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COVID-19: Oyo schools may resume July 15- Makinde declares

The Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on Friday stated that schools in the state may reopen July 15 while noting that the administration remained hopeful. The governor made this known during a special programme to mark this year’s Worker’s Day at the Secretariat at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Oyo State branch, located at…

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Video: Read story of a boy behind #21k USD, most trending hashtag on twitter

This is the story of a boy behind the most trending hashtag on twitter, #21k USD. The Twitter is presently trending with story of the boy who refused to write English and Mathematics exams, only for him to show up for music exam after his father had spent 21k USD for his fee. https://twitter.com/TheViralTrendz/status/1253056483937398784?s=19 The…

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PHOTOS: Grassroots girls, women join others globally to observe international women’s day

A special report by Opeyemi Olawore has x-rayed the focal point of the event of observing this year’s International Women’s day which was held at the Ibarapa East Local Government, Eruwa, Oyo State As the world recently marked the International Women’s Day, girls and women also converged at the Eruwa Town Hall, Ibarapa East Local…

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FOUYE gets accreditation for 19 academic programmes

From KEHIND ADEWOLE Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE) has recorded another success in academic development as the institution gets accreditation of the National Universities Commission (NUC) to continue running 19 academic programmes in the facultiies of science, Management Sciences, Education, Social Sciences, and Arts. The huge success in the accreditation excerise was recorded from the October/November…

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Oyo College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora matriculates 1,805 students

The Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora has matriculated 1,805 newly admitted Students into the institution. In his speech at the 12th matriculation ceremony held at the Oyo State College of Agriculture and Technology, Igboora, the acting Rector, Mr. Olaniyi Adekunle revealed that 1,160 students were offered admission into the National Diploma programmes…

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156,000 applicants jostle for 10,600 teaching, non-teaching jobs in Oyo

No fewer than 156,000 applications was received in the ongoing recruitment exercise to fill 10,600 teaching and non-teaching vacancies in the state public schools, the Oyo State Government revealed. The state Commissioner for Education, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye, made the disclosure on Tuesday, while addressing newsmen at the end of the weekly state executive council meeting….

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Don’t allow love for Davido other entertainers’ musics to ruin your studies- University Don charges students

The former Dean, Faculty of Science, Augustine University, Ilara-Epe, Lagos State, Professor Michael Olasunkanmi Soladoye, has called on the students of the institution, in particular, the new intakes for the 2019/2020 academic session to not allow entertainment to ruin their studies. Professor Soladoye stated this recently while delivering a paper titled “Matriculation for an enduring…

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Drama as Governor Matawalle forces teachers to eat poor meal provided for students (PHOTOS)

There was a mild drama ensued in Zamfara State as Governor Bello Mohammed (Matawallen Maradun) gave an express directive to all school principals and feeding officers in the state to henceforth eat the food they serve students or face dismissal. In the viral pictures, Governor Matawalle, who was in a state of anger at what…

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EKSU mass sack: Affected staff asks VC to resign over allegation of misappropriation (PHOTOS)

…as University mgt replies pre-action notice from aggrieved workers’ legal counsel From KEHINDE ADEWOLE The last is yet to be heard of the crisis caused by mass disengagement of staff at the Ekiti State University as the affected staff members have demanded resignation from the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Edward Olanipekun. The angry…

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Makinde vows to recruit 7,000 teachers, non- teaching staff as Governor directs TESCOM to give out free forms to applicants

The Oyo State government led by Governor Seyi Makinde has said the state government had six years ago last recruited secondary school teachers. The governor has therefore given a directive to the Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) to recruit 7,000 teachers; 2,000 non-teaching staff and 1,600 night guards. The chairman of TESCOM, Pastor Akinade Alamu, who…

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