month, October 2023. A statement on Tuesday by the Commissioner for Information and Orientation, Prince Dotun Oyelade, said that this is in fulfillment of the promise made by Governor Seyi Makinde during […]
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A former Managing Director of Daily Times Newspapers, Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi, has said that Nigeria’s educational system is in bad shape and needs urgent attention. In an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ibadan on Monday, he urged governments at all levels to intervene, as a matter of urgency, to save the […]
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