Academic
Nigerian Medical Student Dies Two Weeks After Evacuation From Ukraine
One of the 40 students evacuated from Ukraine to Nigeria as a result of the country’s ongoing war with Russia, has died. Uzaifa Halilu Modachi who returned to Nigeria two weeks ago was said to have been preparing for his final-year medical examination at the Zaporizhzhia State Medical University in Ukraine before the war with […]
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Why University Of Ibadan Shut Is Indefinitely
The Management of the University of Ibadan (UI), on Thursday, shutdown the institution, ordering all the students to vacate the institution with immediate effectThe institution’s management said that it has become imperative to take this action following the ongoing indefinite and total strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The statement issued […]
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BREAKING: Again, ASUU Extends Strike By 8 Weeks
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has announced extension of its warning strike by eight weeks. The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Union made its decision known via its official Twitter handle @ASUUNGN a while ago. It has early been reported that the union, declared a one-month warning strike on February 14, to […]
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We ‘ll Continue To Deliver Free, Qualitative Education To Lift Our People From Poverty To Prosperity – Makinde
Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde on Saturday, restated his administration’s commitment towards the delivery of free and qualitative education as a way of lifting the people of the state from poverty to prosperity. The governor who stated this at the maiden convocation ceremony of the First Technical University, Ibadan, held at the University Hall, Lagos […]
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QSOGA Ede/Ibadan Holds 70th Anniversary As Stakeholders Make Case For Girl Child, women Involvement In Politics
Stakeholders have appealed to the government at all levels and members of the society to encourage girl child education and involvement of women in political activities of the country. The admonition was made at the 70th Anniversary of the Queen’s School Old Girls Association, QSOGA, held on Saturday at Solam Event Centre, Oluyole, Ibadan. Speaking […]
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ASUU Strike: UI, LAUTECH, UNILORIN, Sets Up Monitoring Teams
Academic activities have been paralysed at University of Ibadan, Ladoke Akintola University and University of Ilorin campuses as lecturers continue to prosecute the one-month strike declared by their Union to pressure government to sign renegotiated conditions of service for lecturers among other demands. The universities which are in the Ibadan Zone of the Union held […]
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University Of Ibadan Pharmacy Student Graduates With 6.9 Out Of 7.0 CGPA
A student of the University Of Ibadan, Cynthia Okafor has emerged as the Best Graduating Student in the Faculty of Pharmacy. She shared on Twitter pictures of herself in her convocation gown and also the awards she received from the school after graduating with a CGPA of 6.9 out of 7.0 from her faculty. She […]
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NDLEA Asks All Institutions To Introduce Drug Integrity Test For Students
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has requested all higher institutions in Nigeria to make drug integrity testing an institutional policy for both new and returning students as part of its efforts to combat the scourge of drug usage among Nigerian students. Brig. Gen. Mohamed Marwa (retd), the NDLEA’s chairman/chief executive, made the decision […]
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Oyo Govt Moves To Make LAUTECH Conventional University.
In its effort to change the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, from a technology university to a conventional university, the Oyo State Government has approved a Bill titled 2022 LAUTECH Amendment Bill, to be forwarded to the Oyo State House of Assembly. The Bill, which proposes to amend the objectives of the university to […]
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