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COVID-19: Osun schools no longer resuming January 4 — Govt

COVID-19: Osun schools no longer resuming January 4 — Govt

By Shina Abubakar – Osogbo Osun state government has warned schools in the state not to resume on January 4, 2021 as earlier scheduled as new date would be announced in due course. The state government, through the ministry of Education said coronavirus reality would not permit schools to reopen as scheduled on the calendar. […]

Sacked Kwara teachers stage peaceful protest in Ilorin

Sacked Kwara teachers stage peaceful protest in Ilorin

By Demola Akinyemi Hundreds of disengaged workers of the Kwara State Universal Basic Education Board on Wednesday held a peaceful protest over the termination of their appointments by the state government. The aggrieved teachers who converged in multitude at the Kwara State Government House were seen sitting on the floor, weeping under the scorching sun […]

Plateau Govt shifts date for reopening of tertiary schools

Plateau Govt shifts date for reopening of tertiary schools

The Plateau Government has directed tertiary institutions to resume on Jan. 18, as against the Jan. 4 date earlier announced. Mr Kakmena Audu, the Plateau Commissioner for Higher Education gave the directive in a statement on Thursday in Jos. He said the decision to shift the resumption date was in line with the directive of […]

2020 UTME: No date fixed for sales of application documents yet — JAMB

2020 UTME: No date fixed for sales of application documents yet — JAMB

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, yesterday, says no date has been fixed for the commencement of sales of the application documents for its 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The board’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Lagos. Benjamin, who was speaking against the backdrop […]

NABTEB inspects Yabatech’s NSQF training centres

NABTEB inspects Yabatech’s NSQF training centres

By Elizabeth Osayande OFFICIALS of the National Business and Technical Examination Board (NABTEB) have inspected several workplaces in Computer Village, Ikeja, Lagos, that will serve as Yabatech Training Centres for mobile phones and computer hardware repairs and maintenance under the National Skills Qualification Framework (NSQF). The upgrading and inspection of the workplace centers was sponsored […]

Okogie donates N25m water plant to Augustine varsity

Okogie donates N25m water plant to Augustine varsity

By Mary Obaebor FORMER Archbishop of the Lagos Diocese, Catholic Church, Cardinal Anthony Olubunmi Okogie, has donated a water plant valued at over N25 million to Augustine University located at Ilara in Epe area of Lagos State. Speaking during the inauguration of the water plant, the cleric, who is also the visioner of the university, […]

Community Relations agenda for the incoming LASU VC

Community Relations agenda for the incoming LASU VC

Still wondering on the idea which  LASU’s current and potential stakeholders, as well as visitors, maybe consensual about? It’s the spiralling, seemingly insurmountable failure of community support for the university. Such is this challenge unmistakable that you may simply conclude that it doesn’t seem like LASU is anyone’s pride. 

National Devt: Ogun Poly Rector advocates proper funding of technical education

National Devt: Ogun Poly Rector advocates proper funding of technical education

By James Ogunnaike RECTOR, Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Saapade, Ogun State, Dr. Isaiah Oyeyinka  has called on the state and federal governments to invest properly in technical and engineering courses for the technological advancements of the country. Dr. Oyeyinka, who made the call while speaking with Vanguard in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, said government should […]