The Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has increased the staff strength in the state’s secondary schools from 13,730 in 2019 to 26,436 after just six years in office. The state Chairperson of Post Primary Schools’ Teaching Service Commission, Mrs Olubukola Oladipo, made this known on Wednesday, during the Omituntun 2.0 Inter-Ministerial Briefing, held at the…
The Oyo State government has reaffirmed its ban on mobile phones, smart watches and Meta eyeglasses in schools, especially during examination, with a warning that violators will face strict consequences. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olusegun Olayiwola, made this known while addressing education stakeholders, including Permanent Secretaries, Inspectors-General of Education, and Heads of…
The students of Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic are currently protesting at the main gate of the institution, located on Sango/Eleyele Road in Ibadan, Oyo State. Newsmen had reported that the State Governor, Seyi Makinde, had renamed The Polytechnic, Ibadan, in honour of the late former governor of the state, Omololu Olunloyo, who died at the age of…
The federal government has officially set the minimum age for admission into the country’s tertiary institutions at 16 years. The government also cautioned that any admission carried out outside the Central Admission Processing System, CAPS, would be deemed illegal, and those responsible would face prosecution. The Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated this on…
The Nigerian Correctional Service, Kano State Command, said 58 inmates from its custodial facilities are currently sitting for the 2025 National Examination Council Senior School Certificate Examination. This was contained in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Musbahu Kofar-Nasarawa, on Sunday in Kano. According to him, the milestone was achieved following the…
By Michael Adeyemo The Goat and Sheep Utilization Farmers Association of Nigeria ,GASUFAN, in collaboration with the Ibadan Digital Academy ,IDA, has organised a one-day seminar for livestock farmers in Ibadan aimed at promoting profitable sheep and goat farming. Delivering a lecture title “Become a Millionaire through Sheep and Goat Production in Nigeria” , Lead…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Oyo government has urged all students to eschew any form of malpractices during the ongoing National Examination Council examination. The new Chairman Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Mrs. Oladipo Olubukola made this known during the monitoring exercise to some secondary schools across different zones in the state on Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs….
By Yetunde Oke The Polytechnic, Ibadan Alumni Association has kicked against government localising Nigeria’s higher institutions. The alumni Acting National President, Professor Lawal Akinloye, and a Board of Trustee, member, Alhaji Adewale Ogunmola made this known, while reacting to the renaming of The Polytechnic, Ibadan after former Governor of the State, Late Dr. Omololu Olunloyo,…
The Chairman of Topfaith University, Mkpatak in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Emmanuel Abraham, has appealed to the federal government to consider private universities in grants from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). According to him, such inclusion would engender research in private universities and in turn contribute to Nigeria’s technological…
Students of The Polytechnic, Ibadan have appealed to Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde to rescind the decision of naming the institution after former Governor of the State, Late Dr. Omololu Olunloyo. The President of the Students’ Union Government, SUG of the institution, Comrade Olamide Oladipupo, said this while speaking with newsmen during a protest at…