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Post-UTME: UNILORIN screens 16,097 candidates for admission
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin Over 16,097 prospective students participated in the 2024 Post-UTME screening exercise at the University of Ilorin, held from Thursday, August 29, to Saturday, August 31, 2024. The Director of the Computer-Based Test (CBT) Centre at the University of Ilorin, Prof. Kamil Rauf, expressed satisfaction with the smooth conduct of the screening, attributing the success to the…
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CPTEC urges clarity from Nigerian Government on degree accreditation in Togo
The Centre de Perfectionnement aux Techniques Economiques et Commerciales (CPTEC) in the Republic of Togo has responded to recent statements by Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman SAN, concerning the accreditation of higher education institutions in Togo and Benin Republic. Speaking to journalists on Thursday in Lagos, CPTEC’s President and co-founder, Professor Tunde Adeyemi, addressed the press release and…
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Twenty Nigerian students awarded scholarships to study at ESMT Berlin
By Kunle Sanni Twenty Nigerian students have been awarded scholarships to study at the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin, Germany. The scholarships were officially accepted by Nigeria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Yusuf Tuggar, during a special dinner in his honor hosted by German entrepreneur Lars Windhorst in Berlin, as revealed in a disclosure by Alkasim Abdulkadir,…
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KWSUBEB sets date, guidelines, for teachers’ recruitment exercise across LGAs
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (KWSUBEB) has announced that all applicants for its community-based recruitment exercise are required to report to their respective Local Government Areas (LGAs) on Thursday, September 5, 2024, at 9 a.m. prompt. This announcement was contained in a statement issued by the Board on Sunday in Ilorin. According to the…
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UI announces three-week break following protests over fee hike
The University of Ibadan has announced a three-week break for students to complete their registration following recent protests over a fee hike. The decision was made by the university council and communicated in a memo released on Friday, detailing that the break will run from August 31 to September 20, 2024. According to the circular, the Vice-Chancellor, on behalf of…
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Teachers’ Recruitment: OYOSUBEB interviews 8,077 candidates, fixes Sept 10 for people with disabilities
…NUT commends OYOSUBEB over transparent recruitment The Oyo State government has concluded oral interview sessions for Eight thousand and seventy seven (8,077) candidates in the recruitment exercise for teachers in the state. This was revealed by the Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, OYOSUBEB, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran during a meeting with Board members today. Recall that the…
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UI students protest governing council’s approval of fee hike
Students of the University of Ibadan are protesting the university governing council’s endorsement of school fee hike. The protests followed a circular issued Thursday. The circular indicated that the council, adopted the university Senate’s recommendations on the revised schedule of levies for returning and newly admitted undergraduate students for the 2023–2024 academic year. The circular also urged students yet pay…
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FG, ASUU to reconvene Sept 6 over impending strike action
Representatives of the Federal Government and members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) met on Wednesday to avert an impending industrial action by university lecturers and will reconvene again on September 6. The Minister of Education, Tahir Mamman, disclosed this in Abuja, saying the government is working with ASUU to fashion out modalities to address the contentious issues.…
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Atiku berates FG over age limits for entry to tertiary institutions
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has berated the Federal Ministry of Education over its policy that pegged age limits for entry to tertiary institutions, describing it as absurd. In a post on X on Wednesday, Atiku said the policy belongs to the stone ages. He wondered how such anti-scholarship regulation the next logical step in the myriads of issues besetting…
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Kwara SUBEB to recruit 1,611 staff for public basic schools
By Mosunmola Ayobami, Ilorin The Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board (Kwara SUBEB) in Ilorin has announced plans to recruit 1,611 teaching and non-teaching staff across the state’s sixteen local government areas. This announcement was made by the Board’s Chairman, Prof. Shehu Raheem Adaramaja, in a statement on Tuesday. According to Prof. Adaramaja, the recruitment drive will include 695 holders…
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