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Lepers Colony Residents Want Scholarship for Children

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Residents of the Lepers Colony, Iberekodo, Abeokuta have appealed to the Ogun State government to give scholarships to their children to enable them to further their education. The leader of the community, Mr John Odunawo made the plea when he led some residents of the colony on a courtesy Continue Reading

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NECO Releases 2022 SSCE Results

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The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination(SSCE). It blacklisted 29 supervisors for alleged involvement in various malpractice offences during the just concluded examination. NECO Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, who announced the results on Thursday at the Continue Reading

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Let’s prioritise safety in schools – FG

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Minister Of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu has restated the ministry’s commitment to work closely with all Nigerians to provide safe schools where children and teachers are protected from threats and crisis. Mallam Adamu made this known in Ibadan while delivering his goodwill message at the 58th national delegate conference of the Nigeria Union Of teachers, […]Continue Reading

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Makinde Inaugurates GCI Board

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Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has called for more support from voluntary individuals or groups that are ready to give back to society through collaboration with the government in order to ensure the quality standard of education in the state. Governor Makinde made the call while inaugurating the board of trustees of Government College, […]Continue Reading

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ASUU Strike: Citizens Lament Grounded Businesses, Academic Activities

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One of the items of the sustainable development goals is access to quality education. In Nigeria at present however , over  7 months ASUU strike has destabilized the school’s academic calendar and also crippled business activities around varsities. The 7months plus strike did not only affect business activities, academic calendar has been destabilized for the Continue Reading

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Upgrade of OSCOED Ilesa to University carefully conceived – Gov Oyetola

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Osun State governor, Mr Adegboyega Oyetola, has assented to the law for the upgrade of Osun State College of Education, OSCOED, Ilesa to a full-fledged University. The governor’s assent followed the successful passage of the Executive Bill into Law by the Osun State House of Assembly, OSHA, in August this year. Speaking shortly after assenting to the […]Continue Reading

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2023 UTME: JAMB Rolls out Fresh Guidelines

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set out new guidelines for the conduct of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). This is contained in its Weekly Bulletin released on Monday in Abuja. The board said the development was released in a communiqué issued at the end of a five-day brainstorming retreat for […]Continue Reading

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FG Withdraws Order to Re-open Varsities

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The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission (NUC), on Monday afternoon withdrew a circular directing the reopening of federal public universities. The directive was given to Vice-Chancellors, Pro-Chancellors and Governing Councils to re-open Federal Universities. The government had in a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 addressed to all Continue Reading

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ASUU within its rights with strike – Oba Owosekun

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As the drama between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU continues, a traditional ruler has pleaded with both parties to reach a common ground to prevent the nation’s education sector from total collapse. The Asotun of Isotun-Ijesa, Oba Akinola Owosekun made the appeal in Ilesa while speaking with Radio Nigeria’s […]Continue Reading

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FG to VCs: Reopen Schools

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The Federal Government has ordered the vice-chancellors of universities to re-open schools and allow students resume lectures. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has been on strike for about seven months now. Recall that the federal government went to court to challenge the action of the association. Last week the national industrial court through Polycarp […]Continue Reading

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Students Defy Rain as Schools Resume in Osun State

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Students of Osun State public and private schools on Monday defied the early morning showers and resumed for the first term of the 2022/2023 academic session. A visit by Radio Nigeria to some public and private primary and secondary schools in Osogbo indicates that teaching and learning could not commence as students, under the supervision of teachers, […]Continue Reading

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Resumption: Schools Set for Academic Activities

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Schools in Ogun State resumed for the 2022/2023 academic session after the long vacation. Radio Nigeria correspondent, who visited some of the Schools in Abeokuta, the state capital, observed a large turnout of students as early as seven thirty for morning assembly. Apart from the heightened activities in the schools, the state also witnessed heavy […]Continue Reading

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JAMB to Conduct Supplementary Exam

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has scheduled a supplementary UTME for Saturday, September 24, 2022, for 67 candidates who registered but were unable to take the exam due to unforeseen circumstances. According to a statement issued by JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Febian Benjamin, candidates will take their exams at […]Continue Reading

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Students Ground Lagos Airports over ASUU Strike

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Vehicular movement is at a stand-still at both the local and international airports in Lagos as the National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS protest the continued stay at home of students due to the Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU strike. All the access roads into the airports have been condoned off by the students […]Continue Reading

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ASUU Strike: Buhari Vows to Hold More Consultations

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President Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, promised to extend the ongoing consultations between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end the seven-month strike. “I will make further consultations, and I’ll get back to you,” Buhari said to the chairman and select members of Pro-Chancellors of Federal Universities at the State […]Continue Reading

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NANS Plans Protest on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway over ASUU Strike

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The National Association of Nigerian Students, South-West Zone, on Monday, said it would commence protests on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway (Sagamu Interchange) over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. According to the association, the protest was organised as a result of the lingering ASUU strike. The association’s position was contained in a Continue Reading

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Safety Tips as Schools Resume

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“Holiday is over, holiday is over, now the school bell rings, teachers whip awaits, welcome teachers, welcome scholars, we are back to school from a jolly holiday, a jolly holiday ‘’, is believed to be the song on the lips of students of primary and secondary schools now, as they resume academic activities after  about […]Continue Reading

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FG’s Suit against ASUU Adjourned till Friday

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The suit against the Academic Staff Union of Universities which was filed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has been adjourned, The matter came up before Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja. The Federal Government on Monday urged the National Industrial Court to order ASUU to […]Continue Reading

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Students in High Spirits as Schools Resume in Ekiti

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In Ekiti State, Public Private Nursery, Primary and Secondary Schools resumed on Monday for the first term 2022/2023 academic session. As early as seven o’clock in the morning, pupils and students were seen trooping to their various schools just as some of them were seen at strategic junctions waiting for the school buses to convey […]Continue Reading

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‘Education is Key, Get One’– Expert Advises Women

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Women have been advised to strive to acquire basic education so as to make them relevant in the society. An expert Dr Mabayoje Emmanuel stated this at a forum on ‘Literacy Day’ in Ibadan. Dr Emmanuel said women needed education in all their daily transactions as it helps in all endeavours. Dr Emmanuel who noted […]Continue Reading

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Returned Certificate: LAUTECH Graduate Receives Cash Cheque

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Mr Oludare Alaba, a graduate of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Oyo State has received a cheque of five hundred thousand naira (N500, 000). Radio Nigeria had earlier reported that a source from the LAUTECH Alumni association hinted that the association was already taking a step after the certificate drama ensued on […]Continue Reading

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QSl Alumni Give Back to Alma Mater

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The saying by Winston Churchill, that “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give ” was again re-enacted when some old students gave back to their Alma mata. The 1989/94 set of Queen’s School Ibadan, as a way of contributing to the school that made them, donated […]Continue Reading

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UNILORIN Appoints New Vice Chancellor

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The University of Ilorin has appointed Prof. Wahab Egbewole as the Institution’s new vice chancellor. Wahab was announced as the new vice chancellor by the Governing Council at a press briefing held at the Council chamber of the University on Thursday evening. Chairman of the University governing council, Mallam Abidu Yasid, made the announcement. Egbewole […]Continue Reading

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LAUTECH Certificate Return: Graduate Receiving Positive Calls

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On Monday this week, a video of a graduate of Ladoke Akintola University, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso who attempted to return his certificate to the school on the claim that it is useless went viral on social media and other news platforms. Radio Nigeria correspondent Adedayo Adelowo sought out the LAUTECH graduate. When the news went viral […]Continue Reading

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Students’ preoccupation with social media, bane of reading culture – Stakeholders

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According to Oxford advance learner Dictionary, literacy is the ability to read and write. On November 17th 1965, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, UNESCO set aside 8th September for the annual celebration of International Literacy Day to remind the public of the importance of literacy as a matter of dignity and human rights, and […]Continue Reading