EDUCATION

Petroleum University matriculates 1,114 students

Daily Dispatch March 8, 2017

The Federal University of Petroleum Resources (FUPRE), in Effurun, Delta on Tuesday matriculated 1,114 students for the 2016/2017 academic session. The Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Akaehomen Ibhadode, represented at the ceremony by the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Arubayi,

EDUCATION

WAEC Sued For Withholding Results

Daily Dispatch March 7, 2017

Justice Nathaniel Ayo-Emmanuel of the Federal High Court, Ibadan, on Tuesday adjourned till April 6 further hearing in the case of seizure of the May/June 2015 SSCE results of Christ National Model College, Ido, Ibadan. The judge adjourned the case in order to allow the West African Examination Council (WAEC) to appear in court. Mrs […]

EDUCATION

Buhari directs TETFund to inject N24bn into 12 new varsities

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2017

President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday directed the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) to inject N2 billion into each of the 12 new universities established by the Federal Government in 2011. Buhari, who gave the directive through Director Academic Standards in the National Universities Commission (NUC), Dr. Bello Kumo spoke as a visitor to the maiden […]

EDUCATION

CRISIS HIT OLABISI ONABANJO ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OVER ELECTION

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2017

Omooba Risawe  Olabisi Onabanjo University Almuni Association,is now enmeshed in a crisis as a faction pulled out from an election conducted which produced  new leadership for the body. It would be recalled that, National body had on January 29 held election in Ijebu-Ode‎ which produced Afolabi Sorunke as president who scored 35 votes, while his […]

EDUCATION

‘New JAMB policy is unacceptable’

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2017

Stakeholders in the Education sector on Thursday in Ibadan, said the scrapping of   `Awaiting Result’ by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. (JAMB) was unacceptable and not right. They told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that the policy was not suitable and would truncate arrangements already in place. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) […]

EDUCATION

Saraki urges universities to shun all comers programmes

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2017

Dr Bukola Saraki, the Senate President, has urged Nigerian universities to be agents of community development rather than running all-comers’ programmes. Saraki, gave the advice while delivering goodwill message at the ongoing, three-day, 3rd Biennial Conference of the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of Nigerian universities in Abuja. He was represented by Sen. Jubril Barawo,