The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has lost accreditation for four of the courses offered in the institution, namely: Law, Dentistry, Botany and medical rehabilitation. The National Universities Commission reportedly suspended the university’s law, dentistry, medical rehabilitation, and botany programmes. Prospective students who selected any of the four courses in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary […]
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The University of Uyo on Thursday administered physician’s oath on 28 medical doctors, who recently completed their training in the institution’s college of health sciences. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof. Enefiok Essien, said that the ceremony (Sponsio Academica) marked 13th of its kind, having inducted 53 doctors in 2018. Essien, who was represented by […]
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The University of Ibadan, UI, on Tuesday 31 July 2018, at the 2nd Geoffery Axworthy Lecture renamed its 63 year old Arts Theatre after the Nigerian born literary icon and Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka. The aged arts theatre will now be known as “Wole Soyinka Theatre”. However, the programme was almost marred when the […]
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The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), said on Wednesday, that only 49.98 per cent of the candidates, who wrote its 2018 school certificate examination, obtained credit passes and above. The council’s Head of National Office (HNO), Olu Adenipekun, said the credit passes included English Language and Mathematics. Mr Adenipekun gave this information at a news […]
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A medical expert on Friday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court that her findings revealed that the two-year and 11-month old pupil of Chrisland School was raped. Oluwatoyin Olayioye was testifying before Justice Sybil Nwaka at the resumed trial of Adegboyega Adenekan, the school supervisor who allegedly raped the child. The witness, […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the dissolution of the Governing Board of National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB). A statement, made available to newsmen in Abuja on Monday by Mr Sonny Echono, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, said the approval was with immediate effect. Echono said the President had also directed the Minister of […]
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The management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has dismissed a lecturer of the institution, Richard Akindele, who demanded sex from a female student to help her improve her grades. The dismissal was disclosed during a press conference by the Vice Chancellor, Eyitope Ogunbodede, on Wednesday. Mr. Ogunbodede said the conclusion was reached after the […]
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The Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Is’haq Oloyede, has said Nigeria is dominated by certified thieves. The don disclosed this while speaking at 61st Birthday Colloquium of the Osun State Governor, Rauf Aregbesola, in Osun on Sunday. Mr Oloyede, who spoke on “Functional Education as a Tool for National Development and […]
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has released a list of 58 universities operating illegally in Nigeria. In a bulletin dated May 14, the commission said certificates obtained from any of the institutions are invalid. The commission said certificates obtained from the institutions will not be recognised for the purposes of National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), employment […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says the rescheduled Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) will take place May 26. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB spokesman, disclosed this on Sunday in an interview with NAN in Abuja. According to Benjamin, more than 12, 000 candidates are expected to sit for the mop-up examinations in few of its […]
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