Tinubu Launches Scholarship Initiative for Caribbean Students in Nigerian Institutions
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved a new scholarship scheme for students from the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States OECS, to study in Nigerian universities, beginning from the next academic year. Speaking at a joint press conference in Gros Islet yesterday alongside Saint Lucian Prime Minister Philip J. Pierre, Tinubu said the programme has already […]
Dr. Olohungbebe Condemns Exam Delays, Calls for WAEC Accountability
Kwara State’s Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe, has raised concerns over delays affecting students taking the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) across the state. The commissioner attributed the disruptions to late delivery of examination materials. Dr. Olohungbebe disclosed the issue in a statement issued by the ministry’s […]
Kwara Trains 384 School Support Officers to Boost Governance and Teaching Excellence
Kwara State has concluded a week-long intensive training programme for 384 School Support Officers (SSOs) to enhance their capacity to improve school governance and teaching quality through modern technology. The SSOs, field officers under the state Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB), are responsible for assisting school administrators, supporting teachers, and supervising head teachers across the […]
KWASU Celebrates NUC Re-Accreditation of 25 Programmes
Kwara State University (KWASU) has achieved another accreditation milestone, with the National Universities Commission (NUC) re-accrediting all 25 undergraduate programmes submitted during the October-November 2024 round of academic programme accreditation. The NUC’s results, addressed to Vice-Chancellor Professor Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh and dated 30 April 2025, were signed by Engineer Abraham Chundusu, the Commission’s Acting Director of […]
Gbajabiamila Tasks Varsities On Funding
The Chief of Staff to the President, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila, has charged universities across the country with creatively generating funds internally to complement government efforts in public institutions. He spoke at the first university lecture of Osun State University, UNIOSUN, in Osogbo yesterday, saying investment in profitable business will further boost the economic status of […]
Law firm demands JAMB release UTME questions, answers after over 70% exam failure
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has received a formal request from a law firm, John Nwobodo & Associates, seeking the release of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, questions and answers for more than 1.5 million candidates. Report recalls that this comes with concerns over the exam’s high failure rate, with over […]
BREAKING…. UPDATE ON HAFSOH’S RITUAL KILLER, ABDULRAHMAN BELLO
The end is yet to be heard in the ongoing trial of Abdulrahman Bello, the ritual muderer Hafsoh Yetunde Lawal, in Ilorin Kwara State. EMIRATE RADIO reliably gathered that Abdulrahman has been moved from the Kwara State Correctional facility by men of Department of State Service for further investigation. Recalled that during the last appearance […]
Ribadu assumes office, vows to reform NUC laws
Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu has assumed office as the 9th substantive Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC). Ribadu, while speaking in Abuja on Monday at the event organised by the management and staff of the commission, promised to revisit the laws of the commission for better service delivery. The Executive Secretary added that he […]
Senate approves federal varsities for Ilaro, Kachia
Senate on Tuesday approved the establishment of Federal University of Technology, Ilaro in Ogun State and Federal University of Applied Sciences in Kachia, Kaduna State, respectively. The bills seeking the establishment of both universities passed for third reading following the consideration of report presented for that purpose by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Education and […]
M. F. Salman: The Emergence Of A Paragon As KWASUED’s Vice Chancellor
By Abubakar Imam On Tuesday (September 24, 2024), the Executive Governor of Kwara State and Chairman, Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, CON, scored another intimidating first. He did by positively changing the course of history of the State and most especially that of the Ilorin Emirate, with his approval of the appointment of […]
