The visitation panel to the Polytechnic Ibadan which was set up by Governor Abiola Ajimobi has recommended that the institution be converted to Oyo State University.

As the only indigenous public examination body in Nigeria charged with the task of conducting school-based (June/July) and External candidates (November/December) Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) and also Junior Secondary School (JSI) as well as the National Entrance Examination into Senior Secondary Schools (SS1) of Federal Unity Senior Secondary Colleges (NEEFUSSC), the National Examinations Council (NECO) is confronted with several challenges which tend to undermine its smooth operations.

Chairman, DAAR Communications Plc., High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi has charged the Nigerian media to imbibe professionalism in the sourcing and dissemination of its daily information for public consumption, saying this would further aid in the national unity and development of the nation.

Mr. Okeme Idris, 200 level student of Criminology and Penology at Salem University, Lokoja, Kogi State over the weekend during a special programme organised by the institution for students to reflect on their past and present life, testified to how he was enslaved to drug addiction for 17 years.

The long anticipated visit of President Jacob Zuma of South Africa has come and gone. Prior to this visit, visible arrangements had taken place all over campus for several days and nights. President Zuma was in AUN on December 10 to receive an honorary doctorate degree bestowed on him by the University.