Education
ARCON DG lauds Unilorin on ‘Pitch-A-Ton Initiative, as Ajayi Crowther Varsity Emerges Winner
The Director General of the Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria, ARCON, Dr. Olalekan Fadolapo has lauded the University of Ilorin on its efforts ...
Education
Igbinedion Varsity Matriculates Over 1500 New Students
By Usman Aliyu The Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo on Saturday matriculated more than 1500 students for 2023/2024 academic session. In his speech, Prof. ...
Education
Kwara Varsity Expels 14 Students Over Exam Malpractice
Authorities of the University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State have expelled 14 students of the institution, including five 500 Level students, over various ...
Education
Unilorin To Introduce ‘Lecturer Of The Year’ Award
The Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), University of Ilorin, Prof. Olubunmi Abayomi Omotesho, has announced the decision of the authorities of the University to ...
Education
Kwara Govt Orders Continuing Education Centres To Pay Dues or Face Full Wrath Of Law
In a bid to generate more revenue for the State, the Kwara State Government has directed all the Continuing Education Centres in the ...
Education
Philanthropist Distributes 300 Free JAMB Forms To Indigent Students In Kwara
A philanthropist, Muhydeen Okunlola Kayode (MOK) Foundation has again awarded the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) scholarship to three hundred indigent students ...
Education
Kwara Govt Gives Unregistered Private Schools Ultimatum, Set For Clampdown
The Kwara State Government has given all substandard and unregistered private schools three months ultimatum to get their schools registered and adhere to ...
Education
Gov AbdulRasaq Presents Cheque To Winners Of Presidential Debate Competition
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has presented N6m cheques to the six public school students who recently won the presidential debate competition in ...
Education
Varsity’s Role In Fostering Entrepreneurial Culture Amongst Students Critical To National Devt – VC
By Usman Aliyu Prof. Lawrence Ezemonye, the Vice-Chancellor, Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo, says role of the university in fostering entrepreneurial culture amongst students ...
Education
UNIBEN Appoints 38 New Professors
By Usman Aliyu The University of Benin has announced the appointment of 38 new Professors and 43 Associate Professors across its various faculties, ...
Education
MOK Foundation Presents Free WAEC Forms To 130 Kwara Indigent Students
An organization concerned with education development in Kwara state, the Muhydeen Okunlola Kayode Foundation, has disbursed WAEC scholarships to over 130 less privileged ...
Education
Gov. AbdulRazaq Appoints Ex-Unilorin VC To Chair KWASU Governing Council
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdRazaq has appointed a new Governing Council for the state-owned Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete. Former Vice Chancellor of ...
Education
122 Students Bag First Class At 31st Convocation Of FUNAAB
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB) is set to graduate about 122 first class students at the 31st convocation ceremony to be ...
Education
Kwara Govt Subsidises BECE Exam Fees For Students Of Public Primary Schools
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved the subsidisation of the cost of 2024 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) for students in public ...
Education
Tinubu Orders Expansion Of Student Loan Programme
President Bola Tinubu has directed the management of the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) to expand its focus area by extending interest-free loans ...
Education
NANS Meets FG Team On Monday Over Student Loan Scheme
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, is meeting officials of the federal government on Monday to put the finishing ...
Education
NANS Applauds JAMB For Free UTME Registration For PLWD
As the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, started the sale of form for its 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, UTME, on Monday, ...
Education
Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation Announces University Scholarship Opportunities, See Link
The Abubakar Bukola Saraki Foundation is pleased to invite eligible candidates to apply for its 2024 Scholarship Award program. Eligibility: Applicants must have ...
Education
Racketeering: FG’s Ban On Certificates Affects 15,000 Nigerian Students – NANS
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Benin Republic, has called for leniency over the ban on validation of degree certificates from the ...
Education
Pizza Certificates: Minister Explains Double Deployment Of Reporter For NYSC
Education Minister Tahir Mamman, on Wednesday, said the failure of technology was responsible for the double deployment of an undercover journalist for the ...
Education
Security Agents Will Go After Nigerians With Fake Foreign Certificates —Minister
Security agents will go after Nigerians with fake certificates from foreign countries already using them to secure opportunities in the country, Education Minister ...
Education
FG To Suspend Degree Certificates From Uganda, Kenya, Others – Minister
Following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the Federal Government has said the sanction would ...
Education
FULL LIST: Blacklisted foreign universities in Nigeria
The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education, on Tuesday, announced the suspension of evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates from the ...
Education
FG Suspends Accreditation Of Degree Certificates From Benin Republic, Togo
The Federal Government has suspended the accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo. This move followed a report detailing ...
Education
Group Seeks Renaming Of University of Ilorin
The people of Ilorin Emirate in Kwara State on Monday called on the federal government to rename the University of Ilorin after the ...
Education
IPU, ACF, GAMA, Gov. Adviser Excited As Kamaldeen Amode Leads Atomic Researchers In U.S University
The people of Okelele/ Ibagun community, Arewa Consultatives Forum (ACF) and Gamji Members Association (GAMA) have hailed the appointment of a Kwaran, Dr. ...
Education
FG Should Give N50bn To Students As Grants Not Loan – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged the Federal Government to covert the 50 billion naira budgeted for student loan scheme ...
Agriculture
Kwara Varsity charges graduands to uphold insitution’s values
By Bushrah Yusuf-Badmus The Acting Vice Chancellor, Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. Jimoh Shayk-Luqman has charged graduands of the university to uphold the ...
Education
Principal Hails Governor AbdulRazaq, SUBEB For Reviving Public Schools
The Principal of the Government Day Junior Secondary School, Oja-gboro in Ilorin East local government area of Kwara State, Mr. Yusuf Abdullahi has ...
Education
ASUP demands immediate reconstitution of governing councils of polytechnics
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has urged the federal government to immediately reconstitute all dissolved governing councils of polytechnics in accordance with ...
Education
JAMB Registrar Delivers KWASU Convocation Lecture, As 183 of 16,318 Graduands Bag First Class Honours
……VC Begs Govt To Wade Into Institution’s Land Encroachment Kwara State University, Malete, (KWASU) is set to award first-class honours degrees to 183 ...
Education
Varsity Don Canvasses Creation Of National Examination Malpractices Board
In order to curb the growing malfeasance in the nation’s education sector and to restore its lost glory, a Professor of Educational Management ...
Education
Summit University, Offa holds combined convocations, As VC Takes Pride In Achievements
Vice Chancellor, Summit University, Offa, Kwara state, Professor Abiodun Musa Aibinu, has said that one of the factors for establishing the institution is ...
Education
Legal Icon Advocates African Brain Decolonization
A legal luminary, Professor Yusuf Olaolu Ali, SAN, has advocated for brain decolonization as a way of advancing African education to empower the ...
Education
Poly Suspends Physical Classes Over Robbery Attacks
The Management of Ogun State-owned ICT Polytechnic, Gateway Polytechnic, Sapaade, has suspended physical classes following incessant attacks on students by armed robbers. The ...
Education
Bauchi Varsity Shuts Down School After Student’s Murder
The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi has shut down the school for one week following a protest by students of the ...
Education
Unilorin Reviews School Fees After Meetings With Students Union Representatives
The management of the University of Ilorin has announced new charges payable by its students in the 2022/2023 academic session. The charges made ...
Education
Unilorin Unveils 48 New Professors, See List
The authorities of the University of Ilorin have announced the promotion of 48 of its academic staff to the rank of Professor as ...
Education
Kwara Govt Seeks Public Memoranda On Proposed State University of Education
Kwara State Government has called on stakeholders in the education sector to submit memoranda for the establishment of Kwara State University of Education. ...
Education
Vice-President Shettima To Deliver Al-Hikmah Varsity Convocation Lecture As 26 Bag First Class
Nigeria’s Vice-President, Sen. Kashim Shettima is to deliver the 13th Convocation Lecture of the Al-Hikma University, Ilorin. This is as 26 bagged First ...
Education
Katsina schools now terrorists’ dens – Gov Radda
The Katsina State Governor, Malam Umar Dikko Radda, has decried activities of bandits in the area lamenting that terrorists have taken over a ...
Education
TASUED Muslim Celebrates Outstanding Achievement of Niqobi, Ridohya, As Best Graduating Student
In a moment of pride and celebration, Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) recently honoured its exceptional graduates during the convocation and prize-giving ...
Education
NYG: Kwara Begins Talent Hunt With 11,000 School Children
The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWASUBEB) has begun a talent hunt for athletes that will represent the state in the next ...
Education
Medical Laboratory Council Inducts 46 Newly Qualified Graduates of KWASU
46 newly qualified Medical Laboratory Scientists from Kwara State University have been inducted into the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria bringing to ...
Education
Winners Emerge In Kwara Qur’an Competition
Winners have emerged in the finals of the 2023 Quranic recitation competition in Kwara State. The grand finale of the competition was held ...
Education
Kwara: Gov AbdulRazaq Inaugurates Education Trust Fund Board
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has inaugurated members of the state Education Trust Fund Board, which he said will play a key role ...
Education
Saraki Pledges Sponsorship of 100 Students, Infrastructure Support At Newly Commissioned MK University
A former Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has pledged support towards a rapid growth of the newly established Muhammad Kamalud-Deen University, Ilorin, ...
Education
Emirs, AbdulRazaq, Saraki, Others Extol Virtues Of Sheikh Kamalud-deen At Varsity’s Commissioning
Eminent Nigerians yesterday poured encomiums on the founder of Ansarul Islam Society of Nigeria (AISN), the late Sheikh Muhammad Kamalud-deen Al- Adaby for ...
Education
Gov. AbdulRazaq Hosts Winners of Presidential Debate, Rewards Them With Cash, Scholarship
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq at the weekend hosted the six public school students who won the presidential debate competition in Abuja, rewarding ...
Education
Why colleges of education can’t remit 40% to FG treasury — COEASU
Lecturers of the nation’s colleges of education have asked the federal government to exclude the colleges from 40 per cent remittance as recently ...
Education
WAEC Announces Computer-Based Exams For Private Candidates
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), on Monday, said it has concluded plans to conduct Computer Based Examination (CBE) for candidates writing its ...
Education
Gov. AbdulRazaq Charges Kwara Poly Graduands On Creativity, Lauds Infrastructural Turn Around Of Institution
By Kayode The Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazak has charged the 2022/2023 graduating students of the Kwara State Polytechnic to utilize the opportunity ...
Education
Kwara Poly Seeks Govt Support In Averting Illegal Selling of Institution Land, As 8,350 Convoke
By Kayode The management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin on Wednesday appealed to the state government to assist in stopping the menace ...
Education
Varsity Don Tasks FG On Proper Palliatives’ Administration
A Professor of Agricultural Economics and Farm Management at the University of Ilorin, AbdulAzeez Muhammad-Lawal, has charged government and other concerned stakeholders to ...
Education
Foundation Awards Millions Naira Scholarships To Deaf Students
In a heartwarming display of commitment to inclusive education, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has ...
Education
Unizik suspends staff over forgery, fake degree
The Vice Chancellor, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state, Prof Charles Okechukwu Esimone, Thursday, approved for immediate suspension of one Nwafor Osborne Ogbonnaya ...
Education
KWIRS Quiz Contest: Stepping Stone, Eucharistic, GSS Lafiagi Cash Home Millions, As Govt Reaffirms Commitment To Quality Education
After intense competition, Stepping Stone College, Ilorin emerged the overall winner of the 2023 Kwara Internal Revenue Service, (KWIRS) Tax Quiz Competition and ...
Education
Osun: Education Comm. Tasks Old Students on Infrastructure, As 1976/77 Set of St Peters Iremo give back to Alma mata
Commissioner for Education in Osun state, Hon Depo Ijiwole has tasked old students of public schools in the state, to assist the government ...
Education
Kwara Moves To Establish University of Education, Gov. Abdulrazaq Names Prof. Oba, 10 Others As Planning Committee
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has appointed former Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin Prof. Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem (OFR) as chairman of ...
Education
Libraries, librarians may go into extinction – Don alerts
A don, Prof. Lucky Abdulsalami, has alerted that libraries may go into extinction unless librarians learn to adapt and seek out creative answers ...