Ondo to pay N633m WAEC fees for 23,048 students

Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, has approved the payment of N633, 918, 000.00 covering the registration fees for public secondary school students in the state for the 2025 West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) Secondary School Certificate Examination. A statement by his spokesman, Ebenezer Adeniyan, said the gesture was to alleviate the financial burden of […]

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Ondo releases names of new recruited teachers

Ondo State Government has released the names of the newly recruited teachers for secondary schools in the state. As part of efforts to solve the worrisome shortage of teachers in public schools, with its adverse consequences on the standard of education, Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, last Friday approved the employment of 1,010 new teachers for secondary […]

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28 Osun students with CPGA 4 and above bag scholarships

Twenty eight students of Osun State College of Education with CPGA 4 and above have bagged scholarship awards from some companies which were impressed with their superlative performance. They are: Arowolo Blessing, Popoola Caleb, Adebisi Daniel, Popoola Tabitha, Arowolo Kayode, Folorunsho Abake, Afolabi Janet, Sokoya Victoria, Obasan Ileriayo, Taye Hajara, Oyediran Zainab, Iyiola Toluwalope, Adeyinka […]

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Osun Varsity VC Adebooye stresses technology for development

Osun State University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof Clement Odunayo Adebooye has stressed the importance of technology as for an all-round development. . Particularly, he said that technology has become an indispensable tool for innovation worldwide, as he noted the innumerable advantages of GenAI ha in the delivery of university education. He spoke at this year’s Osun […]

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Tinubu approves licences for 11 private universities

President Tinubu has approved provisional licenses for 11 private universities in Nigeria. The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Communication, Sunday Dare, said in a statement on Monday that the President granted the approvals during the Federal Executive Council (FEC). The universities are: 1. New City University, Ayetoro Ogun State 2. University […]

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UTME 2025: JAMB registers 1.6 million candidates as registration closes in six days

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that a total of 1,687,860 candidates have registered for the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). In its weekly bulletin, the Board noted that the registration figure was achieved over a span of 26 days, with just six days remaining before the registration deadline of 8 […]

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Aiyedatiwa approves employment of 1,010 secondary school teachers

Ondo State Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa has approved the recruitment of 1,010 teachers for secondary schools in the state as part of efforts to improve the post-primary education sector. His approval fulfills his electoral promise to address the persistent shortage of teachers in public schools. The Governor’s approval came after the completion of the recruitment process […]

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Aiyedatiwa upgrades RUGIPO to university

As govt signs MoU with investors, consultants on agriculture, revenue generation Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has approved the upgrade and conversion of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo to a University of Agriculture and Agribusiness. This came after a review of the initial proposal for the upgrade of the polytechnic to a university of […]

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Elizade University, Medical Laboratory Science Council honour 1st class graduate at first induction

A first-class graduate of Elizade University, Ilara Mokin, Ondo State, Miss Praise Ogundare with a CGPA of 4.84 has been jointly honoured by the University and the Medical Laboratory Science Council of Nigeria for her brilliant performance. The university’s spokesman, Mr. Williams Olufunmi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday. At the first medical laboratory […]

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Selfish parents registered 5,000 underaged candidates for UTME — JAMB registrar

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) registrar, Professor Emeritus Isiaq Oloyede, has disclosed that no fewer than 4,997 underage candidates have so far registered for the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. This is as he disclosed that the board had, by Monday afternoon, registered 420,674 candidates for its May 2025/2026 exams, targeting […]

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