EDUCATION

SENATOR ADEOLA FELICITATES WITH OGUN TEACHERS

Daily Dispatch October 5, 2017

As teachers celebrates worldwide celebrates World Teachers Day, Senator Solomon Adeola, the Chairman of Senate Committee on Local Content has felicitated with teachers in Ogun state and all over the world with a commendation for their critical roles in the development of society. Senator Adeola

EDUCATION

NGO trains 60 monitors to track UBEC spending

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

A Non Governmental Organisation, Connected Development (CODE), is training 60 stakeholders to monitor utilisation of funds released for UBEC projects in 70 primary schools in Kaduna State. The NGO’s Senior Programme Manager, Mr Chambers Umezulike, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Kaduna that the goal was to build the capacity of non government […]

EDUCATION

Ogun Sacks MAPOLY Rector, Appoints Replacement

Daily Dispatch October 4, 2017

The Ogun State Government has appointed Ayodeji Tella as the acting Rector of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta. The development, according to the government, was part of general transition programme of the polytechnic into a University of Science and Technology. However, the suspicion is that the change of guards was as a result of the […]

EDUCATION

Education Minister flown abroad for medical treatment

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

The Minister of State for Education, Anthony Anwukah, has been flown to the United States for medical treatment. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this at a press briefing on the 2017 World Teachers’ Day in Abuja. Mr. Adamu urged Nigerians at the event to pray for the speedy recovery of Mr. Anwukah, even […]

EDUCATION

Senate demands scrap of post-UTME

Daily Dispatch October 3, 2017

The Senate has urged the Federal Ministry of Education to scrap post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in its entirety. It has also urged the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to develop a strategy to ensure the efficiency and integrity in the conduct of the pre-university examination. The decision of the Senate, followed the adoption […]

EDUCATION

Nigerian Isioma Okobah Wins Highest Medical Award In US

Daily Dispatch October 2, 2017

Delta State-born, U.S-based renowned physician, Dr. Mrs. Isioma Okobah, has bagged the 2017 prestigious fellow of the American Academy of Family Physician award. The award is the highest honour ever bestowed on a practicing physician in the U.S who have distinguished themselves among colleagues and in their community by their contribution towards the development of […]