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Aiyedatiwa urges corps members to support Ondo development
By Boye Oyeyemi Ondo State Governor, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has urged members of the National Youth Service Corps serving in the state to use their skills and talents to contribute meaningfully to the development of their host communities. Aiyedatiwa, represented by the State NYSC Coordinator, Mrs. Kuburat Omowumi Bakare, gave the charge while addressing corps members in the state, stressing…
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OAU alumni renovate Mozambique Hall block for female students
The Great Ife Alumni Association, District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia (DMV) Branch, USA, has renovated Block L of Mozambique Hall at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, in a multi-million-naira intervention to improve accommodation for female students. The renovated block was commissioned on Tuesday by the vice-chancellor of the university, Prof. Adebayo Simeon Bamire, at a ceremony attended by members…
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Atiba University DVC under fire for calling protesting students ‘intellectually bankrupt’
By Adejayan Gbenga A Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Atiba University, Oyo State, has come under criticism after describing some students protesting the suspension of the institution’s Law programme as “intellectually bankrupt.” The remark was made on Monday when the university official addressed students demonstrating against the Council of Legal Education’s decision to place the university’s Law programme under a 10-year moratorium.…
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Lagos Exams Board concludes 2026 CBT, reaffirms commitment to credible tests
By Olatomiwa Osho The Lagos State Examinations Board has concluded the 2026 Computer-Based Screening Test, with the Second Run successfully conducted across designated centres. Organised by the Lagos State Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, the exercise was completed in a calm and orderly atmosphere, with officials, technical personnel and security operatives ensuring its smooth conduct. Registrar of the Board,…
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Atiba University gets 10-year ban on law programme over regulatory violations
By Adejayan Gbenga The Council of Legal Education (CLE) has imposed a 10-year moratorium on Atiba University, Oyo State, over inadequate facilities and violations of regulations governing legal education. The decision was contained in resolutions adopted at the council’s Third Quarter Hybrid Meeting held on August 13, 2026, at the headquarters of the Nigerian Law School in Bwari, Abuja. In…
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Ondo moves to curb unauthorised levies in schools, introduces cashless policy
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ondo State Government has directed public schools to stop collecting payments in cash as part of measures to strengthen financial controls and curb unauthorised levies. The Ministry of Education, Science and Technology said the electronic payment system would take effect from the next academic session and was unveiled during a meeting with members of the Association…
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Yakubu Mohammed’s family donates memoir to PAAU as Dean honours late journalist
The family of the late veteran journalist and co-founder of the defunct Newswatch magazine, Alhaji Yakubu Mohammed, on Monday donated copies of his memoir, Beyond Expectations, to the Faculty of Communication and Media Studies of Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Ayingba, Kogi State. Mohammed passed away in January 2026 at the age of 75 and is widely celebrated for his contributions…
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BREAKING: UNIZIK suspends lecturer over exam misconduct as sexual harassment probe continues
The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, has suspended a lecturer in the Department of Chinese Studies, Professor Ifeanyi Sunny Odinye, for three months on half salary over alleged violations of the university’s General and Academic Regulations. The suspension followed the submission of an interim report by a six-member investigative panel constituted to examine allegations arising from a controversial…
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Lagos Censors Board empowers future visual storytellers, exposes children to creative photography
By Olatomiwa Osho The Lagos State Film and Video Censors Board (LSFVCB) has marked World Photography Day by exposing children to photography, visual storytelling and creative expression. The initiative, organised in collaboration with public and private institutions as well as professional photographers, provided the children with practical experience in photography and visual content production. As part of the programme, the…
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Ekiti police launch search for missing 21-year-old BOUESTI student
By Boye Oyeyemi The Ekiti State Police Command has launched a search for a 21-year-old student of Bamidele Olumilua University of Science and Technology, Ikere-Ekiti, Kehinde Adebiyi, who has been missing since July 3, 2026. Adebiyi, a 100-level student of the university, reportedly left his residence in the Abete area of Ikere-Ekiti on the said date but has not returned…
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