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Nigeria’s premier tertiary institution, University of Ibadan (UI), has again honoured the Founder of FCMB Group, Otunba (Dr.) Michael Olasubomi Balogun by naming its modern and multi-purpose conference centre after him. On Thursday, September 6, 2018, the Centerwas unveiled and renamed Otunba Subomi Balogun Conference Centre. According to ... Read more

Bola Bamigbola, Osogbo Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigeria Students on Tuesday staged a protest in Osogbo, Osun State capital, against the recent increase in pump price and electricity tariff. Some of the protesters put on the orange #RevolutionNow Movement beret. They took off from Freedom Park, Osogbo, and moved ... Read more

Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan Students, workers, and civil society groups hit the streets of Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Tuesday, to express displeasure at the hike in the price of petrol as well as the increase of electricity tariff. The protesters, who carried placards with different inscriptions to convey their disapproval, while chanting ... Read more

By Shina Abubakar — Osogbo In furtherance of registering its grievances against the increment in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) popularly known as petrol and electricity tariff in the country, the National Association of Nigerian Students has embarked on a protest in Osogbo, Osun State capital. The protest which was ... Read more

By Victor Ogunje The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has supported the objection by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that public universities are not safe for reopening now due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Babalola said the refusal of the academic body to support the ... Read more

The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, says it has no Study Centre for Top Up Programme in Ekiti State. This is contained in a statement from the Director of University Relations, Abdulrazaq Sanni, on Tuesday in Ilorin. “Our attention has been drawn to an advert making the rounds, especially in Ekiti State, by some unscrupulous individuals, about the offer of admission into KWASU ... Read more

The duo of Veracruz Gbolahan and Dawodu Joshua, students of Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo, students have won the Kayode Alabi Leadership and Career Initiative, KLCI, boot camp grant and SME100AFRICA most enterprising young Nigeria award, respectively. Gbolahan, a 400 Level ... Read more

A school classroomBy Omeiza Ajayi The United Nations has warned against further attacks on educational institutions and students, lamenting that between 2009 and December 2018, about 611 teachers were killed in the Northeast due to the wave of insurgency in the region. In a statement marking the first International Day to Protect Education ... Read more

OGUN State Government has directed schools in the state to reopen on September 21 for the first term of 2020/2021 session. The government added that this was in addition to the earlier resumption of pupils in SS3, who are currently writing the West African School Certificate Examination. Kunle Somorin, Chief Press Secretary to Governor ... Read more

LAGOS — A stakeholder in the sector and Proprietor of Excellent Foundation College, Agidingbi, Lagos, Sir Temple Ogueri Onyeukwu has called for caution as the federal and state governments announce ease on lockdown on schools caused by the outbreak of Coronavirus disease. Sir Onyeukwu, in an with Daily Independent, appealed to ... Read more