Oyo appoints Rivers monarch as LAUTECH Chancellor

Oyo State Executive Council has announced the appointment of HRM Ohna Sergeant Chidi Awuse, Paramount Ruler of Emuoha Kingdom, as the Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso. Commissioner for Information, Culture, and Tourism, Dr. Wasiu Olatubosun, announced this in a statement on Wednesday. He said the decision was reached during the […]

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Fiwasaye Girls’ Grammar School Akure lays foundation of Jane Pelly Legacy Building

Ondo State’s Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Pastor Femi Agagu, on behalf of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, laying the foundation of the Jane Pelly Legacy Building, at Fiwasaye Girls’ Grammar School Akure, Ondo State, on Monday, March 27, 2023 … in the school’s premises. The one-story block of 12 classrooms was donated by the […]

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Rivers university moves to boost social-economic activities

Commences academic activities in new satellite campuses The Management of Rivers State University (RSU) has announced the commencement of academic activities at the university’s satellite campuses in Ahoada, Emohua, and Etche councils of the state. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Nlerum Sunday Okogbule, while highlighting the achievements of the institution, yesterday, in Port […]

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Technology hitches mar UTME mock exams

Unattended candidates to write test today, tomorrow Parents and candidates for the rescheduled 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock were yesterday, disappointed, as the test could not hold in many centres due to technological hitches. In other centres across the Lagos metropolis, applicants, scheduled to write the examination at 7:00 a.m., waited in vain, […]

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Oyo NUT urges Makinde to consolidate on records

says his re-election reflects people’s wish Following his reelection, Oyo State wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), has called on Governor ‘Seyi Makinde to consolidate on the previously recorded achievements of his administration in his second term in office. The union urged him to see his return as a reflection of People’s opinion, […]

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Ologunorisa unveils programmes to drive Nigeria’s blue economy as OAUSTECH graduates 982 at maiden convocation

Left to Right: OAUSTECH Pro-Chancellor and Chairman Governing Council, Prof. Akinbo Adesomoju; Chancellor and Olugbo of Ugbo Kingdom, Oba Frederick Obateru Akinruntan; Visitor and Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu; Vice Chancellor, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa; and Mr. Oluwafemi Olowokanga of the Academic Affairs Unit; at the university’s maiden convocation on Saturday, March 25, 2023 Lists achievements, […]

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Stakeholders divided on ranking of Nigeria universities

National Universities Commission building Nigeria has doubled the number of its ranked universities – from six to 12 in the recently released Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings. However, stakeholders are divided on whether the achievement is an accurate reflection of the nation’s higher education system, considering incessant strikes by various academic unions. The […]

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Young poets promote peace, marking 75th anniversary of UN peacekeeping

© Pacifique Akilimali/Maryam Abu Hassan – Poet Pacifique Akilimali of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Nigerian peace activist and poet Maryam Abu Hassan New York, USA, 21 March 2023-/African Media Agency(AMA)/“Across identities and differences… over countries and continents… it is not hard to choose peace.” These lines are from a new poem created […]

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OAUSTECH to graduate 982 at maiden convocation Saturday March 25

Vice Chancellor Ologunorisa unveils Maritime Academy to boost blue economy By Banji Ayoola About  982 graduates of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, OAUSTECH, between the 2014/2015 and 2019/2020 academic sessions will be awarded first degrees at the institution’s maiden convocation this Saturday March 25. They include Miss Dimehin Adebisi who recently graduated […]

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