Category: Education

Waliu Jagun The Ikorodu Division Resource Development Group (IDRDG), has received more support for the development of its ICT/CBT Hub located within the Ikorodu Town Hall, Ikorodu. A former Supervisory Councilor for Environment, Ikorodu Local Government, Hon. Olawale Mutiu Animashaun, impressed by the investment in innovation by the Group when he visited the hub, donated two laptop computer sets to add to the poll already in place at the Barr. S.A.B. Oteju ICT & Innovation Hub. He presented the set of computers during the third edition of the Most Brilliant…

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Kunle Adelabu The Lagos State University (LASU) Don and Head, Department of Microbiology, Dr. Abdul-Azeez A. Anjorin, has been selected as a Member of the World Society for Virology (WSV) Training and Career Development Committee. This was confirmed in a letter dated March 8, 2024, and signed by the renowned Virologist, Founder and Chairman of the Governing Board for World Society for Virology (WSV), Professor Ahmed, S. Abdel-Moneim. It is indeed another giant stride that has registered the name of the State University on the global fame of honour in…

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Kunle Adelabu -Engages 5000 students for most brilliant contest, JAMB Officials of the Association of Tutorial School Operators, Lagos State Chapter (ATSOLAG), Ikorodu Zone, has said that they are providing important services by taking care of students between secondary school and tertiary education in Nigeria. They said this in Ikorodu, while engaging 5000 students for the third edition of the Most Brilliant Student Contest in Nigeria and JAMB seminar, held at the Ikorodu Hall Town on Wednesday, March 27 and Thursday, March 28, 2024. According to the organisers, about 32,…

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Kunle Adelabu -We teach, encourage excellent character, integrity, skills – CLO Kaoli The management of one of the foremost private schools in Lagos State, Kith & Kin Educational Schools, Ikorodu, has announced 2024 Scholarship Entrance Examination into its Junior Secondary School One. According to the school, the examination comes up 9am at the Kith & Kin International College (KKIC), Ibeshe Campus, 7/11, Kaoli Olusanya Street, Owode, Ibeshe, on Saturday, May 11, 2024. Qualified candidates in Basic 6 and within age 10, are invited from all schools to participate. Scholarships are…

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Kunle Adelabu The Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculations Board (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Olanrewaju Oloyede, has said that many Nigerians in the diaspora have been returning back to the country to study in the Nigerian universities. The JAMB Chief Executive, who wondered why many are still ‘Japaing’ (leaving the country), also added that through the examination body, many foreigners have also been writing JAMB and getting admission into various Nigerian universities. These set of students, he said, are exempted from writing the post UTME. Mrs Ville Dachi Pius, Director, Test…

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Kunle Adelabu It was another opportunity to chat ways forward for the education in Nigeria, as stakeholders in the sector gathered to brainstorm on how to improve and achieved innovative and sustainable education through collaboration and partnership. The engaging fora, which involved federal and state governments; public and private educational institutions, national educational bodies and international organisations, took place at the African International Education Conference centre located at the Commerce House, leisure Taylor Street, Victoria Island, Lagos on Thursday, March 21, 2024, and was organized by the Lagos Chamber of…

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Mariam Akinloye In celebrating the 2024 World Rotaract Week, the Rotaract Club of Ikorodu Golden has rehabilitated the water facilities in both Zumratul Islamiyyah Junior and Senior Grammar School, Igbogbo, in an effort to ensure that students and staff have access to good water and also instill the habit of cleanliness and good hygiene in them. The rehabilitated facilities were commissioned and handed over to the school authorities on Wednesday (yesterday) at a brief ceremony. President of the Club, Rotaractor Adeleke Aroyewun, Esq., during the handing over ceremony, said that…

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Wale Jagun Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Tuesday, announced an increment in scholarship and bursary for students of Lagos State origin, in tertiary institutions. He said his administration from 2024 will pay N225,000 and N60,000 as scholarship and bursary to indigene students, as against the existing N200,000 and N50,000 respectively. The Governor also announced scholarships for the less privileged and physically challenged students in public tertiary institutions, noting that the scholarship will not be limited to Lagos indigene alone. He also announced the appointment of four former Students…

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Kunle Adelabu The fight against drug abuse in Ikorodu has been intensified as Ikorodu Heroes (I – Heroes) joined forces with the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN), Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), to curb and if possible, eradicate the menace. The sensitization programme is part of the 2024 NYCN programme, which has seen the collaborating groups visiting schools to engage students on drug education. To achieve this, students from over 15 schools were brought together at the Ita Elewa Youth Centre last week, where they were comprehensively education…

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