Dele Omojuyigbe (Dr), has emerged as the new Deputy Provost of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), a monotechnic institute located at Ijaye Road in Ogba, Lagos State, Nigeria’s commercial city. Ekohotblog understands that Dr. Omojuyigbe, an alumnus of the former University of Ife now renamed Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), replaces Dr. Jide Johnson, who … Read more
Pupils have received series of warning regarding the street lifestyle termed as “The Marlian”. These set of people are staunch supporters of Nigerian artiste, Afeez Fashola, better known as Naira Marley. At the “Security Day” Celebration organised by some law enforcement agencies in Lagos on Wednesday, Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP Olatunji Disu said Marlian … Read more
In order to authenticate the licence of registered teachers and fish out those with fake licences, the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) will conduct verification for teachers in public and private schools in Akwa Ibom State. State Coordinator Aletor Omonzokpia said the registration of qualified teachers ended in 2019, while the verification would be … Read more
President Muhammadu Buhari’s daughter, Fatima, on Monday paid an unscheduled visit to the Federal Polytechnic at Nekede in Owerri, the Imo State capital. The visit took the management, workers and students of the school by surprise. The polytechnic’s Rector, Michael Arimanwa, hurriedly called out some management workers to welcome the visitor and her entourage. Though … Read more
The Senate of University of Port Harcourt (UniPort) has expelled eight students over alleged misconduct bordering on plagiarism, extortion and examination malpractices. Dr Williams Wodi, the Deputy Registrar (Information), confirmed the development in a statement made available to Newsmen in Port Harcourt on Friday. He said the decision to sack the students was taken during … Read more
Fidelity Bank Plc has expanded the scope of the Fidelity Youth Empowerment Academy (YEA) to accommodate new areas of vocational training. The bank in strategic partnership with Gazelle Academy started the seventh edition of the YEA at the Sokoto State University (SSU), Sokoto. Apart from the training on tailoring and make-up, participants will also be … Read more
Obiageli Mazi, a public school teacher has not stopped thanking the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum who gifted her a hundred thousand naira because he was impressed at her attitude to work. Zulum reportedly paid an unscheduled visit to Shehu Sanda Kyarimi 2 Primary School around 6:30am on Friday February 7 to see how the … Read more
The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2019 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination with over 17,004 cases examination malpractices recorded in the exercise. Acting Registrar of the Council, Mr Abubakar Gana who announced the results on Thursday, said the results were released exactly 49 days after the last paper was written, … Read more
There was a minor chaos in Ladoke Akintola Univeristy of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho, Oyo State as items suspected to be “sacrifice” was spotted this morning at the entrance of a professor’s office. Students who saw the oblation that was placed in front of Prof. A.A Akingbade’s office who is a senior lecturer in the faculty … Read more
The authority of the University of Ilorin (Unilorin), Kwara State has begun the process of repositioning its Mass Communication undergraduate students before the completion of their programmes, to deeply understand, and tap into the huge potentials inherent in the practice of Advertising and Public Relations in order to ensure a better future for them. In … Read more
Oyo, Ogun, Akwa Ibom and Cross Rivers state governments have said lecturers of state universities cannot join the planned strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities over the Integrated Personnel and Payroll System. State governments, in separate interviews with newsmen on monday said the IPPIS issue was purely a matter between the Federal Government … Read more
Prof. Modupe Adelabu, Chairman, Governing Board of National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), has commended Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) for setting the standard among polytechnics in Nigeria. Adelabu, who was the former Deputy Governor of Ekiti State, gave the commendation while inspecting ongoing TETFund projects in the college. YABATECH in the latest Polytechnic webometric … Read more
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), paid a courtesy visit to the JAMB State Coordinator, Mr Cyril Mozie, in Awka on Friday agreeing to facilitate the successful conduct of the March 2020 UTME examination. NAN reports that Anambra Commandant of the Corps, Mr David Bille they are in full support on the campaign … Read more
The Kaduna State Government, on Friday, advised parents to send their children to school or face prosecution in accordance with extant laws. The Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Education, Mrs Phoebe Yayi, gave the advice in Kaduna. Yayi stressed that every child has the right to free, compulsory and universal basic education, adding that the state … Read more
The Lagos State Examination Board has commenced the sale of screening test forms for admission into the 16 Model Colleges/Upgraded Junior Secondary Schools I for the 2020/2021 session in the state. A statement on Tuesday by the Board’s Director, Mr Supo Gbadegesin, said the screening test was compulsory for pupils to be admitted into the … Read more
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn licences from 11 centres for charging candidates exorbitant amount in the ongoing 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations registration. Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, made this known at an interactive session with stakeholders in Abuja on Tuesday. The registrar listed some of the centres whose … Read more
University workers have begun moves to go on strike over non-implementation of the new national minimum wage law by their employers. This happened against a presidential directive that the minimum wage law would be implemented by December 31, 2019. A source close to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told The Nation that the … Read more
Nigeria’s premier and leading financial services provider, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, has announced that within the last year, it has supported educational institutions in the country with loans in the sum of over 10 billion naira. Ekohotblog understands that the Bank’s support is carried out through its FirstEdu product, an educational solution created to … Read more
Best graduating student of Fountain University, Osun State, Lawal Halimah, from the Department of Microbiology, has received a cash prize of N350,000 from different sponsors who were thrilled by her outstanding performance. Lawal who graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.94 was honoured and 307 students were conferred with various degrees in … Read more
The Kaduna State Quality Assurance Authority says it will go after over 2,000 unregistered private primary and secondary schools operating illegally in the state. The Director-General of the authority, Hajiya Umma Ahmad, disclosed this in an interview in Kaduna on Monday. Ahmad explained that only about 2,000 out of the over 4,000 private schools operating … Read more