Ogun State, Nigeria, World News & Stories
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Ogun State government has set aside the sum of N50billion for the take off the Moshood Abiola University of Science and Technology (MAUSTECH), Abeokuta, and the newly established Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia. The state governor, Ibikunle Amosun, disclosed this on Saturday during the Treasury Board meeting for the 2018 budget preparation held at the Obas’…
Ogun Government has begun the audit of the staff of all its personnel in all tertiary institutions across the state. The Auditor-General of the state, Mr. Babajide Olubanjo, made this known to newsmen on Saturday during the exercise at the D.S. Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori in Ewekoro Local Government Area. Olubanjo, represented by the Principal…
The pupils of St John’s Anglican School, Adekanbi-Agbena in Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, are still receiving their lessons in a poultry shed weeks after the state government pledged to provide the classrooms and other facilities. PREMIUM TIMES had in September exclusively reported the poor condition under which about 150 pupils were schooling…
The newly-appointed sixth substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNAAB), Professor Felix Kolawole Salako has received his instruments of office at a formal handing-over ceremony held at the Vice-Chancellor’s Conference Room, assuring that he would be fair to all in office. Professor Salako gave the assurance shortly after his predecessor, Professor Ololade…
Determined to ensure that the newly-established Ogun State Polytechnic, Ipokia, has uninterrupted power supply, the state government has concluded plans to install solar power energy at the institution. In a statement issued, over the weekend, in Abeokuta, by Head of Media in the Works and Infrastructure Ministry, Ayokunle Ewuoso, the Commissioner in charge of the…
In a rare move that underscores the dire unemployment situation in the country, a first class Nigerian graduate has taken to Twitter to openly beg people to help her get a job. Odufuwa Sola, 22, from Ogun State, has remained jobless since she graduated in 2015 from Ajayi Crowther University, Oyo State. “I’m Odufuwa Sola,…
The 1992 set of the Association of Mass Communication Students of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, have told the Mass Communication students of the institution to explore how to become media entrepreneurs instead of looking for white-collar jobs. Officials and members of the set, known as AMACOS ’92, said this on Tuesday when they came…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given the final approval for the conversion of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY) to Moshood Abiola University of Technology (MAUTECH) as a letter of approval to that effect was presented to a delegation of the Ogun State Government on Monday, July 3, 2017. The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed,…
Head of National Universities Commission, NUC, Professor Abubakar Rasheed, has said that some Nigerian universities can now compete favourably with global universities. The Executive Secretary said this at the Babcock University’s 15th graduation ceremony where 89 students graduated with first class honours. Rasheed, said: “Our university system is highly standardised and can compete favourably across the…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the November/December 2016 Senior School Certificate Examinations results with Ogun state topping the performance chart. Addressing Journalists at the Council’s Headquarters in Minna, the Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Charles Uwakwe, said the release of the results barely 60 days after the exams were conducted, was…
