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N2.5bn frozen account cripples ABU smooth operations – V-C
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has decried costly legal battles and the ganishing of the sum of over N2.5 billion as major factors exerting pressure on the effective running of the university. Prof. Kabir Bala, Vice-Chancellor of the university, disclosed this at the 44th Convocation Ceremony held at Mamman Kontagora Square, ABUmain campus, Samaru, Zaria, on Saturday. He noted that ABU,…
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120 bag First Class, 136 PhD as FUNAAB holds 32nd convocation
The Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta (FUNAAB) says it will be graduating 120 first-class students and 136 with doctoral degrees at its 32nd convocation. The institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Olusola Kehinde, disclosed this at a news conference to herald the 32nd convocation of the university scheduled for Saturday. Kehinde said that 3,567 students would be graduating, with 1,626 bagging Second Class…
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VC delighted as 76 females, 30 males make first class
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Folasade Ogunsola, expressed delight on Tuesday that 76 female students and 30 males finished with first-class honours from UNILAG in the 2023/2024 academic session. Ogunsola, the first female Vice-Chancellor of UNILAG, also said that the university’s Department of Mass Communication produced 18 all-female first-class graduates in the academic session. Ogunsola made…
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NESG CEO canvasses for education hubs at UNILAG convocation lecture
Dr. Oluwatayo Aduloju, Chief Executive Officer, Nigeria Economic Summit Group (NESG), says Nigeria needs dedicated education hubs to advance and create more wealth. Aduloju said this while delivering the 55th University of Lagos (UNILAG) Convocation Lecture on Monday. The lecture was on ‘Universities as Hubs for Development and Wealth Creation’. According to the lecturer, Asian countries, which have become middle…
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UNILAG graduates 16,409, honours Okonjo-Iweala, others at 55th convocation
The University of Lagos (UNILAG), is set to confer Honorary Degree of Doctor of Science (D. Sc) on the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, at its 55th convocation. No fewer than 16,409 students will be graduating during the week-long activities scheduled to commence with a Juma’at service at the institution’s Central Mosque on Jan. 10…
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Rector deplores inabilty to hold convocation in Owo Poly since 2013
The Acting Rector of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Mr  Olorunwa Adegun, has deplored the inability of the institution to hold its convocation since 2013. Adegun said this at the 31st Matriculation Ceremony for the 2023/2024 academic session of the polytechnic held on Friday in Owo. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 3,175 students formally admitted into…
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Convocation : President Tinubu vows to reposition Nigerian universities
 President Bola Tinubu has reiterated his administration’s resolve to reposition Nigerian Universities to adjust to the ever-changing demands of modern day world. Tinubu made the assertion in Nsukka on Saturday in a message to the 52nd Convocation of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) for the award of postgraduates degrees, diplomas and honorary doctorate degrees to four distinguished Nigerians. He…
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