The lawmaker representing Akure North and Akure South Federal Constituency in the House of Representatives, Abiodun Adesida, has described as unacceptable the disconnect between education and industry in the country.

General Overseer of the Mountain of Fire and Miracle (MFM), Prof Daniel Olukoya, has disclosed that the exorbitant costs of running tertiary institutions in the country have made it difficult for members of religious bodies to send their children and wards to faith-based universities. According to the MFM founder, a large amount of the revenue…

The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof. Adenike Oladiji, has urged that the notion that has been making the rounds on the unemployability of Nigerian graduates should be disregarded. While affirming that graduates of higher institutions in the country are employable, the Vice-Chancellor stated that the japa syndrome has further exposed…

Former first lady of Ondo State, Chief Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has completed her Doctorate degree (PhD) at the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA). The wife of the late Ondo State Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, announced this in a video she posted on her X account on Sunday morning. "Chief Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu completes her PhD in FUTA.…

A distinguished Nigerian scientist and biochemist, Dr. Esther Emem Nwanna, has been awarded the prestigious AAUW International Postdoctoral Fellowship. This grant recognises her significant contributions to the field of biochemistry and supports her groundbreaking research on the molecular mechanism pharmacological and therapeutic potentials of plant-derived products against metabolic disorders in both humans and animals. Nwanna’s…

An elder statesman and former Registrar of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Pa William Attoye, has cleared the air over the hijacking of Nigeria Airways aircraft by four students of the institution during the struggle for the revalidation