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5 Students, 3 Artisans Benefit From Efon Alaaye Development League Scholarships
Fortune has smiled on five students and three artisans through the Efon Alaaye Development League, Lagos branch, which gave them scholarship and equipment worth over N2million. The beneficiaries of the academic scholarship got N50,000 each, renewable yearly as long as…
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Elders, Residents Protest Renaming Of UNIOSUN College
The Asiwaju of Ejigbo town, Chief Atilade Adebowale, on Tuesday led some chiefs and residents of the town to stage a protest at the Osun State House of Assembly over the renaming of the College of Agriculture, Osun State University,…
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Private Schools In Ekiti Begin Strike Over Levy Imposition
Private schools in Ekiti State on Monday began a three-day strike to protest the imposition of N1,000 development levy per term on their pupils by Governor Ayodele Fayose. The state government had announced N1, 000 per term as education development…
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Medicine Students Will Now Spend 11 years In School – NUC
The National Universities Commission has stated that any student who wants to study medicine will henceforth spend a minimum of 10 to 11 years for the programme. Its Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, stated this while delivering a lecture at…
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MAPOLY To Commence Degree Awarding Soon – Amosun
Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has said the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, will soon become a degree-awarding institution. He said this at the 14th convocation ceremony of the institution on Thursday. According to the governor, the state has opened…
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NYSC 2016 Batch A Stream I Camp Commencement Date Shifted
The NYSC 2016 Batch A Stream I Orientation Camp date has been shifted. All prospective Batch A stream 1 corp members are hereby informd. The new date as well as reason for the shift has been disclosed. NYSC has announced…
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Rivers State Overseas Scholarship Beneficiaries to Return Home
Three hundred and twenty-eight students offered special overseas scholarships by the Rotimi Amaechi administration in Rivers State would now have to continue their studies in Nigeria. Their scholarships have been terminated due to “financial challenges” facing the Governor Nyesom Wike-led…
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Osun State Rename UNIOSUN, Other Institutions After Notable Nigerians
Gov. Rauf Aregbesola of Osun on Wednesday named Osun State University after former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, the late Chief Bola Ige. Aregbesola announced this at the convocation of the university. Other institutions renamed were…
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TASUED Introduce Two New Courses For NUC Accreditation
In its bid to get approval for two newly introduced courses, the National Universities Commission (NUC) Resource Evaluation Team was recently on the campus of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ogun State to verify the preparedness of the Institution…
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Kano State To Introduce Arabic Studies Into Pry & Sec Schools Curriculum
KANO State government will soon introduce Arabic Language into public primary and secondary schools curricula because of its significance in understanding Islam and because it is one of the official languages of the United Nations. Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje disclosed…
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POGIL, Ijebu Ode Produces Pioneer HND Graduates
THE premier private health polytechnic in Ogun State – POGIL College of Health Technology, Oke-Eri, Ijebu-Ode, has produced the first set of Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates in Environmental Science, 10 years after take-off. The Proprietor, Dr Adegoke Isaac, told…
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2016 UTME: Hijab Wearing Candidates To Be Checked Before Entering Halls – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said female candidates, wearing hijab should submit themselves to security checks before accessing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) halls. The Board’s Head of the Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin,…
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