Student leaders across the nation have reacted to the appointment of former President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon, as the Senior Special Assistant to President Bola Tinubu on Students Engagements. According to the report, his appointment was conveyed in a letter dated October 31, 2023, from the office of the…
By Michael Adeyemo An Emeritus Professor, Christopher Udoh, has urged regulatory bodies to ensure all facilities needed for a conducive learning environment are in place before issuing licenses to any educational institution. Professor Udoh made this known while featuring on Grey Hair, Pensioners FM programme which profiles the past life of the elderly. According to Professor…
By Babatunde Tiamiyu The Oyo State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. Salihu Adelabu, has charged the 33 Education Secretaries; Heads of Section School Services; Planning Research and Statistics; Standard and Quality Assurance to discharge their duties with high sense of transparency. The Commissioner gave the charge while meeting with Oyo State Universal Basic…
The Oyo State government has said it would work with Education Secretaries, and Heads of Sections in all local governments towards shutting down substandard primary schools in the state. The Commissioner for Education, Science and technology, Prof. Soliu Abdulwaheed Adelabu, in a meeting with basic education stakeholders on Wednesday said “mushroom” schools would not be…
By Adebayo Yusuf A former Deputy Rector, Osun State College of Technology, Esa Oke, Dr Ademola Oyinlola has called on Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke to pay urgent attention to infrastructural development of the state owned tertiary institutions. Dr Oyinlola made the call while speaking with Pensioners’ FM Correspondent. According to him, there are issues…
Students of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, today, gathered at the university premises to express their dissatisfaction and protest against the recently announced tuition fee hike for the upcoming 2023-2024 session, as reflected on the student’s portal. Newsmen learned that today, the school management raised the tuition for new students…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU), has lamented months of power outage in the institution, calling on authorities responsible for restoring power to act. ASUU Chairman, KASU, Peter Adamu, made the call in a statement issued to newsmen on Thursday in Kaduna. Adamu said KASU was currently experiencing a total…
The Public Relations Officer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Abiodun Olarewaju, has revealed that 58 out of the 69 students of the institution earlier arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have been released. Olarewaju, who also revealed that the remaining 11 had cases to answer with the anti-graft agency,…
By Anuolapo Fasoyin The Nigeria Police, Oyo state Command, has enjoined Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, under the aegis of National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS not to involve in acts that can disrupt the peace of the state. The plea followed a protest by some students of the institution at the office…
The European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS, Samuella Isopi on Thursday warned Nigerians who might want to tap from the available opportunity in the study in Europe fair to steer clear as it is not an avenue for them to Japa. Isopi gave the warning in Kano while flagging off the first-ever study in…