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As part of efforts to establish a privately owned university in Ogbomoso, the Ogbomoso Academics, in partnership with Ogbomoso Community Youth Forum (OCYF), will, on Saturday, organise a broad-based education summit themed “The Ogbomoso University: The Challenges and Prospects.” Ogbomoso, the second largest city in Oyo State, Nigeria, does not have any private university. The summit is expected to be attended by seasoned scholars and educational administrators of international repute. Justice Afolabi Adeniran (retd), President, Ogbomoso Parapo Worldwide, will be the Chief host at the summit which will, among others, consider the challenges inherent in the vision. It is recalled that the idea of establishing a privately owned university spearheaded by the people of Ogbomoso has been on for some time with various proposed brand names such as “Ogbomoso University” and “Ajilete University”. In a release signed by the duo of Mr Ben Onigbinde and Revd Peter Olaleye fo

The Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has appointed Professor of Art and Art History, Razaq Olatunde Rom Kalilu, as the new Acting Vice-Chancellor of the institution for six months.   Kalilu joined the services of LAUTECH on September 1, 1992 and was pronounced a Professor of Arts and Arts History in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, 24 years ago on October 1, 1999. His appointment as Acting Vice-Chancellor for the next six months, takes effect from June 12, 2023.  A release by the Registrar of the institution, Dr Kayode Ogunleye, stated that Kalilu was trained at the prestigious University of Ife and the University of Ibadan and he is a polymath and specialist in Form and Material Technology, beyond being known as a specialist in Painting, Digital and Electronic Art. Kalilu has a career development that is robust, traversing the advertising, primary, secondary, college

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has again been named one of the 10th leading universities in Nigeria. Similarly, its position on the list also confirmed the institution’s ranking as the best state university in the country, the proclamation, which declared LAUTECH as among the 10th best university in Nigeria was made by the Times Higher Education (THE), after its assessment of 1,799 universities across 104 countries. In a statement forwarded to the Nigerian Tribune, on Thursday, by the university’s Public Relations Officer (PRO), Mr Lanre Fadeyi, “the ranking table is based on 13 performance indicators, including teaching, research, knowledge transfer, and International outlook. “Times Higher Education (THE) is a British Magazine reporting specifically on news and issues related to higher education. Since its first issue came out in October 1971, this is the first time LAUTECH is appearing on its ranking. The acting vice-

Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic Ayede are presently in Ogbomoso for a week-long on-site visitation to the School and all proposed sites, familiarization tours and necessary take-off developments. InsideOgbomoso blog lifted a press release from HRM Oba Thompson Alaajawa of ajaawa, official social handle which reads thus. Statement. Earlier today, I hosted members of the governing council of Federal Polytechnic AYEDE, Ogo-Oluwa Local Government at my palace in Ajaawa. In this meeting, we discussed the key ways that we can come in as the host community in partnership and active participation as the institution kicks off later this year. I applauded the governing council's efforts in ensuring a smooth kickstart for the institution, as well as the continuing the success of Ogo Oluwa Local Government as the host. I also used the opportunity to assure them of our full support. Prof. C.J. DAKAS, the head of the governing council, thanked u