EDUCATION

Oyo Govt moves to make LAUTECH conventional University

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2022

…to forward Amendment bill to Assembly…approves 1.7m for 2nd phase of STEP agribusiness programme In its effort to change the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, from a technology university to a conventional university, the Oyo State Government has approved a Bill titled 2022

EDUCATION

We will resist attempt by FG to turn intellectuals to slaves -ASUU

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2022

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter on Tuesday stated that the Union will not take lightly and will resist the grand plan of the Muhammadu Buhari led federal government to refuse sign the renegotiated agreements. Rising from their Congress at the University of Ibadan presided over by the Chairman Professor Ayo […]

EDUCATION

TETFUND receives N189bn as education tax in 2021, says Bogoro

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2022

The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has received N189 billion as Education Tax collection (EDT) in 2021. Prof. Suleiman Bogoro, the Executive Secretary of TETFUND, announced this at its 2021 Education Development Tax (EDT) forum on Tuesday in Jos. The forum, organised in collaboration with the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), aimed at improving EDT […]

EDUCATION

JAMB makes a U-turn, postpones UTME registration to Feb 19

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2022

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has rescheduled registration for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry for February 19 till March 26, 2022. The decision came barely 24 hours after the board said it would not reschedule its registration process following the suspension of the verification portal of the National Identity Number

EDUCATION

IGS @ 55: Declare state of emergency in education…. Comrade Issah Aremu

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2022

The Federal Government of Nigeria has been challenged to declare a state ofnational emergency on education in view of an alarming figure of over 10millions out of school children currently on the streets. The advice was given by the Director General of Michael Imoudu Labour Institute, Comrade Issa Aremu at the 55th Founders Day of […]

EDUCATION

Adesanya-Davies to Abdulrahan AbdulRasaq: “Kwara people are not happy with you, they need their usual peace!*

Daily Dispatch February 8, 2022

Nigerian Supreme Council for Ecclesiastical Affairs (NSCEA) has lamented the current incident in Kwara state on hijab, the so called STATE OF HARMONY rearing its head once again. Speaking to our correspondent at NewsChristian Network, Bishop Prof. Funmilayo Adesanya-Davies, the Secretary General of the Elders Council, NSCEA says, It is with a very sad and […]