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▪︎ Osi begins six academic programmes in Jan 2025▪︎ Gov Abdulrazaq a jinx breaker: Commissioner▪︎ We can’t thank Gov enough: Head of Campus, Prof Binta Sulyman Academic sessions are to begin at the Osi and Ilesha Baruba Campuses of the Kwara State University as the State Government ramps up massive infrastructural development on the campuses,…
•Gov presents new buses to NANS, NAKSS Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Saturday inaugurated the Governing Council of the Kwara State University of Education, clearing the path for official take off of the school. The 11-member Governing Council has Prof. Shuaib Oba Abdulraheem (OFR) as its chairman and pro-chancellor. Other members of the Council…
Nigeria’s Federal Minister of Education has clarified that the government has not stopped under-18 students from taking the West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examinations Council exams. The Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu, clarified in Abuja on Friday while receiving questions from journalists at an event to mark the…
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The Federal Government has vowed to crack down on substandard school building construction across the country, urging stakeholders including the State Universal Basic Education Boards, SUBEBs, to ensure quality in the delivery of school building projects. The threat was issued by the Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi, during the training of staff of…
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The Federal Government has directed that admission to tertiary institutions should not be given to candidates under 18 years old. The Minister of Education, Mister Tahir Mamman, gave the directive in Abuja on Thursday at the 2024 Policy meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Although the announcement elicited mixed reactions from vice-chancellors,…
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The federal government of Nigeria has denied reports that it plans to sell the nation’s public universities to private investors. The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman, made the public denial on Tuesday while speaking during the Second Quarterly Engagement of the ministry with heads of units and chief executive officers of parastatals and agencies…
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175 students of the Kwara State University, Malete, has been expelled from the institution for various offenses. This disclosure was made via a statement by the Acting Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, which stated that the approval of the expulsion was given following the recommendations of the Students’ Disciplinary Committee, SDC, which held sittings…
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The authorities of the University of Ilorin in Kwara State have expelled a 100-level student of the institution, Olanrewaju AbdulKadir, for allegedly demanding ransom from the parent of his missing colleague. The expulsion of AbdulKadir was confirmed in the weekly bulletin of the university signed by the Director of Corporate Affairs, Alhaji Kunle Akogun, and…
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With Agency Reports The Niger State Government has slashed the tuition fees of its university of education, Abdulkadir Kure University, by 50 per cent, towards reducing the burden of fuel subsidy removal on the students and their parents. This is contained in a statement signed by the Pro-chancellor of the university, Prof Muhammed Yahaya-Kuta, on…
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The National Examinations Council (NECO) says it has concluded arrangements to conduct the Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) internally in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This follows the successful accreditation of Nigeria International School, Jeddah, by a delegation led by the Minister of State for Education, Dr Yusuf Sununu and the Registrar of NECO, Prof….
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