Leads 113 others in NUC’s ranking FUTA follows The National Universities Commission (NUC) has ranked the University of Ibadan (UI) the best in its latest 2021 ranking released yesterday in Abuja. The ranking, which had 12 indicators, involved 113 universities across the country. The institutions were ranked on the basis of the total number of […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said only Computer-Based Centres that are 100 per cent prepared will be used for its 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board announced this in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) yesterday in Abuja. […]
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Festival Director, Lola Shoneyin The Aké Arts and Book Festival is a yearly literary, cultural, and arts event. It was founded in 2013 by the Nigerian writer Lola Shoneyin, in Abeokuta. Although it features new and established writers from across the world, its focus has been to promote, develop and celebrate creativity on the African […]
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The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran, has said that contrary to the alleged propaganda by some groups, no teacher in Oyo State was being owed the year 2020 leave bonus. Dr. Adeniran stated this yesterday in Ibadan, warning primary school teachers against plans on embarking on any illegal […]
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• Govt to pay medical bills of the injured Lagos State government yesterday shut Ojodu Grammar School following the protests by some parents after a truck crushed pupils to death on Tuesday. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu sympathised with the bereaved families, relatives, friends, management and staff of Ojodu Grammar school. He described the incident as “sad, […]
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The Lagos State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed that three of the students who were allegedly involved in the death of Sylvester Oromoni (Jnr) of Dowen College, Lekki, are currently in custody. The Lagos Police Command’s Spokesman, CSP Adekunle Ajisebutu, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) and stressed that the investigation […]
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Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) Panti have invited pupils named in the alleged murder of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni at Dowen College in Lekki, Lagos. The pupils and their parents, who were invited for questioning at the homicide section of the police unit, are expected to report today. The mother of one of […]
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Adeniran receiving the award Promises to end streets roaming by out-of-school children The Executive Chairman of Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran has clinched the ‘Exemplary Performance of the Year 2021’ Award at the Nigeria Union of Journalists Pen Night, which took place over the weekend in Ibadan, Oyo State. A […]
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The Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji will hold post-UTME screening tests for prospective candidates who chose the institution as their first choice at the insstitution on December 7 and 8. A statement by the polytechnic’s Head, information, Protocol & Passages, Mr Sanmi Enigbokan, said: “This is to inform the entire Polytechnic Community, and in particular, all […]
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The family of 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni (Junior), a pupil of the Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos, who died under controversial circumstances, has demanded a coroner inquest into his death. The news of Sylvester’s death went viral last Wednesday following a social media post by his cousin, Perry Oromoni, who alleged that some senior pupils of the […]
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