•Kwara State Polytechnic main gate The Kwara State government has ordered the immediate closure of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, following student protests over the use of the institution as a temporary National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation camp, which led to a security breach, injuries, and chaos on campus. The directive was issu...
•Being Editorial of Nigerian Tribune At the 2025 one-day strategic interactive workshops for heads of institutions, bursars and heads of procurement of the Tertiary Education Tax Fund’s (TETFund) beneficiary institutions in Abuja recently, the Executive Secretary of the Fund, Sonny Echono, made a starling disclosure that smacks of monumental ...
Authorities of the Ogun State-owned Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, have announced the closure of the Polytechnic effective from today, Monday, January 13, 2025, till further notice. The school authority said this is to ensure the safety of lives and properties owing to the protest by some students on the decision of the managem...
•House of Reps The House of Representatives Committee on Polytechnics and other Higher Technical Education has expressed shock over the discovery that Federal Polytechnic Ugep, Cross Rivers State, spends over N600 million on personnel and overhead costs despite having only 142 students and 154 academic and non-academic staff. This was discover...
•Dr Mukail Akinde The Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, Dr Mukail Akinde, yesterday, said that improved funding of the polytechnic education will help bolster the country’s desire for technological development and reduce heavy importation. Akinde has equally demanded the revitalisation of Ajaokuta Steel, saying that the resuscitation o...
•Executive Secretary, NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje The National Board for Technical Education clarified today that the new schemes of service approved by the federal government are meant for federal polytechnics and not state-owned polytechnics. The Executive Secretary of the NBTE, Prof. Idris Bugaje, clarified this at a press conference held at t...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic Bauchi Chapter, has voiced concerns regarding the newly introduced Polytechnic Service Scheme. The union, pointing out several contentious issues in the approved scheme, fears it will exacerbate the marginalization of Higher National Diploma (HND) holders compared to their co...
The acting Rector of the Federal Polytechnic Nedeke, Dr Uzoma Ibeaja, has warned newly admitted students of the institution to shun cultism and other social vices. He gave the warning during the 46th matriculation ceremony of the institution for the 2023/2024 academic session held at the premises of the institution, reports Sunday Sun. He urge...
•Harvarde College The Gateway State, which usually prides itself as the cradle of Western education and civilisation, is now playing host to a private polytechnic where students are being admitted to study Law, Nursing, Pharmacy and other professional courses. DARE OLAWIN investigates how the institution, Havarde College of Science, Business a...
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