Education
KWASU ANNOUNCES COMPULSORY DRUG TEST FOR NEWLY-ADMITTED STUDENTS
MANDATORY DRUG SCREENING FOR ALL STUDENTS In compliance with the directive of the Kwara State Government, fresh students are hereby informed that they are required to undergo a mandatory drug screening. This is to be conducted by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The flag- off of the exercise has been scheduled for Friday,…
UNILAG SUSPENDS TOXICOLOGY SCREENING FOR NEWLY ADMITTED STUDENTS
The on-going mandatory toxicology screening newly admitted UTME and Direct Entry students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) for the 2024/2025 academic session will be suspended from Tuesday, December 24, 2024 to Friday, January 3, 2025 The exercise shall resume on Monday, January 6, 2025, from 8:30a.m. to 4:00 p.m. daily at the Tolu Odugbemi…
NIGERIAN DEFENCE ACADEMY (NDA) HOLDS 13TH MATRICULATION CEREMONY
NDA 13th Matriculation Ceremony: A New Chapter Unfolds for 495 Cadets On December 16, 2024, the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) welcomed 523 cadets of the 76 Regular Course at its 13th matriculation ceremony. The event marked the formal beginning of their academic and military training. Held at the Academy Auditorium, the ceremony was attended by…
KWASU GETS NUC ACCREDITATION FOR ANATOMY, 9 OTHERS
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has approved 10 new programs to be run at Kwara State University from the 2024/2025 session. The approval, which is contained in a letter to the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, and signed by the commissions acting director of Academic Planning, Abubakar M. Girei, on behalf of the Ag. Executive Secretary…
LAUTECH ISSUES IMPORTANT NOTICE TO ALL STAFF AND STUDENTS
It has come to the notice of the Management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso that a letter purportedly authored by the Registrar is being circulated within the institution, its environs, and probably the social media platforms in general.In the said letter, it was stated that tests for 100-level students had been…
Kogi Gov Signs Law Establishing CUSTECH Teaching Hospital
The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has signed a bill converting the state-of-the-art Reference Hospital, Okene into the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Teaching Hospital. This was announced in Lokoja on Tuesday by the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, during a press briefing. The move aligns with…
FUOYE GETS NUC ACCREDITATION FOR NURSING, 23 OTHERS
The Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Ekiti State, Nigeria excitedly secured accreditation for Nursing and Twenty-three other academic programmes of the institution from the nation’s university regulatory body, National Universities Commission (NUC) for the 2024 accreditation exercise. Director of Academic Planning Unit (APU), Professor Babatunde Joshua Omotosho, who received with joy NUC’s team, explained that the…
FUOYE RECEIVES NUC’s APPROVAL TO RUN 14 PROGRAMMES ON FULL-TIME MODE
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of the following programmes to run on full time mode at the Federal University Oye-Ekiti:
PRESIDENT TINUBU APPROVES RENAMING OF UNIABUJA TO YAKUBU GOWON UNIVERSITY
The federal government has renamed the University of Abuja, which is now to be known as Yakubu Gowon University. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed the decision to journalists at the State House on Monday, following a Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting presided over by President Bola Tinubu. The renaming is in…