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Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Prof. Olusola Oyewole The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, Prof. Olusola Oyewole, has stressed the importance of academic seminar, saying it is vital to promoting excellence, integrity and global relevance. It also, the VC says, promotes innovation, service to humanity as well as an avenue for students to attain greatness in life. He made this known at a colloquium organised by the Computer Science department of the university. The event entitled “Harnessing Opportunities in Computer Science and Information Technology” was to connect the opportunities in computer science and information technology and to provide a platform for collaboration between the present and past students of the department. The VC, represented by the Dean, College of Physical Sciences, Prof. Catherine Eromosele, while calling for regular colloquium, said it could help in preparing ...

The Director, Academic Planning at the Landmark University, Omu Aran, Kwara State, Prof. Raphael Olarinoye, has emphasised the need for on science and technology education. Science and technology education, he said, was essential to addressing Nigeria’s development challenges. He stated this while delivering the third public lecture of Landmark University. The lecture was entitled, ‘Science and technology education in agricultural revolution.’ Olarinoye, a former President, Curriculum Organisation of Nigeria and consultant to ECOWAS, called on the federal and state governments as well as private universities to invest more in science and technology education. He stated that through science education, students could manipulate scientific knowledge to identify, develop and make use of their talents for the benefit of society. Such an education, he added, could facilitate the production of material objects for the human sustenance and comfort. He, however, said that technolo...

Ogun State-born Ajumobi Falola leads the pack at the convocation of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology, CHUKWUDI AKASIKE  reports FOR 24-year-old Ajumobi Yusuf Falola, gaining admission to the university was not an easy task and this perhaps explains why he sat for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board twice. However, Falola’s two attempts before securing admission did not discourage him from graduating with a First Class from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology. At the RSUST’s 27th convocation, Falola shone like a star as he won three awards, including the overall best student prize. For Falola, who studied Petroleum Engineering, the academic accomplishment did not just come on a platter. He encountered difficult times, especially challenges bordering on finance as well as other socio-economic difficulties. Most discouraging of the challenges, he said, was not his modest...

Vice-Chancellor, LASU, Prof. John Obafunwa The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Lagos State University chapter has faulted the closure of the university allegedly on the orders of the Vice- Chancellor, Prof. John Obafunwa. The school management last Monday asked both workers and students to vacate the institution until further notice, citing the ongoing elections in the country as an excuse. But LASU-ASUU, in a statement obtained by our correspondent on Monday, claimed that the “forcible closure’ was illegal. The chapter Chairman and his Secretary, Dr. Adekunle Idris, and Dr. Wale Adeyemi, respectively signed the statement. According to them, the VC has no legal right to shut down the ivory tower. The action of the VC, they added, would disrupt the academic calendar of the institution. Parts of the statement read, “The union would like to state unequivocally that the open-ended recess announced for the sake of elections is not only unwarranted and disrupti...

Fani-Kayode The Buhari Support Organisations has called for the arrest of Mr. Femi Fani-Kayode, the Director, Media, Peoples Democratic Party Presidential Campaign Organisation, for announcing unofficial results. The Director, Media and Information of the BSO, Dr. Chidia Maduekwe, made the call on Monday in Abuja at a news conference. According to Maduekwe, this is the time for security agencies to show their neutrality by arresting Fani-Kayode because the only authority to announce election results is the Independent National Electoral Commission. The organisation claimed that Fani-Kayode had breached relevant sections of the Electoral Act by announcing on Sunday that the PDP was leading in the presidential election in 23 states of the federation. “We ask the security agencies to immediately arrest Fani-Kayode for breaching relevant sections of the Electoral Act which forbids any organ outside INEC from officially declaring election results. “His arrest for furthe...

# Akwa Ibom Results  LGAs: 31 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES:14 REG. VOTERS: 1,644,481 ACCR VOTERS: 1,074,070 AA: 1600 AD: 474 ACPN:443 ADC:608 APA:384 APC:58,411 CPP:412 HOPE:192 KOWA:160 NCP:381 PDP:953,304 PPN:324 UDP:224 UPP:144 # Plateau Results  LGAs: 17 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES: 14 REG. VOTERS: 1,977,211 ACCR VOTERS: 1,076,833 AA: 178 AD: 279 ACPN: 391 ADC: 406 APA: 618 APC: 429,140 CPP: 237 HOPE: 56 KOWA: 138 NCP: 693 PDP: 549,615 PPN: 554 UDP: 54 UPP:29 VALID VOTES: 982,388 VOTES CAST: 1,000,692 REJECTED VOTES: 18,304 #Imo Results  LGAs: 27 NO of POLITICAL PARTIES:14 REG. VOTERS: 1,747,681 ACCR VOTERS: 801,712 AA: 533 AD:757 ACPN: 956 ADC: 1617 APA: 2236 APC: 133,253 CPP: 733 HOPE: 157 KOWA: 158 NCP: 784 PDP: 559,185 PPN:414 UDP:264 UPP: 1917 VALID VOTES: 702,964 VOTES CAST: 731,921 REJECTED VOTES: 28,957 ELECTIONS AFFECTED: Isu (Umundugba), Owerri North, Ahiazu Mbaise, Ezinihite Mbaise PUs INVOLVED: 54 VOTES AFFECTED: 30,353 # Abia Results  LGAs: 17 NO of P...

The electoral commission in Nigeria has released the results of eight states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), as it begins the collation and announcement of the presidential election’s results on Monday. Election Results By States Nasarawa Results : REG. VOTERS: 1,222,054 ACCR VOTERS: 562,959 AA:40 AD:74 ACPN:95 ADC:105 APA:310 APC:236,838 CPP:131 HOPE:4 KOWA:48 NCP:222 PDP:273,460 PPN:164 UDP:23 UPP:33 VALID VOTES:511,547 VOTES CAST:521,641 REJECTED VOTES:10,094 Oyo Results : REG. VOTERS: 2,344,448 ACCR VOTERS: 1,073,849. Results : AA:6331 AD:6282 ACPN:8979 ADC:5000 APA:4,468 APC:528,620 CPP:6,674 HOPE:839 KOWA:1,312, NCP:1895, PDP:303,376, PPN:2842, UDP:1069, UPP:3665.   FCT Results:  REG VOTERS: 886,573, ACCR VOTERS: 344,056. Results AA 139, ACPN:342, AD:240 ADC:288, APA:674, APC:146,399, CPP:347, HOPE :83, KOWA:165, NCP:473, PDP:157,195, NPN:269, PPN: 269, UPP:96 VALID VOTES: 306,805, REJECTED VOTES: 9210, VOTES CAST: 316,015 Ondo Results : REG. VOTE...

The collation of election results are ongoing across Nigeria, a day after the presidential and National Assembly elections held across the oil rich nation. In Oyo State collation continued through the night till Sunday morning  in 11 Local Government Areas. The collations are still on in Oyo, Ogbomosho, Iseyin, other parts of Oke Ogun and Abarapa areas of the State. There was massive turn out of voters who got accredited and voted peacefully in Ibadan north, Ibadan north-east, Ibadan north-west,  Lagelu , Akinyele , Ona Ara south-west, Egbede, Ogbomosho south and Ogbomosho north. However, issues of card reader failure were recorded in about five units in ward 9 in Ibadan South-west Local Government Area and Ogbomosho North where the House Leader, Mulikat Akande Adeola, had to wash her hands with soap more than five times, trying to ensure the card reader read his finger print. Meanwhile, there had not been any reported case of violence or electoral malpracti...

Names of the beneficiaries are as follows: S/N NAME SEX DIVISION 1 ADARANIJO OLUWASEUN ADEKUNLE M IKEJA 2 ADEBAYO IDRIS BABATUNDE M IKEJA 3 ADEOGUN OLABISI ESTHER F IKEJA 4 AINA CHRISTIANA OLUWAKEMI F IKEJA 5 AJAYI ELIZABETH IRELOLUWA F IKEJA 6 AKINBODE MARIAM WURAOLA F IKEJA 7 AKINDE OLUWATOBILOBA OMOLOLA F IKEJA 8 AKINGBOLA AKANDE JOHN M IKEJA 9 AKINGBOLA OMOSHALEWA OLAITAN F IKEJA 10 BALOGUN OLUWAMAYOWA OLAMIDE F IKEJA 11 BOLANLE MORAKINYO AKINOLA M IKEJA 12 DADA ADEWALE ABIODUN M IKEJA 13 FASHANU DUPE MARIAM F IKEJA 14 FASHINA DAMILOLA CELINA F IKEJA 15 HASSAN NOJEEM OLANREWAJU M IKEJA 16 IDOWU OLUWATOSIN ABIMBOLA F IKEJA 17 KASUMU RASHEDAT TEMITIAYO F IKEJA 18 LAWAL YAKUB ADEBAYO M IKEJA 19 LAWANSON OLUWAFEYIJINMI F IKEJA 20 OGUNDIPE OLUWATOMIWA MARY F IKEJA 21 OJO SEKINAT OMOTAYO F IKEJA 22 OLORUNFUNMI HABIBAT OMOWUNMI F IKEJA 23 OSENI ADEJOKE FATIMO F IKEJA 24 OTUBU OLANIKE ANJOLA F IKEJA 25 SEKONI FATIMO OMOWUNMI F IKEJA 26 SHEKONI AJIBOLA OLUSOLA ...