The University of Ibadan (UI) has announced that it will not extend the admission deadline for its Open, Distance and e-Learning (ODeL) undergraduate programmes, which closes at midnight on Friday, October 10 2025. In a statement on Tuesday, the Director of the Distance Learning Centre (DLC), Prof. Babatunde Omobowale, urged prospective students to complete their
KolaDaisi University (KDU), Ibadan, has postponed the resumption dates for the 2025/2026 academic session to allow the completion and furnishing of newly built student hostels. In a statement issued by the Registrar, H.O. Adetu, on Friday, the university said fresh students will now resume on Sunday, October 19 2025, while returning students are to resume
The Abuja Unity Lions Club has renovated four classroom blocks at Junior Secondary School, Orozo, in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to address overcrowding and improve learning conditions. The intervention, commissioned yesterday, follows a needs assessment that revealed the school’s overstretched facilities. Club President, Grace Oladipo, said many students had been learning under poor conditions,
Muhammad Kamalud-deen University (MKU) has approved a revised 2025/2026 academic calendar featuring stricter academic timelines as the institution prepares for a major accreditation exercise. The decision was reached at an extraordinary Senate meeting held on October 2 2025, where members endorsed changes to Continuous Assessment schedules, lecture periods, and revision timelines aimed at improving academic
The 1980–1985 Set of Christ’s School, Ado Ekiti, will mark its 40th Homecoming Anniversary in October 2025 with the commissioning of a new legacy project aimed at supporting the school’s infrastructural development. According to the Set Chairman, Prince Adejumoke Agunbiade, and Secretary, Comrade Gbenga Olowoyo, the project forms part of the alumni’s ongoing efforts to
The Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Professor Adamu Ahmed, has congratulated Professor Adewale Adedokun on his appointment as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the African Network Information Centre (AFRINIC). Professor Adedokun, who lectures in ABU’s Department of Computer Engineering and serves as Director of the Iya Abubakar Institute of Information and Communication
Students at Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, have launched a series of self-funded projects to tackle long-standing infrastructure and welfare challenges on campus. Led by the 2024/2025 Students’ Representative Council (SRC), the initiatives include the construction of a public toilet near the university’s Sickbay, the renovation of the SRC Secretariat, and the installation of first
Tension rocked the national convention of the National Association of Niger State Students (NANISS) in Minna at the weekend as Governor Umar Bago’s aide, Musa Muhammad, popularly known as Historian, allegedly slapped the association’s outgoing National President, Muhammad Isah Bashi. The incident occurred at Gidan Matasa, venue of the convention, when a female delegate was
Jigawa State Governor Malam Umar Namadi has pledged to modernise Qur’anic education by integrating it more closely with the formal school system. Speaking at the closing ceremony of the 40th State Qur’anic Recitation Competition in Dutse on Thursday, Namadi described Qur’anic knowledge as a vital tool for character development and social progress. He praised participants
The Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), Arsenio Domínguez, and Nigeria’s Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola, have commended the International Maritime Institute of Nigeria (IMION) for its contribution to maritime training barely a year after its establishment. Domínguez, who visited the institute on Friday, October 3, 2025, during his three-day official
