EDUCATION

Varsity VC bags five years over $1.2m fraud

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2023

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has sentenced a former Vice Chancellor of Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Ondo State, Prof. Adekunle Oloyede, to five years imprisonment for $1.2 million fraud. Justice Aderemi Adegoroye jailed the professor after finding him guilty

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Ogun Principal inflates WAEC fees

Daily Dispatch March 5, 2023

…..no, official fees is N19,500 – Ogun govt  The Ogun State Government has vowed to sanction any principal who collects extra fees above the approved N19, 500 for secondary school Students, West Africa Examination Council (WAEC). The government said the decision to again outlaw any form of extortion is part of the ongoing reform agenda […]

EDUCATION

NOUN Damaturu Study Director Receives In Audience Maiden Alumni Exco Members

Daily Dispatch March 2, 2023

The recently inaugurated Exco members of the National Open University Of Nigeria, (NOUN) Alumni Yobe State Chapter paid a maiden visit to Damaturu Study Centre. The Exco members which comprise the Chairman, Alh. Yusuf Isa, the Secretary, Alhaji Hamisu Ado Nguru, and Treasurer Murja Tijjani were inaugurated recently by the National body of the Alumni. […]

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LAUTECH gets approval to admit more for Medical Programme

Daily Dispatch March 1, 2023

The Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN), has increased admission Quota for Medical Programme for the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, to one hundred and twenty (120), from Seventy-five (75).The development was announced through a letter with reference number: MDCN/525/vol.iv/274, dated February 27, 2023, signed by the

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WAEC records 58% failure in private candidates’ exams

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2023

The West African Examinations Council said that 30,954 candidates, representing 42.16%, obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics, in the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, second series, for private candidates. The WASSCE 2022 second series for private candidates was conducted in Nigeria

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Disquiet over take off of University of Ilesa

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2023

The move to scuttle the take of academic and administrative activities of the newly approved University of Ilesa, Osun State has been uncovered, following investigation which revealed the alleged involvement of some suspected highly placed individual behind the plot. The Osun State Government chose to transform Osun State College of Education, (OSCOED), Ilesa into