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'Not Too Young to Run' Act: Unilorin VC hails Buhari

Unilorin VC canvasses use of sign language

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, on Monday advised the staff and students of the institution to develop positive attitude toward the...

ITF boss urges Plateau people to embrace peace

EDUCATION8 years ago

ITF trains 200 teachers, donates ICT equipment to schools

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) said on Monday that it had trained 200 teachers and donated desks and Information Communication Technology (ICT) equipment to some schools...

EDUCATION8 years ago

ITF spends N1.6bn on SIWES in 2 years

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has spent N1.6 billion on Students Industrial Work Experience Scheme (SIWES) in the last two and half years.

Fagbohun urges degree-awarding institutions to be diligent

EDUCATION8 years ago

Successful convocation: LASU’s V-C rewards security unit, personnel

The Vice-Chancellor (V-C) of the Lagos State University (LASU), Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun, on Wednesday rewarded the institution’s security unit with a N150,000-cash following their outstanding performance...

UNILAG spends N100m monthly on power, Osinbajo for convocation lecture

EDUCATION8 years ago

UNILAG generates 2.5 tons of plastic waste daily, says official

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has appealed to Lagos residents to reduce the use of plastic to protect the environment from further degradation.

Unilorin explains suspension of allowances to staff

EDUCATION8 years ago

Unilorin collaborates with US-based John Maxwell Team on leadership training

The Centre for Peace and Strategic Studies (CPSS), University of Ilorin, is collaborating with the US-based John Maxwell Team, to offer leadership training programmes for interested...

2019 UTME: JAMB says no results released yet, warns candidates against fraudsters

EDUCATION8 years ago

JAMB announces closure of Direct Entry application, releases results of rescheduled UTME

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), on Tuesday, announced that the Direct Entry (DE) application, which began in December 2017, would close on June 4.

EDUCATION8 years ago

JAMB set to conduct recruitment test for FRSC

Few days after it conducted a test for applicants seeking recruitment into the Nigeria Police Force, JAMB is set to conduct a similar test for the...

Sigma Club, a students’ club in the University of Ibadan(UI), has awarded a million naira scholarship to ten brilliant and indigent students of the university. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the announcement was made during the club’s scholarship and awards ceremony held at the UI Alumni Centre on Sunday. NAN reports that the club, founded in 1950 is one of the oldest surviving students’ organisation in West Africa The club had in addition to the scholarship, conferred honorary membership as “Sigma Scholar” on the beneficiaries. Mr Valentine Igbonekwu, the Sigma Chief, said that the one million naira would be shared among the 10 beneficiaries at N100,000 per annum until the end of the end of their programme. He said that the scholarship, which covered the beneficiaries’ tuition and accommodation, would be paid to the school directly by the club. Igbonekwu noted that the balance of the amount paid would be given to each beneficiary at the beginning of every session. According to her, the scholarship scheme is an initiative of the socio-philanthropic club aimed at helping to solve the existential problems affecting the educational sector by rewarding and awarding diligent but indigent students. “Its objective is to provide full and relief scholarships to enable them complete their education and actualise their academic goals. “The scholarship scheme was established in 1986 and since then about 87 students have benefitted. Through the receipt of the Sigma Scholarship, beneficiaries become Sigma Scholars. “This noble gesture is in continuation of the club’s noble tradition of philanthropy, which is aimed at improving the lives of people in our immediate environment as well as cause a rapid upliftment of humanity. “Our motive lies in breeding Sigma Scholars who shall make positive impacts and monumental contributions to the development of our society and the world at large,’’ he said. Prof. Gabriel Ogunmola, the Chairman of the event and Chancellor, Lead City University in Ibadan, commended the club for standing out at a time many are thinking the average youth cannot contribute meaningfully to the society. “I am happy that the club has not derailed from the philanthropic cause I had always known it for. “I call on the beneficiaries to remain morally upright, outstanding in their academics and be agents of change, seizing every opportunity to give back to the society,’’ he said. Dr Okon Onyong, the Chairman, Sigma Scholarship Scheme Board of Trustees, congratulated the beneficiaries and promised more commitment to the scheme. Onyong, the Chief Executive Officer, Jevkon Oil and Gas, recounted the unforgettable memories of his being a loyal Sigmite as an undergraduate. Prof. Idowu Olayinka, the UI Vice-Chancellor, commended the prestigious club for taking a bold step towards alleviating the financial conditions of future leaders. Olayinka, who was represented by Dr Demola Lewis, the Deputy Dean of Students, expressed great optimism at the sustained and continued success of the scheme. He also appreciated the blossoming rapport the club had with the school management over the decades. Kikiowo Kingsley, one of the beneficiaries, promised that they would continue to lead the crusade for the change the society needed, while sustaining the tradition of academic excellence. Kingsley, a first-class student of the Faculty of Law, expressed profound gratitude to the club for finding them worthy of the lifetime opportunity. NAN reports that the ten beneficiaries emerged from a list of 38 shortlisted out of the 77 applicants from various departments in the institution after a screening examination was conducted. The event was also attended by the representative of the Old Sigmites’ Association, Dr Femi Oyamakin and members of the all-male undergraduate club.

EDUCATION8 years ago

UI ASUU sets up monitoring c’ttee on TETFUND projects

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter, has set up a monitoring committee to ensure that contractors engaged by the institution follow...

2019 UTME: JAMB arrests 2 children of centre owner over alleged examination malpractice

EDUCATION8 years ago

JAMB Registrar makes case for functional education

Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says there is urgent need for government at all levels to improve the...