The newly elected officers of the Federal University of Technology, Akure Students’ Union (FUTASU) have been charged to anchor their leadership on the pillars of knowledge, character, and decisive action as they assume their responsibilities for the 2025/2026 academic year. This charge was given during the Opening Ceremony of the 2025 FUTASU Leadership Retreat, held
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 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 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.
Prof Adenike Oladiji, the Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), has frowned at the increasing rate of ritualistic abuse, especially against women by sexual offenders. She noted that negative peer pressure and the desire to meet societal expectations at all costs are partly responsible for the upsurge. Prof. Oladiji made this known
Lagos State University (LASU) has honoured Ayoka Roqeebat Kazeem, an accomplished alumna and the first-ever recipient of a brand-new car on the popular Yoruba language game show Masoyinbo. On Thursday, July 10, 2025, Kazeem paid a courtesy visit to the Vice-Chancellor at the Vice-Chancellor’s Conference Room, located on the 6th Floor of the Babatunde Raji
Digital competence should be embedded across all academic and administrative operations in Nigerian universities, rather than being treated as an isolated concept. This was the position of Professor Ayo Olajuyigbe, Director of the Advancement Centre at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), during a workshop for early career academics organised by the university’s Centre
