Oyo cancels 6 years waiting period of teachers

Distributes customized exercise books to public school students Oyo State Government has announced the cancellation of a six-year waiting period of teachers in the state, according to the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran. A statement by the Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Dr Wasiu Olatubosun, said that […]

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Nigerian student faces deportation from Russia as Sokoto board fails to pay fees

Nigerian student Usman Yahaya with colleagues… Photo: PRNigeria A Nigerian final year medical student at Irkutsk State Medical University (ISMU), Usman Yahaya, may be deported from Russia to Nigeria over the failure of his sponsor to pay his school fees. A PRNigeria report said Yahaya, a Sokoto State-born medical student has been in detention in […]

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Morgan State University USA, OAUSTECH move to seal partnership, collaboration

By Banji Ayoola Morgan State University (MSU), Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America and Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria have begun talks on mutually beneficial collaborations and partnerships. The initial discussion about a win-win partnership started on 14 May, 2022 when OAUSTECH’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Temi Ologunorisa, discussed at […]

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NECO extends 2022 registrations to June 20

The National Examinations Council on Sunday announced that it has “extended the Registration period of the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination for school-based candidates to midnight of Monday 20th June 2022.” It made this known in a statement in the early hours of Monday. The registration period was initially scheduled to close on Monday 30th […]

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OAUSTECH reschedules special lecture online for 8 am tomorrow

OAUSTECH Vice Chancellor, Prof Emmanuel Temi Ologunorisa Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria, has rescheduled today’s planned special lecture online. A statement this morning by the institution’s Deputy Director, Information, Protocol and Public Relations, Mr Paul Busayo Adeagbo, said that the originally planned physical meeting has been moved online. The […]

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N34b released by FG not part of our demands – ASUU

sympathises with varsity students over prolonged strike The N34 billion released by the Federal government is not part of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), according to its National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke. He disclosed this in an interview on Thursday in Ota, during which he sympathised with University students over the […]

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American varsity don, Tijani delivers special lecture at OAUSTECH tomorrow

A Professor of History and the Executive Director, Office of Global Partnership-Africa, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, Prof. Hakeem Ibikunle Tijani, will deliver a special lecture at the Olusegun Agagu University, (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State, Nigeria, tomorrow Friday, May 27. The lecture, which is titled:“The Wilson Vision and Internationalisation of Education. ” will hold […]

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Universities: How indigeneship, ethnicity, others, frustrate appointment of VCs

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu  The appointment of vice chancellors in Nigerian universities is always full of intrigues. In many cases, the selection process is marred by conflicts of interests and petitions, which often results in legal actions. By Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2003, otherwise called Universities Autonomy Act No. 1, 2007 and Universities […]

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FUTA’s first female VC, Adenike Oladiji, takes over

Governing Council defends appointment as free, fair, open By Banji Ayoola The first female Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof Adenike Temidayo Oladiji, has taken over as the institution’s eighth substantive head, even as its Governing Council defended her appointment  as free, fair and transparent. She was inaugurated on Tuesday by […]

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JAMB remitted N27.2b in five years – Oloyede

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, has said the board remitted N27.2 billion from 2017 to date to the Federal Government’s coffers. He made this known yesterday in Abuja at the opening session of a three-day workshop for public relations officials of the board. The workshop, organised in collaboration with […]

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