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  • Malaysia appoints Nigerian Professor to National Security Index Study

    Malaysia appoints Nigerian Professor to National Security Index Study

    The National Security Council of the Prime Minister’s office of Malaysia has appointed a Nigerian Professor, AbdulRauf Ambali, of the Kwara State University (KWASU), to the country’s national security index.

    According to a statement from KWASU’s Acting Director, University Relations, Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, the appointment letter was signed by Datuk Haji Rodzi Bin MD Saad.

    ”The letter said that the National Security Council, in collaboration with Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), is conducting a National Security Index Study for the year 2022,” Aliyu said.

    According to the letter, Malaysia hopes that through this appointment, Prof. Ambali can help to produce more comprehensive research findings and develop more accurate National Security Index.

    It stated that the study would be based on nine values/domains of national security,” Aliyu said.

    Meanwhile, KWASU Acting Vice Chancellor, Prof. Shaykh Luqman Jimoh, has congratulated Prof. Ambali on the appointment.

    Jimoh stressed that the appointment confirmed the world-class status of many KWASU staff.

    He said that Prof. Ambali, a political scientist and the University’s Director of Academic Planning, had made his Nigerian institution proud.

    The Acting Vice Chancellor urged Prof. Ambali to bring to bear the qualities of the excellent scholar that he is in the conduct of the study and bring more fame to the University.

  • NUC approves Medicine, Surgery, 23 other programmes for KWASU

    NUC approves Medicine, Surgery, 23 other programmes for KWASU

    The Kwara State University (KWASU) says it has gotten approval for the commencement of MBBS Medicine and Surgery and 23 other programmes by the National Universities Commission (NUC).

    A statement issurd by Dr Saeedat Aliyu, the Director, University Relations, on Thursday in Ilorin, said the approval was contained in a letter addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Mohammed Akanbi.

    ”The letter addressed to the Vice Chancellor of the institution was signed by the Director, Academic Planning, Dr N.B. Saliu, for the Executive Secretary of the Commission.

    ”Top on the list of approved programmes is the MBBS Medicine and Surgery; B.Eng. Food Engineering; B.Sc. Aquaculture and Fisheries Management; B.Sc. Taxation; B.Sc. Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution; and B.Ed. Educational Management.

    ”Other undergraduate programmes are B.A. Ed. in English Education, Christian Studies Education; Arabic Education; French Education; Islamic Studies Education; and Yoruba Education.

    ”The approval equally granted the establishment of B.Sc. Ed. in Agricultural Education; Biology Education; Chemistry Education; Computer Science Education; Mathematics Education; and Physics Education.

    ”Also approved was postgraduate programmes including M.Eng. and Ph.D. Electrical Electronics Engineering; M.Sc. and Ph.D. Plant and Environmental Biology; M.Eng. Mechanical Engineering; and M.Sc. Tourism and Hospitality Management,” the statement read in part.

    Aliyu added that the approval of the new programmes, which is with effect from the 2022/2023 academic session, followed resource verification visits by panels of experts to the university.

    She said they assessed the human and material resources available for their establishment.

    The director quoted the vice-chancellor expressing appreciation to the Kwara Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, for the support which has contributed to the many successes the institution has recorded.

    ”The approval to commence the new programmes would contribute to the State’s drive to increase the development of human capacity.

    ”The programmes would also offer premium opportunity to Kwarans and Nigerians to receive excellent education in those areas.

    ”We also acknowledge the support of the Ministry of Tertiary Education and the Commissioner, Dr Afeez Abolore Alabi, for the success recorded,” Akannbi was quoted as saying.

  • Two university students found dead, naked in hostel room

    Two university students found dead, naked in hostel room

    Two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete Tobiloba Daniel and Arewa Abayomi have been found dead naked in their hostel room.

    TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports that the Kwara State Police Command confirmed the ugly incident to newsmen in Ilorin the Kwara state capital.

    Kwara police spokesman, SP Okasanmi Ajayi revealed that both students are in 200 level and were found dead inside their hostel room and other students called the police.

    He disclosed that “the door of their room was pulled down and their corpses were taken to the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital, UITH, for autopsy”.

    Okasanmi said the investigation into the matter has commenced.

    The Director, of University Relations of KWASU, Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, noted the institution is yet to be properly informed about the incident and could only comment on it when that’s done.

    However, She said the institution has started an investigation on the matter and will comment on its findings at the appropriate time.

    Sources, however, hinted that “We suspect they are lovers and we became concerned when they were not seen during the ongoing examination in the university and also in their class for three days.

    “It was when some of their friends got to their hostel outside the school that they found them both dead and naked.

    “But we suspect it is a case of poison,” according to the sources.

  • KWASU fires back at ASUU President over quackery label

    KWASU fires back at ASUU President over quackery label

    The Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, says the institution is founded on the vision of advancing the frontiers of knowledge for the good of society and not a quack university.

    The KWASU Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, said this in a statement on Friday in Ilorin.

    Aliyu was reacting to statements credited by the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, in his recent media outing on the ongoing strike by the association.

    Osodeke labeled KWASU, among some other state owned institutions in Nigeria as “quacks” and “irrelevant” for refusing to join the industrial action.

    ”KWASU Management considers these statements as undeserving of an academic of Prof. Osodeke’s purported status.

    ”One who should know better than to denigrate institutions of higher learning for one reason that is unrelated to any factor used to measure the standard of institutions anywhere in the world.

    ”His statements are tantamount to bullying, they are reckless, uncalled for and a denigration of the status he occupies as national head of the union of academic staff in Nigeria,” Aliyu said.

    She added that KWASU was the first public university in Nigeria to extend higher education curriculum to include equipping students with entrepreneurship skills to meet the challenges of the 21st century.

    ”KWASU is also the leading university which focuses on communities with the aim of solving challenges they face while helping to develop these communities.

    ”Currently, we are the only university in Nigeria going green in her thinking and activities as proactive measures to save the environment.

    ”All these reflect in our mantra of ‘the green University for Community Development and Entrepreneurship’.

    ”Again, we are the first institution in Nigeria to mount Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering as a forward thinking move to develop human capacity for the nation’s aeronautic and astronautic needs,” she said.

    The director explained that many of KWASU’s ideas are being replicated by many other institutions which Osodeke eulogised in his uncritical statements.

    She added that KWASU has all of its academic programmes accredited by the National Universities Commission (NUC) and requisite professional regulatory bodies.

    ”As an institution founded barely thirteen years ago, KWASU has made a name for itself as a University which focuses on breaking new grounds,” Aliyu said.

    She, therefore, called for a retraction of what she described as abominable statement and a published apology to KWASU forthwith from Osodeke.

    According to her, the institution will not be quiet in the face of slanderous accusations made against its very existence and contributions.

  • Court sentences KWASU student to 3 years in prison

    Court sentences KWASU student to 3 years in prison

    A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin on Thursday sentenced one Aderibigbe Shehu, a student of Kwara State University, (KWASU), Malete, to three years in prison over internet fraud.

    The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) secured the conviction.

    The defendant pretended to be a widow, who resides in the United States of America (USA), to defraud unsuspecting victims.

    Aderibigbe, a native of Oshogbo, Osun State Capital, was one of the 30 suspected internet fraudsters arrested at Malete, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara, on Sept. 19, 2021.

    The presiding Judge, Justice Muhammed Sani, pronounced Aderibigbe guilty of the charge and sentenced him to three years in prison with N982,403 as option of fine.

    The court also ordered that the iPhone7 plus and Laptop that were used to perpetrate the crime be forfeited to the Federal Government.

    The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.

    Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Rasheedat Alao, reviewed the facts of the case and tendered the extra-judicial statements of the defendant, which were admitted in evidence.

    She urged the court to consider the guilty plea of the defendant, his extra-judicial statements and all the exhibits tendered to convict the defendant as charged.

    The court further convicted one Bolaji Awoleye from Oke-Ogun Area of Oyo State for internet fraud related offence.

    The prosecution counsel, Sesan Ola, told the court that Awoleye allegedly posed as one Karan Vanslack, an American lady, with intent to defraud unsuspecting victims.

    The defendant pleaded guilty as charged and was sentenced to a year in prison with an option of fine of N100, 000.

    The court also ordered that the iPhone6 that he used to perpetrate the crime be forfeited to the federal government.

  • KWASU lecturer arrested organizing ‘resit’ for female student in bedroom

    KWASU lecturer arrested organizing ‘resit’ for female student in bedroom

    A lecturer at the Kwara State University, Malete, Pelumi Adewole, has been charged before a Magistrate’s Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, for allegedly sexually harassing a student.

    Adewole was detained by the State Intelligence Bureau over offences bordering on criminal intimidation, sexual harassment and examination malpractices, among others.

    The offences, according to the prosecution, breach sections 397 and 95 of the Penal Code Law and Section 3(320) of the Examination Malpractices Act Cap. E15 Law of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 and punishable under the same law.

    The Kwara State Federation of International Women Lawyers (FIDA) was also a party to the case.

    Adewole, according to the FIDA President, Grace Okoduwa, wedded in June 2021.

    The Police First Information Report said a petition, dated October 15, 2021, was written by a student of the Department of Pure and Applied Science of KWASU, who complained of sexual harassment by the lecturer.

    The student, according to the police, alleged that sometime in September 2021, Adewole called and threatened to fail her in the forthcoming exams if she refused to have sexual intercourse with him.

    Due to the threat issued by the accused person, the police reportedly instructed the student to play along with him in order to obtain evidence.

    “The lecturer thereafter lured the student into his bedroom around 8.30pm on Taoheed Road, Basin area, Ilorin, where he gave her a new question paper and answer script of KWASU to rewrite her exam with a promise to have sexual intercourse with her till daybreak.

    “The suspect was, however, apprehended in the process by detectives from the SIB, who were hiding at a location,” the FIR stated.

    The lecturer pleaded not guilty to the charges against him.

    The prosecutor, Nasiru Yusuf, pleaded with the court to remand Adewole in custody, saying the offences were not bailable.

    He said that sexual harassment had become popular in institutions of higher learning in the country.

    However the lead defense counsel, A.J. Opalekunde, prayed the court to grant his client bail in liberal terms, saying the defendant was still innocent until found guilty by the court.

     

  • KWASU dispels school fees increment rumour

    KWASU dispels school fees increment rumour

    The Management of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, on Sunday denied the rumour of school fees increment being peddled in the social media.

    A statement from the Acting Registrar, Mohammed Shuaib, said there was no iota of truth in the rumour.

    ”We, however, wish to state that there is an ongoing robust discussion between Management and the Students union leaders on ways to improve on the financial standing of the university towards the provision of standard teaching and learning regime.

    ”In line with our desire to entrench a culture of participatory governance in the administration of the university, management has ensured that the conversation has been democratic, peaceful and harmonious.

    ”It is important to state that no concrete decision has been reached for now.

    ”We therefore urge the general public to utterly disregard this fake rumour,” the statement read.

  • KWASU gets new Vice Chancellor

    Gov. Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq of Kwara has approved the appointment of Prof. Mustapha Mohammed-Akanbi as substantive Vice Chancellor of the State University, Malete.

    Hajia, Sa’adatu Modibbo the state’s Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, said this in a statement on Wednesday in Ilorin.

    Modibbo said that the appointment followed the recommendation of the University Governing Council.

    “Gov.AbdulRazaq, has accepted the recommendation of the Governing Council of the Kwara State University, Malete, with regards to the appointment of Vice Chancellor.

    “Consequently, on behalf of His Excellency, I hereby announce the immediate appointment of Prof. Mohammed Mustapha Akanbi as the new Vice Chancellor of the State University, Malete.

    ”I am similarly conveying His Excellency’s approval of the appointment to the Governing Council of the University, on Wednesday, April 1, 2020,” he said.

    Before his appointment Akanbi was a lecturer at the Department of Business Law, Faculty of Law at the University of Ilorin.

    His father was late Justice Muhammad Mustapha Akanbi, Pioneer Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

  • Kwara Assembly moves to rename Abubakar Saraki University

    A bill for a law to revert the name of Abubakar Saraki university to Kwara State University, Malete, Wednesday, passed through second reading at the state House of Assembly.

    Recall that the 8th Assembly among several laws passed, amended the law establishing the state varsity to Abubakar Saraki university in honour of the late political gladiator,Olusola Saraki.

    The House noted that the changes of the state university to suit an individual was not done appropriately, citing that several things that were supposed to be put in place to effect the changes were also not provided.

    The House said that the amendment was done without recourse to the effect it would have on the institution.

    Reading the resolution of the House, the Speaker, Hon Yakubu Danladi Salihu referred the bill to the House committee on Tertiary education to conduct a public hearing on the matter on a yet to be picked date.

    The Local Government (Miscellaneous provisions) Amendment Bill 2019, and Kwara state Teaching Service Commission (Amendment Bill 2019) also passed through second reading Wednesday.