EDUCATION

NECO Exams: Ogun Cancels Sanitation Exercise

Daily Dispatch November 29, 2019

By ABIODUN JIMOH, ABEOKUTA This month sanitation exercise has been canceled by Ogun State government, while the usual restriction of movement order has also been lifted. The exercise was canceled as a result of the on-going National Examination Council (NECO) examinations holding across the

EDUCATION

RMRDC organize quiz competition to boost education in secondary level

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2019

By Punarimam Fehintola The Raw Materials Research and Development Council (RMRDC) has adopted the Annual Raw Materials Quiz Competition for Secondary Schools in Nigeria as a strategic Programme of the council. Director General(DG) of the RMRDC, Professor Hussaini Doko Ibrahim, who disclosed this at the opening ceremony of 4th edition of the competition which opened […]

EDUCATION

Winner of 2019 NUC/NESG essay competition commends Obaseki for developing mental infrastructure

Daily Dispatch November 28, 2019

By ABIODUN JIMOH Winner of the 2019 National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) Essay Competition, Osemede Ikponmwosa, has commended Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, for prioritising investment in mental infrastructure. Ikponmwosa, who hails from Edo and a 400-level medical student at the University of Benin, gave the

EDUCATION

500 Level UNIPORT student commits suicide

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2019

A final year 500 Level student of Electrical and Electronics Department of the University of Port Harcourt, UNIPORT, Prince Digbani has allegedly committed suicide after drinking a deadly pesticide, Sniper. The late student who had won two bronze medals for creativity and innovation in projects was described by his friends to very brilliant. Lately, before […]

EDUCATION

Makinde inaugurates Oyo’s 5-man committee on LAUTECH ownership

Daily Dispatch November 27, 2019

…charges them to work diligently Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday inaugurated a 5-member Committee to work with a similar Committee from Osun State to deliberate on the ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH). He maintained that though Osun and Oyo states would continue to remain brothers in other areas, […]

EDUCATION

Oyo govt to jerk up education budget to 20 per cent in 2020-Makinde

Daily Dispatch November 26, 2019

By Ene Ikpa …releases N500m subvention to LAUTECH …as gov inaugurates committee on varsity ownership today Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde has announced the increment of the state’s education budget to 20 per cent in 2020. The Governor, who announced the decision while speaking at a consultative meeting with stakeholders at the Ladoke Akintola […]