At least 35 students of Fakunle Comprehensive High School, Osogbo, Osun State were rushed to the hospital after inhaling tear gas fired by mobile policemen in the early hours of Tuesday. The mobile policemen were reportedly conducting morning drills at the 39 Squadron Division located opposite the school compound at the Powerline area, along Osogbo-Ikirun road. A teacher in the …

The Management of the Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo State has dismissed 13 academic and non-academic staff members for offences ranging from falsified age, fraud and gross misconduct to extortion and sexual harassment. The institution’s acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Asomwan Adagbonyin said the decision was based on the recommendations of the University Staff Disciplinary Committee which found them guilty of …

The first Professor of Geology in Africa, Jamiu Mosobalaje Oyawoye is dead. His death was confirmed by his son, Prince Olukitibi Oyawoye on Monday evening. He was 96 years. Born in Offa in Kwara state on 12th August 1927, Oyawoye, the Aremo of Offa, served as a lecturer at the University of Ibadan between 1960 and 1977. He was appointed …

In the early hours of Monday, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) re-elected Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke unopposed as their National President to pilot the affairs of the union for another two years. Apart from Osodeke, who is of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State, the union members also re-elected as Vice President a Consultant …

The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA) said it has developed an advanced online course to safeguard and protect minors from abuse. During the ‘Online Course for Beginners’ on Monday, which was introduced in 2020 with over 13,000 participants, DSVA’s Executive Secretary, Mrs. Titilola Vivour-Adeniyi described the course as one of the ways the state was leveraging technology …

Stakeholders and leaders of Ndokwa nation have expressed willingness to donate three choice lands as potential sites for the establishment of the proposed Federal University of Medical and Health Sciences, Kwale, Delta State. This was the outcome of a meeting between leaders of Utagba-Ogbe, Kwale in Delta State and the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege. The delegation, …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to sign into law the bill to abolish BSC/HND dichotomy before he leaves office next Monday. ASUP National President, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, who made the call in an interview with Vanguard in Abuja on Sunday, said the dichotomy had made young Nigerians not to be interested in …

Admission seekers would soon heave a sigh of relief as the newly approved Federal Polytechnic, Orogun, Delta State is expected to commence academic activities in the next two months, the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has assured. While hosting leaders from Delta North Senatorial District at the National Assembly Complex Abuja, Omo-Agege called on elected leaders to put …

About 11,350 candidates on Saturday participated in the first batch of the teachers’ Professional Qualifying Examination (PQE), organised by the Teachers Registration Council (TRCN) across the country. TRCN Registrar, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, who announced this while monitoring the exercise at Sascon International School Maitama, Abuja, said reports from across the country showed that the exam went on smoothly. Ajiboye, who …

Some students from Queen of the Rosary College, Onitsha, Anambra State have clinched 2nd place in the just-concluded World Affairs Challenge. The challenge is an international programme and competition designed for middle and high school students to develop and implement their own S.M.A.R.T. solutions for the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The team carried out innovation in Queens’ Lyfe bags …