EDUCATION

Ogun State leads Other States in the Nov/Dec 2016 SSCE results

Daily Dispatch February 22, 2017

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the November/December 2016 Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) results with Ogun State being in the lead. In the analysis for candidates’ general performance by States, Ogun had the best results as 5,183 students obtained

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TETFund Shares N213b To Varsities, Polytechnics

Daily Dispatch February 21, 2017

The Buhari administration has approved the Tertiary Education Trust Fund 2016 intervention budget of N213.4 billion, the highest ever to be distributed to the tertiary institutions. Dr. Abdullahi Baffa, the Executive Secretary of TETFund, disclosed this at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday. Giving a breakdown of the budget, Baffa said each of the […]

EDUCATION

Performance Of Federal Education Agencies In 2016 Not Encouraging – Wamakko

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

Senator Aliyu Wamakko, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Basic and Secondary Education, on Monday said the performance of agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education in 2016 was not encouraging. Wamakko made the observation while speaking with journalists in Sokoto on the ongoing 2017 budget defence at the National Assembly. He said: “There are 17 […]

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Unilorin, ABUAD To Develop Medicinal Rice

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

Scientists at the University of Ilorin and their counterparts at Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), are finalising arrangements to develop an improved rice variety with medicinal potentials against cancer. A report in the University of Ilorin Bulletin on Monday stated that this was the outcome of the collaboration between the two institutions for which a […]

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Breaking: UniAbuja Students Block Airport Road In Protest Against Student’s Death

Daily Dispatch February 20, 2017

Students of the University of Abuja on Monday morning blocked Abuja – Gwagwalada highway, the main expressway into #Nigeria’s capital city as they protest against the killing of their colleague. The students alleged that a reckless driver had killed a student while he ran over another four students who were seriously injured yesterday.   The […]

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NOUN Law Graduates Petition NJC, Seek Inclusion In Law School Training

Daily Dispatch February 19, 2017

The forum of law graduates of the National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN, has petitioned the National Judicial Council (NJC) seeking inclusion for training in law school. The graduates sought the NJC leave to mandate Council of Legal Education (CLE) to extend admission quotas to National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) for vocational training in […]