Education
Why We’re Building 40 Digital Literacy Centres: AbdulRazaq, Lauds Huawei, Youthhub for ICT lab
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has said the administration is currently building 40 digital literacy centres across the state, calling it a big ...
Education
Comm’t on corporal punishment in Arabic school submits report, We’ll set up Arabic board Says Gov AbdulRazaq
The 11-person committee set up by the Kwara State Government to investigate the corporal punishment meted to some Arabic school students in Ganmo ...
Education
Buhari Urges Nigerian Varsities to Emulate Unilorin
President Muhammadu Buhari has charged other institutions of higher learning in the country to take a cue from the University of Ilorin by ...
Education
FBN Holdings Denies Otedola’s Acquisition of Majority Shares
FBN Holdings (FBNH) Plc, on Thursday, denied the reported acquisition of a majority stake in the company by Businessman, Femi Otedola. In a ...
Education
Kwara SUBEB Organizes Debate for Public School Students
Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board on Thursday flagged off a public debate competition for students of Junior Secondary Schools in the state. ...
Education
Kwara Monarch Commends NGO For Donating Textbooks to Public Schools
Olomu of Omupo in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State ,Oba (Alhaji) Mohammed Yaqub Adebayo Buhari has commended Babatunde Adekeye Foundation (BAF) ...
Education
Unilorin Inducts 33 Veterinary Doctors
Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ilorin, Kwara state on Wednesday inducted a total number of 33 young veterinary doctors into veterinary medicine ...
Education
Police Sec Sch Resumes Academic Session, Lauds Gov AbdulRazaq Contributions
The Kwara State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Hajiya Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, today conducted an inspection tour of the newly-opened Police ...
Education
Undergraduates Studying Education in Public Varsity to get N75K, NCE N50k per semester
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N75,000 as stipend per semester for students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities ...
Education
Nat’l APC Media Team Rate Kwara High on Infrastructure Dev’t in Schools
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Monday said his administration will prudently manage the grant it received from the UBEC to reposition public ...
Education
World Teachers Day: We Can’t Thank You Enough, Gov AbdulRazaq Tells Teachers
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has congratulated teachers in the state on the World Teachers’ Day, saying nothing can truly compensate for what ...
Education
“Break barriers, emulate good virtues from Adewale,” TESCOM Boss Charges Students
Students have been charged to break down the walls of laziness and procrastination while emulating positive traits that would ensure they excel academically ...
Education
Pantami’s Fake Professorship Joins Other Intellectual Frauds, By Farooq A. Kperogi
It emerged late last week that Communications and Digital Economy Minister Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami (or his agents) possibly instructed Zamfara State governor ...
Education
Foundation Awards Scholarship To Scores of Indigent Students In Kwara
A non governmental organization operating under the aegis of Tajudeen Ibrahim Olesin Foundation has awarded scholarship to 21 indigent secondary school students in ...
Education
Stakeholders Call For Revival of Reading Culture
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Global Ambassador and Executive Director, Brain Builders Youth Development Initiative, Olasupo Abideen has called for revival of reading ...
Education
Gov el-Rufai Kick Against Granting Preferential JAMB Scores to Northern children
Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State has kicked against decision of the authorities of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) on a preferential ...
Education
Shoddy Work: KWSG Threatens to Revoke Contracts
Kwara state government has threatened the contractors handling State Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) works in the state to do quality work or ...
Education
Provost Charges Students to be Good Ambassador of College
The Provost of the College of Nursing, Ilorin, Kwara state Mallam Imam Abubakar Ayinla as charge the new matriculating students of the college ...
Education
JAMB Scraps Uniform Cut-off Mark for Tertiary Institutions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday, August 31, announced the cancellation of the uniform cut-off marks for admission into tertiary ...
Education
Revitalization: Minister Tasks DG, Workers, As Gov AbdulRazaq wants MINILS Changed to Varsity
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN) has tasked the newly appointed Director General (DG) of Micheal Imoudu Institute for Labour ...
Education
Unilorin Student Reportedly Commits Suicide
A student of the University of Ilorin identified as Elijah Jude Anuoluwapo, has reportedly committed suicide early hours of Thursday by taking illicit ...
Education
KWSG/Cambridge University Press Commences Training of 1000 Public School Teachers
Kwara state government in partnership with the Cambridge University Press has organized two days seminar training for English and Mathematics Teachers, teaching in ...
Education
KWASU Flags Off Cyclists Club To Enhance Wellness
Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University, Malete(KWASU), Prof Muhammed Akanbi on Thursday flagged off the university’s cyclists club. Akanbi said the essence of the ...
Education
Huawei to Build Digital Academy in UI, In Appreciation of Students Performance
One of the global leading Information and Communication Technology provider, Huawei, has indicated its readiness to build a digital academy at the Nigeria ...
Education
Kwara to Establish Education Trust Fund to Drive Growth in Sector Says Gov AbdRazaq’s
Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday 5th of July disclosed that he had sent a Bill to the State House of Assembly ...
Education
University Don Charges Stakeholders on French Education
The need to imbibe French language as means of communication among younger generations has been brought to limelight by a university don. Professor ...
Education
Kwara: Schedule of SUBEB workers’ oral interview and promotion exam
The KWSUBEB wishes to inform both the Teaching and Non-Teaching staff of the board that Promotion Examinations and Oral interview for the years ...
Education
GSS Malete Old Students Lament School Decay Infrastructure, Land Encroachment
Old Students of the Government Secondary School, Malete, in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara state have appealed to the state government and ...
Education
No worker earns below N30,000 in Kwara Says NUT Chairman
The Chairman of the Nigerian Union of Teachers, NUT, Kwara State Chapter, Olu Adewara has clear air on controversy National Minimum Wage in ...
Education
Gov AbdulRazaq Approves Promotion Arrears for Teachers, As SUBEB Gets Working Tools
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the implementation of promotion arrears for tens of thousands of teachers and staff of the State ...
Education
Old Students Association Appeals To Gov Yahaya Over Plans To Convert Okene Sec Sch Into Military Barrack
Association of Old Students of Okene Secondary School in Kogi State has appealed to the State Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello to renege his ...
Education
Why we’re setting up Kwara Education Trust Fund – Gov AbdulRazaq
Kwara state Governor, AbdRahman AbdulRazaq has disclosed the reason his administration is establishing an education trust fund says it’s to mobilise resources for ...
Education
ARMTI trains 50 on Agric Value Creation in Kwara
Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute (ARMTI) has trained a selected group of 50 agric produce exporters on value creation through effective human ...
Education
Saliu Mustapha Foundation partners BBC, Dataphyte, Premium Times to train Kwara-based Online Media
By Ridwanullahi Odofin Following the collaboration with BBC, Dataphyte, Premium Times, and Others, the Saliu Mustapha Foundation has announced a 3-day media workshop ...
Education
Gov Aide, Oyo Speaker, Technocrat Seeks Mentorship for Youths for National Growth
Nigerian youths have called on leaders in the public and private sectors to prioritise mentorship for the younger generation in whatever capacity they ...
Education
Beneficiaries Applauds Ilorin Born Financial Expert Over Management and Leadership Training
Some of the beneficiaries of the American Chartered Institute of Management and Leadership certificate training course from Commonwealth of Kentucky College, USA has ...
Education
Gov AbdulRazaq’s flags-off Reconstruction of 600 Schools in Kwara
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday 8th of July, 2021 flagged off massive reconstruction of 600 schools in the state, a ...
Education
High Court Adjourn Case of Suspected Rapists, Killers of Unilorin Female Student
Trial of Eight suspected rapists and armed robbers who allegedly raped and murdered a 24-year-old University of Ilorin student, Olajide Blessing Omowumi, could ...
Education
Kwara Monarch Tasks Nat’l Assembly on Speedy Passage of Bill to Establish Varsity of Technology
A traditional ruler in Kwara state, Oba Muftau Oloyede Gbadamosi, Esuwoye II, the Olofa Of Offa, has tasked leadership of the National Assembly ...
Education
Emir of Ilorin Admonish Youths on Continuous Knowledge Seeking
The Emir of Ilorin and Chairman of the Kwara State Council of Chiefs, His Royal Highness, Alhaji (Dr.) Ibrahim Sulu Gambari, has admonished ...
Education
FG Establishes 5 New Universities, 3 for Technology, 2 for Health Science
The Federal Government has announced the establishment of five additional new universities in Nigeria to be located in Jigawa, Abuja, Akwa-Ibom, Bauchi and ...
Education
Bishop Oyedepo Calls for Regulation of Social Media
Bishop David Oyedepo, Chancellor, Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara, has called for urgent steps to check students’ unfettered access to social media. “We must ...
Education
Upgrading Polytechnics to Universities by FG is Misplaced Priority, Says ASUP President, Anderson
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Anderson Ezeibe has faulted the Federal Government’s position to upgrade some polytechnics ...
Education
Kwara Poly Rector, Dr. Jimoh, Gives Reason Why School Certificates Will Be Printed From Abroad Henceforth
Kwara State Polytechnic Rector, Dr. Engr. Abdul Jimoh Muhammed has disclosed that as part of his bid to sanitize the system and further ...
Education
Unilorin VC Hails Final Year Computer Engineering Students’ Inventions, Charge Them On Commercialization
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Age Abdulkareem, has applauded the final year students of Computer Engineering for their ingenious ...
Education
Gov AbdulRazaq’s Charges KWASU Students on Technology, Innovation, Consistency
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend joined the grand finale session of KWASULearn, a virtual holiday platform organised to take students ...
Education
NANS Decries Insecurity, Tasks Govt To Deploy Technology, Applauds Gov AbdulRasaq’s Giant Stride
National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has expressed strong dissatisfaction in the way Nigeria government is handling insecurity in the country said “the ...
Education
UniBen VC Applauds FG, TETFund for Funding Projects
The Vice-Chancellor University of Benin (UniBen) Prof. Lilian Salami, has applauded the Federal Government and Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) for funding several ...
Education
ASUP Suspend Strike, Hails National Assembly for Removal of Dichotomy
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) said it has suspended its 56 days old strike for three months enable government complete the ...
Education
Democracy Day: Provost Applauds Gov Abdulrazaq Efforts On Education.
The provost of the Kwara State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Ilorin, Alhaji Imam Abubakar Ayinla, has charged both the executive and legislative ...
Education
KWSG To Boost State’s Economy With N14bn
Kwara State government has disclosed that it has concluded arrangements to inject N14 billion into the state’s economy through execution of infrastructural projects ...
Education
JAMB Discloses Plan To Shift 2021 UTME Date
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB on Friday 14th of May 2021 disclosed that the board is considering shifting the initial date of ...
Education
Eid-el-fitri: Provost Preaches Peace, Development
The provost, Kwara State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Imam Abubakar Ayinla has congratulated the faithful Muslims on the occasion of Eid-el-Fitri celebration ...
Education
KWSG partners TIIDELab to train youth on software devt
In a bid to hone their creative and problem-solving skills as well as make them more competitive, the Kwara State Government has set ...
Education
European Union/Lithuanian Govt Grant Kwara Varsity N600m To Install Solar Power
European Union and the Lithuanian government have awarded sum of N600 million grant to the Kwara state owned University (KWASU) Malete to install ...
Education
KWSG Lauds Over Evacuation of Refuse In School Premises
The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has been lauded for his proactiveness in ensuring that school environment are in tidy condition. The recommendation ...
Education
Hijaab Controversy: 10 Kwara schools to resume academic classes Monday April 12
This is to inform parents/guardians and teachers that the 2020/2021 Third Term Accademic Session for the 10 schools affected in the recent hijaab ...
Education
KWSG Present Cash Gift to Kwara Recipients of 2018/2019 President’s NYSC Honour Award
The Kwara State Government has honoured the 2018/2019 Kwara Corps Members who have received President’s NYSC Honour Award with cash award in recognition ...
Education
FG begins collation of data of out-of-school children in Nigeria
The Federal Government on Tuesday announced that it had begun the collation of data of all out-of-school children across the country. Minister of ...
Education
UNILORIN to host national alumni conference
All is now set for the first National Conference and Workshop of the Association of Nigerian Universities Alumni (ANUA) to be hosted by ...