Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, is in mourning after the sudden death of senior professor Jimoh Olanipekun, who fell ill during a departmental meeting on Wednesday. A statement issued by the university’s Public Relations Officer, Abiodun Olarewaju, said Olanipekun began breathing abnormally during the meeting and was rushed to the University Health and Medical Centre.…

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, Oyo state, is to establish a Centre for Police Studies to be named after Chief Sunday Adewusi GCON, the late Inspector General of Police (1981 – 1983). This was disclosed Saturday by the Vice Chancellor of the institution Prof ROM Kalilu, at the fourth bi-ennial memorial lecture of…

Idowu’s story was featured in the latest bulletin of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, where he expressed excitement about finally pursuing tertiary education. “I can now attain my dream at an advanced age,” he said. He described the UTME registration process as smooth and efficient, commending JAMB for integrating the National Identity…

Students from no fewer than 23 public universities and polytechnics have lamented the delayed disbursement of their approved institutional loans from the Nigerian Education Loan Fund as deadlines for tuition payment and examinations draw near. President Bola Tinubu signed the Students Loan (Access to Higher Education) (Repeal and Re-enactment) Act into law on April 3,…

The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede has disclosed that “exceptional” students below the age of 16 can register for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination as the board had opened the Exceptionally Brilliant Window for such candidates. He noted that while the examination body had enforced the minimum age requirement for any…

The Alumni Association of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, has set up a 3-man committee to oversee the reinstatement of the school Students Union Government (SUG). The Global president, Olalekan Badmus, announced the composition of the three-member committee at the quarterly Global Assembly, held at the K-class hotel, Wuse 5, Abuja. The…

The Nigerian government has announced the plan to phase out all Junior Secondary School (JSS) and Senior Secondary Schools in the country and introduced a compulsory 12-year uninterrupted basic education model. With this development,the Nigeria Government is seeking the abolition of 6-3-3-4 education system and replacing it with 12-4. Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa disclosed…

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has emerged winner of the 2024 Campus Debate and Capacity Building Conference organised by the National Orientation Agency. Tagged ‘7 for 7 National Values Charter,’ LAUTECH defeated five other tertiary institutions at the grand finale held at Ikeja, Lagos, to win the N20million grand prize. The debate…

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has officially released the Direct Entry admission list for the 2024/2025 academic session. The list, which is now available on the university's official portal, includes candidates who have successfully met the requirements for admission through the Direct Entry pathway. Prospective students are advised to check their admission status…

The Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) has officially released its third batch admission list for the 2024/2025 academic session. Candidates who participated in the institution's screening process and were awaiting their admission status can now check their names on the university's official portal. The third batch list, which includes successful candidates for undergraduate…