ONE Innovation Hub in Offa, Kwara State, has successfully concluded its five-day Hackathon program, which commenced on August 28, 2023. The event, aimed at fostering digital literacy and problem-solving skills among local students, featured active participation from several schools in the area. Participating schools included Offa Grammar School, St Claire’s Girls School, Nawar-Ud-Deen Grammar School,…
Kwara State Ministry of Education and Human Capital Development, on Friday, announced that the primary six students in the state primary school will sit for the joint entrance examination to gain admission into Junior Secondary School (JSS) in the state. In a statement by Peter Amogbonjaye, the press secretary in the ministry, said the examination…
The Kano State Government has raised concerns over the current state of education in the region, drawing attention to a disheartening situation where a school accommodating over 5,000 pupils operates without proper classrooms and basic amenities, including a standard toilet. Umar Haruna Doguwa, the Commissioner for Education in the state, brought this issue to light…
Despite billions of naira released to the state government in recent years by the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), several schools in Kwara State are still begging for attention. A recent visit to Government Day Secondary School, Fate in Ilorin East Local Government Area painted a vivid picture of the neglect that has befallen the…
In its effort to ease the workers due to the effect of the removal of the petrol subsidy, the University of Ibadan (UI) on Tuesday, directed its staff to work for three days a week. The resolution was made known in a statement issued by the institution in a special release with the number 4642,…
In a bid to overcome BSc/HND discrepancies, the National Board for Technical Education on Monday, launched an online top-up programme for Higher National Diploma holders to convert their certification to Bachelor’s Degree by going through a one-year online top-up with foreign accredited universities. According to board’s Head of Media Unit, Mrs Fatima Abubakar, who disclosed…
A student of Deeper Life High School, Kamsiyochukwu Nkechinyere Umeh, who had the highest score of 360 in the 2023 UTME, has also cleared all her papers in recent released of the the West African Senior School Certificate Examination results with 8 A1 and a B2. It was gathered that the 16-year-old student scored A1…
The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Monday, released 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) results. According to Patrick Areghan, Head of Nigeria’s Office (HNO) of WAEC, out of a total of 1,613,733 candidates that sat for the examination, the results of 262,803 candidates are being withheld “due to reports of cases of…
Kwara State Governor, Mallam AbdulRahaman AbdulRazaq, has given the green light for the disbursement of fuel subsidy removal palliative to undergraduate students hailing from Kwara State and studying in public-owned tertiary institutions across Nigeria. According to a statement signed by Prof. Shehu AbdulRaheem Adaramaja, Chairman of the Government Committee on students’ palliative, eligible students can…
In a bid to promote accessible education, the Kwara State government has taken a proactive step to ensure that headmasters and principals do not collect fees from candidates or parents for the upcoming common entrance examination. Scheduled to be held on August 19, 2023, across the 16 local government areas of the state, the examination…
A prestigious Parliamentary Summit in honour of the Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial district, Mallam Saliu Mustapha (Turaki of Ilorin), has been organised by the University of Ilorin Students’ Union Senate Council. It was gatherd that the event, titled“the significance of legislation and the crucial role of legislators in shaping the nation’s destiny”, was held…
Prof. Abdul Rasheed Na’Allah, the Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, has said that it has become compulsory for every student of the institution to register a company as a pre-requisite for graduation. Na’Allah, while addressing the newsmen on some of his administration’s achievements in the last four years, stated that his team had made a…
The Osun State chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Iree and the students of the institution on Tuesday, protested the sack of its Rector, Dr Tajudeen Odetayo, by Governor Ademola Adeleke, while kicking against his replacement by a kinsman of the Governor. It could be recalled that the Osun State Government, in…
A corps member at the orientation camp of the National Youth Service Corps in Osun State, simply identified Bright has reportedly died. Bright’s death was pronounced by his colleague, Lawrence Echezona, on his Facebook page, saying the corps member died in his sleep over the weekend. His post read, “It’s a pity for us that…
No fewer than ten senior secondary school students in Ogun State reportedly waylaid and assaulted one Kolawole Shonuga, a teacher who stopped one of them from cheating during an examination in the school. It was gathered that the incident, which occurred on Tuesday at Isanbi Comprehensive High School, Ilisan-Remo, Ikenne Local Government Area of the…
The University of Lagos has reportedly increased the tuition fees for undergraduate students in the institution. The development was contained in a statement dated July 20, 2023, by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, UNILAG branch following a meeting with the top management staff, saying the vice-chancellor of the institution declared that fees would…
The Federal Government has increased the school fees of new students into Federal Government Colleges otherwise known as Federal Unity Colleges to ₦100,000. The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education made this known in a directive from the Office of the Director of Senior Secondary Education Department of the Federal Ministry of Education,…
An Anambra pupil involved in fake unified tertiary matriculation examination (UTME) result, Ejikeme Mmesoma has tendered her apology to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) over her action. Mmesoma tendered the apology on Wednesday, when appearing before an ad hoc committee of the house of representatives investigating the alleged forgery of result. Ishaq Oloyede,…
Following the fuel subsidy removal by the federal government and the hike in price of petrol, the College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, has directed its members to henceforth work for only two days a week. It was gathered that the union, while lamenting that the life has been unbearable with members since the…
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has been asked by the house of representatives to extend the validity of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results to three years, while alos urged the board to conduct the UTME at least twice a year. Akin Rotimi, the lawmaker representing Ekiti north 1 federal constituency, while…
