Heritage Update

The Oyo state government has approved payment of N8bn to Osun state as part of agreements reached for the sole ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomosho. The money, according to the Oyo government is to be paid in four installments, over a period of three years. These were disclosed on Tuesday during a briefing after the weekly State Executive Council meeting presided over Governor Seyi Makinde. Commissioners Dr Wasiu Olatunbosun (Information, Culture and Tourism), Olasunkanmi Olaleye (Education, Science and Technology), Seun Asamu (Energy and Mineral Resources), Governor Seyi Makinde’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr Taiwo Adisa and the Special Adviser (Media) to the Governor, Mr Jide Ajani attended the briefing. Olaleye said the amount is the outcome of asset sharing between the two states when the ownership crisis issue was resolved in favour of Oyo state. He said: “As a follow up to the agreement reached with the Osun state government on the issue of ...

 Ogun State government has approved the payment of year 2020 Tertiary Education Trust Fund counterpart allocation, to tertiary institutions in the State, for improved infrastructure development. The Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has also approved the resuscitation and relocation of Ogun State Braille Book Production Centre and the provision of lunch and complementary meals, for pupils in the State Special Schools for 2020/2021 academic session, so as to engender smooth running of academic calendar, for better performance. Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Professor Abayomi Arigbabu revealed these during a chat with Journalists in his office at Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta. Prof. Arigbabu said the approval would aid teaching and learning activities, adding that the present administration has proven beyond reasonable doubt that the importance of education would never be undermined, hence, its giant strides in the sector which cuts across primary, secondary and tertiary level...

  Our youth are some of the most gifted individuals we have making major contributions to STEM and 12-year-old Chika Ofili is no different. The young Nigerian boy — who’s based in the U.K. — made a historical discovery by unearthing a new mathematical formula to make the study of mathematics easier to understand. Ofili was rewarded for his discovery back in November at the  TruLittle Hero Awards . 12-year-old British-Nigerian Whizkid, Chika Ofili won the Academic Hero award at the Tru Little Hero Awards for discovering a new Mathematics formula.  Ofili’s mathematics teacher, Miss Mary Ellis, head of the math department at Westminster Under School,  revealed that he made the discovery during a holiday assignment.  Ellis gave Ofili a book called “First Steps for Problem Solvers” to study during the holidays. The book contained several divisibility tests to check if numbers are divisible by 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 before completing full math problems. However,...

 In the face of covid 19 challenge, the centre of Innovation, Tai Solarin College of Education Omu Ijebu, designed a no-touch, portable, adjustable hand sanitizer dispenser which requires no electricity or batteries.  The hand sanitizer dispenser is ideal for entrance of personal offices, homes, business premises, religion centres, events and classroom.  To use the hand sanitizer dispenser which sells for the price of #7,000 you only need to step on the pedal lightly and it dispenses into your waiting hands. Please note that the College admission is still on. You can obtain your form for NCE, Degree (OOU Affiliated) and PDE online at https://my.tasce.edu.ng. We run our programmes on Full-Time, Part-Time and Online distance learning.