EDUCATION

… Commends Ogun State Government’s Educational Initiatives BY ABU-SATAR HAMED IGBESSA, ADO-ODO/OTA LOCAL GOVERNMENT, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – Nigeria’s renowned businessman and philanthropist, Alhaji Ibraheem Dende Egungbohun, has urged the government at all levels to enhance vocational and technical education to better equip the youth for global industrial challenges. Speaking …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED & PETER OLANIYAN ILARO-YEWA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro (FPI), Dr. Mukail Aremu Akinde, FCA, FCTI, has expressed the institution’s gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for his administration’s unwavering support of technical and vocational education in Nigeria. Dr. Akinde made …

…Donates N8bn to Presidential Library, Pledges N2bn Annually Until Completion FCT, ABUJA, NIGERIA – The President and Chief Executive of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has praised former Head of State, Gen. Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, popularly known as IBB, for implementing policies that liberated the private sector in Nigeria during …

ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology has organised a bi-monthly digital training for all Education Officers and staffers of the ministry on how to sustain its technological innovation to revitalise the state’s educational system. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Prof. …

BY ABU-SATAR HAMED   LEKKI, LAGOS STATE, NIGERIA – The Dangote Petroleum Refinery & Petrochemicals, in collaboration with Dangote Fertilisers Limited, has brought joy to its host communities by awarding scholarships to 473 students across 10 secondary schools and 7 tertiary institutions in Ibeju-Lekki of Lagos State. As part of …

ABEOUKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has said that his administration will raise the bar of teacher recruitment in the state by increasing the number of teachers in the Ogun Teach initiative, currently pegged at 4,000 interns, to 6,000. The move, he said, is to …

ABEOKUTA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The Ogun State Ministry of Education, Science, and Technology has officially become an authorized Certiport Certificate Centre, enabling workforce testing and certification in digital literacy. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, disclosed this development in Abeokuta during the presentation of Microsoft Certificate Education to …

… Confer Honorary Doctorate Degrees Upon Four Distinguished Individuals BY ABU-SATAR HAMED IJEBU-ODE, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – Tai-Solarin University of Education (TASUED) has marked a significant achievement by graduating 4,454 students during its 16th convocation ceremony. Among the graduates is an 85-year-old octogenarian who earned a Ph.D., underscoring the university’s …

IBADAN, OYO STATE, NIGERIA – The Oyo State Government has announced plans to conduct a Computer-Based Test (CBT) for approximately 15,000 candidates as part of its recruitment exercise into various cadres within the civil service. In a statement e-signed by Prince Dotun Oyelade, the Commissioner for Information and Orientation and …

…Applicant Found Safe After Creating Panic ILARO-YEWA, OGUN STATE, NIGERIA – The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro in Yewa South Local government area of Ogun State, has addressed reports of a missing applicant, Miss Ibukun Victoria Odebode, who participated in the screening exercise for the institution’s Higher National Diploma …