A Professor of Statistics at the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Barnabas Adebola, has urged governments at all levels to encourage, advocate for, and carry out regular and proper data gathering for the benefit of society and adequate planning. Adebola, who also recommended training more statisticians in the country to ensure data integrity and
Adeola T. Kola-Mustapha, a Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, University of Ilorin, has called for the careful use of prescription drugs to avoid the adverse effects of such medicinal substances on one’s health. Prof. Kola-Mustapha gave this advice last Thursday (July 10, 2025) while delivering the 285th Inaugural Lecture of the
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, has vowed to equip students with practical entrepreneurial knowledge alongside their academic training, ensuring they graduate with both business acumen and laudable academic qualifications. Prof Egbewole, who stated this last Thursday (July 10, 2025) while welcoming a delegation from the Corporate Affairs Commission
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Wahab Olasupo Egbewole, SAN, has reaffirmed the University’s commitment to blending theoretical knowledge with practical exposure, especially in the training of students of Islamic Law. Prof. Egbewole, who was represented by the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Academic), Prof. Moji Taibat Bakare-Odunola, stated this last Tuesday (July 8,
The SmartSoil Project took a major step toward national impact as stakeholders converged for its Close-out and Evaluation meeting, held from July 10 to 11, 2025, at the Envoy Hotel in Abuja. The Two-Day event provided a platform to assess the project’s achievements, identify challenges, and chart a course for its sustainability and scalability. Participants,
The Edo State government, through the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), has secured a N1.2 billion education grant from OPay Digital Services for Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma. The grant is part of OPay’s national scholarship initiative, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) commitment to support indigent students
The renaming of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, to Victor Omololu Olunloyo Polytechnic, Ibadan, continues to raise controversy, as the institution’s Alumni Association has formally appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to reverse his decision. In a letter obtained by the media, signed by Professor Akinloye Lawal, Acting National President of the Alumni Association, the body described the
Staff of the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology (OYSCATECH), Igboora, have embarked on an indefinite strike over persistent fractional and delayed salary payments. The three workers’ unions in the institution, comprising the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics (SSANIP), and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), unanimously
The management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, has rolled out several initiatives to boost and enhance academic activities, in an effort to regain the lost glory of the Edo State-owned University. Sunday Olowo Samuel, the Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university, disclosed this at a press conference with reporters in Benin City. Samuel, represented by
The University of Ibadan Central Students’ Disciplinary Committee has suspended two students, Ayodele Aduwo and Mide Gbadegesin, for a period of four semesters each, following their involvement in raising placards against the 2024 school fee hike. On Thursday, FIJ reported that the UI SDC summoned the students to a second separate interrogation session on Monday.
