Education

EFCC arrests over 70 OAU male and female students in midnight raid

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7 months ago

November 1, 2023 2:49 pm

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Over 70 students of Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife Osun State were reportedly arrested by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in a midnight raid on hostels outside the campus.

Multiple sources in Ile-Ife confirmed to our correspondent on Wednesday morning that the officials, around 2 a.m., stormed the Fine Touch and Superb hostels in Oduduwa Estate, Ile-Ife, broke into rooms, and arrested the students.

Reasons for the arrest have not been confirmed as of press time, but the Students’ Union President, Abass Ojo, said the union had details of “72 students picked up from the hostel with phones and cars taken away.”

A former union official, Joy Abiola, told our correspondent that the students were beaten.

“The EFCC officials came between 1:40 a.m and 4:00 a.m. Only students stay in those hostels,” Joy said, adding, “How can you arrest people for owning iPhones, laptops, and cars?”

Another student, identified simply as Ewatee, said, “Female students were among those picked up. Even some fresh students who just went to greet their senior colleagues were arrested. The approach is wrong.”

In a video shared with our correspondent, taken by one of the students, several young persons said to be students of the hostel were seen being marched into a white Hummer Bus with some security officials hitting them and ordering them to move and enter quickly.

In another video, about six vehicles were seen alongside the white Hummer Bus on the move. Students said the officials were leaving the Ile-Ife area and heading to Ibadan.

Contacted, the head of Public Affairs Department of the EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command, Olumide Egbodofo, said an update would be given on the incident.

“A press statement will be released regarding that soon,” the spokesperson added.

Also, the phone line of the university’s spokesperson, Abiodun Olarewaju, was unreachable as of press time.

Education

JAMB releases additional 36,540 UTME results

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34 mins ago

May 15, 2024 3:01 pm

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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released an additional 36,540 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) results which were withheld over irregularities.

Last week, JAMB released 531 results from the 64,624 results under investigation.

The exam body said the investigation includes verification anomalies, centres suspected of infractions, and cases of exam malpractice.

According to Fabian Benjamin, the board spokesperson, in a statement released on Tuesday, the total results released now stand at 1,879,437.

About 26,000 results are still being withheld over possible examination misconduct.

Benjamin also dismissed claims purporting to emanate from the board that the outstanding 2024 UTME results, currently being subjected to intense scrutiny by its team of experts, had been compromised on account of a cyber security breach and that it is considering rescheduling the examination.

He urged the public to disregard the report, adding that it was created by fraudulent people.

Education

ASUU threatens to embark on another nationwide strike

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7 hours ago

May 15, 2024 8:34 am

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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be gearing up for another nationwide strike if the brewing issues are not immediately addressed.

The president of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke on Monday, May 14, 2024, threatened that the union would go on an industrial action to protest against the absence of governing councils in all federal universities.

Osodeke made this known while speaking at a press conference at the ASUU national secretariat, Abuja.

He said the dissolution of the Governing Councils was against the principles guiding the existing universities.

ASUU also criticised the ‘nonchalant attitude of the Federal Government’ on matters that concern academics in Nigerian Federal Universities.

Education

UNILORIN unveils 40 new professors

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1 day ago

May 14, 2024 9:22 am

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The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has announced the promotion of 40 of its senior academic staff to the rank of professor.

According to the university’s bulletin issued on Monday, the elevation was approved by Tahir Mamman, the minister of education.

The publication stated that the 40 distinguished scholars were found to have excelled in the realms of teaching, research and community service, and subsequently promoted to the highest rank obtainable in the academia.

The breakdown of the beneficiaries of the promotion exercise shows that 11 of the new professors are from the Faculty of Agriculture.

The bulletin disclosed that two lecturers from the Faculty of Clinical Sciences were also elevated to the rank of professor, while the Faculty of Communication & Information Sciences also produced two new professors.

It added that the Faculty of Law produced one new Professor, while the Faculty of Life Sciences produced four new professors, among others.

See the list below:

Faculty of Agriculture:

Sidiqat A. Aderinoye-Abdulwahab
L. L. Adefalu
F. O. Takim
A. A. Badmos
Foluke E. Sola-Ojo
W. A. Jimoh
M. I. Abubakar
T. H. Aliyu
R. O. Uddin II
T. O. Amusa
Mutiat A. Balogun

Faculty of Arts:

K. M. U. Gbodofu
Y. A. Abdullahi
Abosede R. O. Babatunde
Bolanle E. Arokoyo
P. U. Nwosu

Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences:

A. S. Alabi who teaches at the Department of Anatomy.

Faculty of Clinical Sciences:

T. O. Olanrewaju
O. A. M. Adesiyun.

Faculty of Communication & Information Science:

Tinuke O. Oladele
Saudat S. Abdulbaqi

Faculty of Education:

O. O. Okoji
Folakemi O. Adeniyi-Egbeola
Florence O. Daramola

From the Faculty of Engineering and Technology:

A. T. Ajiboye
A. Y. Abdulrahman
M. O. Sumonu
Rasheedat M. Mahamood
T. K. Ajiboye

Faculty of Law:

A. C. Onuora-Oguno

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