EDUCATION

FUOYE approves N50m research grant for PG school

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2021

…as 190 students take matriculation oath The Federal University Oye Ekiti, Ekiti State has approved a N50million research grant for its Post-graduate school to fast track development in tandem with its vision and mission to become institution of first choice recognized for providing critical

EDUCATION

Kaduna Sacks 233 Primary School Teachers With Fake Certificates

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2021

No fewer than 233 teachers with fake certificates will be dismissed by the Kaduna State Government, Chairman of the State Universal Basic Education Board, Tijjani Abdullahi has said. The chairman who stated this at a media briefing in Kaduna, the state capital, on Thursday, also insisted that there was no going back in the conduct […]

EDUCATION

UNIBEN best graduating student gets N250,000 award

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2021

The overall best graduating student of the University of Benin at the just-concluded 46th and 47th combined Convocation Ceremonies of the institution, Henry Abanum, has been honoured with the ‘Osasere Osifo Prize for Academic Excellence’ award with N250, 000 attached to it. The Academic Excellence Prize is an initiative of Osasere Osifo, a former President […]

EDUCATION

ASUU to FG: You have only one-week window to release our N22.27bn earned allowances

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2021

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again warned the Federal Government to, without further delay, release the N22.27 billion it said it had approved, to pay the earned academic allowances owed its members. The union said that was the only way to avert another indefinite strike when its three-week ultimatum expired. The President […]

EDUCATION

MURIC kicks as Ogun federal varsity bans Niqab

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2021

The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has rejected the alleged banning of the face veil worn by Muslim women, popularly known as Niqab, by the management of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, FUNAAB. A female Muslim alumnus of the university was reportedly forced to remove her veil by the school security men before she was […]

EDUCATION

JAMB takes over collection of registration fee from CBT centres to end extortion

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2021

The Joint Admission Matriculation Board JAMB has said that it has taken over the collection of the N700 registration fee for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), from 2022. It said in its weekly bulletin issued in Abuja on Monday that it would collect the approved N700 registration fee at the point of registration and […]