Education
JAMB dismisses two staff over forgery
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has dismissed two of its staff for gross misconduct of forging documents. A statement by the ...
Education
KWSG names Emir of Lafiagi, A.U. Mustapha, Iyin Aboyeji, others board members of Education Trust Fund
Kwara State Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq has appointed a board for the state’s Education Trust Fund, with members drawn from great backgrounds. The Governor ...
Education
Don proffers solution to food deprivation
Prof. Mohammed Nasirudeen-Suleiman of the Department of Botany, Federal University Lokoja, has called for global intensive study in Mycology (Fungi) in all secondary ...
Education
JAMB suspends Direct Entry registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has suspended until further notice the ongoing 2023 Direct Entry registration exercise, which commenced on Monday, ...
Education
UNILORIN Don Recommends Regular Intake Of ‘Ewedu’ Soup
A professor of Biochemistry in the University of Ilorin,Prof Rotimi Arise has recommended the consumption of ‘ewedu’ (corchoris olitorius leaves) for Nigerians. He ...
Education
KWSG approves bail-out funds for four tertiary institutions
The Kwara State government has approved the release of a sum of One hundred and twenty million nairas (NGN120,000,000.00) as bail-out funds to ...
Education
Kwara Governor Distributes Free Books, Android Tablets, Others To Basic Schools
Kwara State governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq , on Thursday, flagged off the distribution of 120,000 customised exercise books, 1,600 cartons of white chalks and ...
Education
NGO gives scholarship to 100 pupils, donates furniture to school
The Daniel Onoja Foundation (DOF), on Tuesday, gave scholarship to no fewer than 100 pupils of the Local Education Authority (L.E.A), Primary School, ...
Education
JAMB extends 2023 UTME registration
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has extended its 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) registration exercise by one week starting from ...
Education
Kwara offers 50% transport fare for students returning home
Following the directive of the federal Government through the Nigeria Universities Commission to close Nigerian Universities for a duration of 3 weeks between ...
Education
NECO Registration: Kwara Govt warns principals against indiscriminate charges
The Kwara State Government has vowed to sanction any principal that collects above the approved examination fees by the State Ministry of Education ...
Education
Education Minister orders closure of Universities for 2023 Elections
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has ordered the closure of universities across the nation for the 2023 presidential and governorship elections. ...
Education
Buhari appoints Rectors, Registrars for Federal Polytechnics
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointments of Rectors and Registrars of three Federal Polytechnics in Nigeria. The was contained in a statement ...
Education
Tetfund begins national employability program
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has commenced the conduct of a National Employability Benchmarking Programme in Nigerian universities in collaboration with the ...
Education
Kwara hosts 250 tech ecosystem builders to ease govt businesses
Kwara State Government at the weekend assembled at least 250 tech ecosystem builders across Nigeria to develop ideas and digital skills that will ...
Education
Education stakeholders list consequences of children skipping classes
Some stakeholders in education sector have urged parents to allow their children pass through all the academic stages as stipulated in the education ...
Education
JAMB gets zonal office in Ilorin
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has created another zonal office in Kwara State. JAMB’s registral, Prof Is- haq Oloyede disclosed this ...
Education
Gobir Gives Scholarship to Kwara Students
The Young Progressives Party, YPP, Gubernatorial candidate in Kwara State, Waziri Yakubu Gobir has presented scholarships to fifteen (15) students in Tertiary Institutions ...
Education
Kwara Gov congratulates Dr. Abolore on Fellowship Award
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated the Commissioner for Tertiary Education Dr. Alabi Afees Abolore on his bagging the Fellowship of the ...
Education
Unilorin kicks off virtual classes, deploys 300-capacity zoom licences to faculties, depts
As promised by the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Wahab OlasupoEgbewole, SAN, the University of Ilorin has assigned 500 user accounts of 300-capacity zoom licences to its various Faculties ...
Education
JAMB Issues Caution Against Social Media Account
The Registrar, Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned members of the public against a social media account that was created in ...
Education
Nigerian students in UK, others risk deportation
Nigerians and other immigrant students in the United Kingdom currently face a high-risk of deportation after completion of their studies following a row ...
Education
President Buhari inaugurates JK Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday inaugurated the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos. The President in company of Gov. ...
Education
Dearth of experts, brain drain compound GI woes – University Don, Olokoba
A Professor of Medicine at the University of Ilorin, Abdulfatai Bamidele Olokoba, has bemoaned the dearth of Gastroenterologists and Endoscopists in Nigeria, compounded ...
Education
Pay all lecturers, CONUA begs FG
The leadership of the Congress of University Academics has appealed to the Federal Government to be magnanimous and pay all university lecturers their ...
Education
Journalism is about ability to write well not certificate – CPS to Kwara Gov.; Ajakaye, As Media charged on agenda setting for political candidates
The Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Kwara State Governor, Rafiu Ajakaye has advised journalism students to always practice news writing on daily ...
Education
Afrika Eyes Set To Unveil Campus Journalism Program
Afrika Eyes an online newspaper is set to unveil an “Afrika-Eyes campus journalism program” targeted to enrich the practical knowledge of journalism students ...
Education
Stop Celebrating People With Doubtful Sources Of Wealth, Kwara Governor Charges Nigerians
For Nigeria to take its rightful place among the comity of nations, Nigerians must edify, protect and promote the class of persons of ...
Education
Adeleke sets up panel on viability of University of Ilesa
Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State on Tuesdaya inaugurated an ad-hoc committee for the newly established University of Ilesa, with a mandate to ...
Education
Unilorin to consider virtual lectures over transport glitch on Varsity road
The management of the University of Ilorin has hinted at the possibility of considering virtue class for some groups of students, following the ...
Education
NANS threatens mass protest over outrageous fees
The National Association of Nigerian Students NANS has appealed to the Governing Council of the University of Maiduguri to reverse the outrageous increase in ...
Education
Gov. Makinde appoints Ajibola Sikiru as new Rector for Oke-Ogun Poly
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has approved the appointment of Dr. Ajibola Sikiru Adetona as the Rector, Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki. The approval ...
Education
KWSG Commences disbursement of Scholarship Awards to Kwara students in Nigerian Law School
Kwara State Government has directed the disbursement of scholarship allowances to bonafide Kwara Students (Indigenes) in the Nigerian Law School across the country. ...
Education
University of Ilorin gets 31 new professors, 38 readers
The Governing Council of the University of Ilorin has approved the appointment and promotion of 31 new professors and 38 readers in various ...
Education
We Have Invested N20bn On Education, Says Kwara Governor
The All Progressives Congress (APC) led Kwara State government has invested about N20 billion in education sector alone in the last three and ...
Education
2 Kwarans emerge runner- ups at Qur’an recitation competition in Zamfara
Two members of Kwara State’s contingent to the just concluded National Qur’an Recitation Competition in Gusau, Zamfara State emerged runner- ups in two ...
Education
Future of Nigeria lies on quality primary education – NUC Executive Secretary
The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission Professor Abubakar Rasheed has opined that the future of education in Nigeria lies in the quality of ...
Education
Buhari Appoints Sani Man Yahaya As Rector Ede Polytechnic
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Sani Man Yahaya as the new Rector, of Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun state. The appointment of Dr ...
Education
JAMB announces dates for 2023 UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board,JAMB, has at the end of its management meeting held on Tuesday rolled out some major dates for ...
Education
NUT, IPU, APC, Head Teachers hail Gov. AbdulRazaq over Asude’s appointment
Professional bodies and community associations, including the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Ibagun Progressive Union (IPU), Balogun Gambari Youth Movement, Association of Primary ...
Education
Kogi Poly withdraws 185, expels 14 for poor performance, misconduct
The Academic Board of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja has withdrawn 185 students for poor academic performance and expelled 14 others over examination misconduct ...
Education
Gov Masari sacks VC, Pro-Chancellor of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Bello Masari, has directed immediate resignation of the Vice Chancellor, Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU), Prof. Sanusi Mamman, and ...
Education
75 Universities Established Under Buhari – NUC
The National Universities Commission, NUC, says it approved and licensed 75 universities in the past seven years of the present administration as part ...
Education
How New Students Tested Positive To Drugs – VC Al-Hikmah University
Some school leavers who recently got admission into Al-Hikmah university, Ilorin, have tested positive to drugs. The vice chancellor of the faith-based university, ...
Education
Prosecution of illegal universities, outside our ambit- NUC boss
Executive Secretary, Nigerian Universities Commission,NUC, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, has said that prosecuting illegal universities is outside the jurisdiction of the Commission. Rasheed said ...
Education
AbdulRazaq approves scholarship for Kwara students in Nigerian Law school
Kwara State Government has approved scholarship for Kwara Students in Nigerian Law accross the Country The Commissioner for Tertiary Education Dr Alabi Afees ...
Education
CONUA accuses FG of withholding workers’ salaries
The Ministry of Labour and Employment, has come under fire from the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) for failing to pay its members’ ...
Education
Group commends FG over adoption of mother tongue as language of instruction in primary schools
A civil society organization, peacebuilding organization, Foundation has commended the federal government of Nigeria for adopting the mother tongue as language of instruction ...
Education
FG unveils curriculum for Universities to meet needs of Society
Federal Government has introduced new curriculum for university education in the country to reflect the 21st-century realities. At the unveiling of the new ...
Education
Desist from illegal recruitments or ready to face consequence – KWSG to head of tertiary institutions
Kwara State Government has warned the management of the state-owned tertiary institutions to desist from illegal recruitment of staff or face the full ...