EDUCATION

100 fake professors uncovered in Nigerian Universities

Daily Dispatch December 3, 2019

No fewer than 100 fake professors have been uncovered in Nigerian universities by the National Universities Commission, NUC. Prof Abubakar Rasheed, the commission’s Executive Secretary, disclosed this in the NUC’s November bulletin. Rasheed said the NUC published the details of the fake

EDUCATION

Why the University of Transport is sited in Daura

Daily Dispatch December 2, 2019

The Minister for Transportation, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, said that the establishment of the University was an attempt at responding to the question of how Nigerians will maintain infrastructures built in the country. Amaechi said this, on Monday, at the groundbreaking of the Transportation University in Daura, Katsina. He said: ”It is my attempt at responding to […]

EDUCATION

RMDC : Deril Academy Ibadan won again

Daily Dispatch December 1, 2019

By Punarimam Fehintola The Defending Champion, Deril Academy, Ibadan on Friday emerged the winner of the 2019 edition of the Annual Raw Materials Quiz Competition for Secondary Schools in Nigeria. The annual competition which is part of the  Catch-Them-Young Programme of the Raw Materials  Research and Development Council(RMRDC), was keenly contested by both

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Why govt, stakeholders must invest more on education—Makinde

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2019

Governments and other stakeholders in the society have been urged to invest more on education, as it remained the only way to end entrenched poverty in any society. Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, who made the call while speaking at the 8th Convocation ceremony of Wesley University, Ondo, said that education remains the surest […]

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Akogun Gabriel Emerges 2019 Master Of Math National Champion

Daily Dispatch November 30, 2019

  Akogun Gabriel, a 14-year-old, SS2 student from Welkin International School, Ogun State on Friday November 29, 2019 emerged overall winner of the maiden edition of the Master of Math (TESTMASTER) National Secondary school Mathematics Competition, following an intense, elite competition at Abuja. The competition organized by Master of Math in Lagos was aimed at inspiring

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N500m grant: LAUTECH students appreciate Makinde

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2019

…commends 22.3 per cent allocation to education in 2020 budget Students of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso have appreciated the commitment of the Oyo State Government towards resolving the crisis rocking the University. They particularly commended the Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, for taking time off his busy schedule to visit the