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The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Ondo State, Prof Adesegun Fatusi, has maintained that there is no going back on the hike in tuition fees of the institution, saying except the institution is allowed to increase school fees, it may soon collapse due to poor funding. Fatusi who stated this during a meeting ... Read more

The murder was gruesome and the action dastardly. The Osun State Police on Friday reassured the general public that there will be no compromise in the ongoing of the alleged murder case that indicted Chief Ramon Chairman of Hilton Hotel and Resort where a Master’s degree of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State ... Read more

He described the journey on the road to first-class as discouraging Sharing a photo of the convocation paper confirming his academic achievement, Alex said it had been a stressful and discouraging 5 years at the university, stressing that God's grace was his stimulating strength. In his words: "It has being a stressful, discouragingly rough terrain all through the last four years ... Read more

An alumnus of the University of Lagos, Mr. Adeola Austin Oyinlade, has won the American Bar Association International Human Rights Award 2021. UNILAG made this known in a titled, ‘UNILAG alumnus is first Nigerian to win American Bar Association’s human rights award.” Suffice to say, The PUNCH can authoritatively report that ... Read more

Students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso have taken to the school gate to protest against the alleged humiliation of a female Muslim student. According to a report by Daily Post, a yet-to-be-identified female Muslim student was allegedly humiliated by the Dean of Faculty of Nursing for wearing a Hijab. The ... Read more

The aspiration and efforts of the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, to be upgraded to a university of technology may soon be attained, given the assurance by the senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District, Oyelola Ashiru, at the 11th convocation ceremony of the institution recently. The recently concluded 11th convocation ceremony of the ... Read more

The Lagos government has awarded university scholarships to two exceptional students, Miss Favour Anuoluwapo and Taiwo Muhammed, for emerging best students with 8 A1’s and 7A1’s, respectively at the 2020 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations. The state government also received students who emerged champions at various ... Read more

LAGOS – Aare Afe Babalola SAN, Founder and Chancellor, Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State has condemned the delay by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) and the National Examination Council (NECO) in releasing the results of examinations for 2021. Aare Babalola, in a statement made available to DAILY INDEPENDENT, ... Read more

The polytechnic lecturers in the country have again cautioned the Federal Government not to wait for them to embark on industrial action before releasing the agreed N15 billion as revitalisation funds into the nation’s public polytechnics. The lecturers said their earlier stance not to give another warning strike before going into ... Read more

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has said the Federal Ministry of Finance and National Planning will commence the disbursement of funds to universities on Wednesday. The minister said the government is certain that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will not embark on the planned strike. He stated this when he ... Read more