Category: Education

The National Universities Commission has given the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso the approval to run 13 new courses in full-time mode. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Public Relations Officer of the university, Mr Lekan Fadeyi. He said the approval was contained in a letter written to the Oyo...

The management of the University of Ibadan has ordered students of the university to vacate its halls of residence following the extension of the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities.ASUU had, on March 14, announced the extension of its strike by another eight weeks. The university announced that it would...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its warning strike for another two months. The union reached the decision at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting which started on Sunday night, March 13, and ended early Monday morning. The NEC meeting was held at the union’s national secretariat at the University of Abuja....

The Governing Council of the First Technical University, Ibadan has made known its appointment of Professor Adesola Ajayi as successor to the pioneer Vice-Chancellor, Professor Ayobami Salami. The appointment follows the Council’s consideration of the recommendation of the Joint Council and Senate Selection Board at its Special Meeting held today, Monday, 7th March 2022. The...

The First Technical University, initially known as Technical University, Ibadan has graduated her first set of students on Saturday 5th of March, 2022. During the convocation, the 12 first class students were offered immediate employment, out of the 63 graduating students. Meanwhile, 24 of them were said to have graduated with second class upper. Tech-U,...

The Oyo State Ministry of Education on Tuesday sealed off the Oke-Ogun College of Management Sciences and Technology in Iseyin over non-compliance with registration procedures. The Honourable Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barrister Rahman Abiodun Abdu-Raheem explained that the decision to close the institution was in line with the government’s commitment to standardizing education...

The University of Ibadan has agreed to have a Driver’s License Centre established within the premises of the institution, to cater for the large population of users within the university community and its environs. This decision was reached when the Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Kayode Oyebode Adebowale, FAS, mni, acceded to the proposal submitted...

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Prof. Kayode Oyebode Adebowale, FAS, mni has submitted that the government alone cannot run universities, thereby calling on all and sundry to support federal universities to achieve their teaching, learning and research mandates without compromising standards. The Vice-Chancellor stated this while commissioning the self-help renovated office of the Head of...

The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff of Universities will meet on Monday night. Sources in the union revealed that after the meeting, NEC members will meet Federal Government officials later in the week. ASUU had last week Monday declared a nationwide four-week roll-over strike after a two-day meeting at the University of...