Category: Education
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Oyo kidnap saga: DHQ’s needless political correctness
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By Taiwo Adisa, PhD Discussions have been tempered, while activities are being ruled by sober moods and sombre moments since the news broke on May 15, about the abduction of…
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Oloyede’s exit from JAMB: End of an era!
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By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Since the Minister of State for Education, Professor Suwaiba Said Ahmad, announced at the last stakeholders meeting of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation…
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Federal University of Agriculture and Technology, Okeho marks Founder’s Day
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Senate Committee Chairman on Aviation, Abdulfatai Omotayo Buhari, PhD, (right) and former Vice Chancellor of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, (LAUTECH), Prof. Adeniyi Sulaimon Gbadegesin, at the first Founders…
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Oyo schools kidnap: Terrorists open talks, give condition
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Suspected terrorists who abducted schoolchildren and teachers from three schools in Esinele, Yamota and Alawusa towns in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State have opened communication channels with the…
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Tinubu assures rescue of abducted Oyo school teachers, students
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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has assured that the Federal Government would collaborate with the Oyo State Government to rescue the kidnapped teachers and students of Community Grammar School, Baptist Nursery…
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Again, gas leak hits Ogun schools; over 100 students, teachers hospitalized
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For the second time in less than two months, a severe gas leak has again disrupted multiple schools in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, causing over 100 students and teachers to be…
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Oyo makes U-turn, orders reopening of schools after gunmen attack
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By Adenle Ahmed Abiola The Oyo State Government has re-ordered the reopening of all public primary schools in four local government areas in the state on Monday. The decision followed…
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Minister Alausa: Little learning is dangerous
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By Owei Lakemfa In my second year at the University of Ife in 1979, two students from the Federal Government College, Kano joined the Faculty of Arts. Awam Ampah and…
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A Toast to 76-Karat Odia Ofeimun
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By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu There is only one introduction for the man: “Odia Ofeimun is Odia Ofeimun!” Enough said. Poet, publisher, editor, activist, polemicist, mentor, politician, columnist, factory worker, writer,…
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Kwara Varsity Lecturer Charged To Court For Islamic Incitement
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By Wole Adedeji, Ilorin A university lecturer in Kwara State who has been charged to court by the police for alleged criminal trespass incitement and acts capable of causing public…
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BJ: A Life Of Impact
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By Wole Olaoye A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. –Jackie Robinson There could only have been one BJ in any academic environment.…
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When the Lights Go Out at UCH: A Nation’s Conscience on Trial
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By Tajudeen Kareem There is something profoundly symbolic — and deeply tragic — about a hospital swathed in darkness. In the operating theatre, darkness is not an inconvenience; it is…
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Cabinet Shake-Up: Tinubu appoints Taxman, Oyedele as Minister of State, Finance
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By Mohammed Shosanya President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has nominated Mr. Taiwo Oyedele as the minister of state for finance in Nigeria. He’s replacing Dr Doris Uzoka-Anite, who has been moved…
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The Enigma of the Global Son: Did Biodun Jeyifo Forsake His Roots?
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It is a poignant irony that, amidst global mourning for a champion of the Talakawas, and academic praise for his Harvard pedigree, a voice from his own roots should feel…
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Osun Payroll: UNIOSUN Speaks on Sally Tibbot’s Declaring Lecturers as Ghost Workers, Threatens Legal Action
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The authorities of the University of Osun State, UNIOSUN, have threatened to drag Sally Tibbot, the consultant which claimed to have unearthed ghost workers in the employ of the Osun…
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Adieu, Comrade BJ
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By Bolanle BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0705 263 1058 Unlike Comrade Dipo Fashina (aka Jingo) and Comrade Segun Osoba, Comrade (Professor) Biodun Jeyifo never taught me at the University of Ife (renamed…
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Banditry: Kwara Community Cries Out Against University Lecturer
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By Wole Adedeji, Ilorin An Islamic scholar who lectures at a University in Kwara State may be in trouble over his alleged suspicious activities akin to aiding banditry and religious…
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FUL: AS GBENGA IBILEYE MOUNTS THE SADDLE
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By Tunde Olusunle It all seems like yesterday now when the cream of the leadership of the Okun-Yoruba people of Kogi State engaged former President Goodluck Jonathan on salient concerns…
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UK court jails Nigerian for life after stabbing student to death
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By Dayo Oyewo A UK court has sentenced 40-year-old Adedapo Adegbola to life imprisonment for the murder of his former girlfriend, 23-year-old university student Steph Irons, in Nottingham, England. According…