EDUCATION

Academic activities were halted at the University of Calabar on Monday following students’ protests against the 100 per cent hike in the institution’s tuition fees. Earlier, the university had released a new schedule of fees that would take effect in the 2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic sessions.The students, who embarked on …

Two top media personalities in Ibadan, Dr. Deji Bobade and Dr. Paul Emokhare were among the 30 individuals who bagged doctorate degree from the Ajayi Crowther University, ACU, Oyo for the 2022/2023 session. While Bobade was spokesperson for the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Emokhare is the station manager of the …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the dates for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB said sales for forms will start on January, 15 and end on February 26.According to a statement by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor (PAC), Fabian Benjamin, the main UTME is scheduled …

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has indicated that the Federal Government is considering reintroducing the Policy of University Full Autonomy to promote progress and minimize external impediments. This decision is consistent with the government’s belief that university autonomy allows institutions to develop at their own pace.Tinubu expressed confidence in the proposed strategy …

Universities in Nigeria are battling a severe shortage of staff as thousands of lecturers leave the tertiary institutions to seek greener pastures in foreign lands amid the high number of retirements at the varsities. The Academic Staff Union of Universities branches in separate interviews with The Punch on Sunday confirmed …

…wins eight awards as best graduating student 60-year-old Farouk Sanni has emerged as the best graduating student in the department of sociology at the University of Ibadan. Farouk Sanni, a retired banker, said he felt accomplished studying sociology in his quest to understand why people behave the way they do. …

*Maduka University Approved For Take-Off: Academic Session Commences November 23, 2023 [Apply Now]* Maduka University has announced that it has received approval for its official take-off, with the academic session set to commence on November 23, 2023. Following the receipt of final course approvals from the regulatory body, the university …

You’re all invited as the lecture has just begun . The lecture titled; STATISTICAL FOUNDATIONS OF NEURAL NETWORKS: BRIDGING THEORY AND PRATICE by Dr Christopher Godwin Udomboso, a lecturer in the department of Statistics. A Faculty Lecture Delivered at the Faculty of Science, University of Ibadan.

Some students of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, have dragged Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, alongside three others to court for relocating the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences to the newly established Faculty of Agricultural Science and Renewable Natural Resources, Iseyin Campus in the Iseyin Local Government Area …

In an unprecedented move, Nigerian billionaire investor and major shareholder and Chairman of Geregu Power, and director of FBN Holdings Plc, Femi Otedola, has extended his philanthropic arm by donating a generous sum of N1 million to each of the 750 students of Augustine University. The newly inaugurated Chancellor of …