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‘Lost Parents While Schooling,’ Boy Who Wrote JAMB Four Times, Emerges FUTA Industrial Chemistry Best Graduating Student

Ganiyu Amodu

‘Denied admission by UNILAG and UNIJOS,’ Adelanke Ayobami shares grass to grace secret of success in this no-holds-bared interview with Platforms Africa’s Ganiyu Amodu. Excerpts;   What kept you motivated throughout your studies? After I was denied admission two times by the university of Lagos and once at University of Jos, before finally getting admitted into FUTA, I told myself right from the start that I was going to make sure I finish with a first-class and this goal kept me motivated. Also, my late parents were a constant source…

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Meet Prof. Adenike Oladiji, First Female VC In FUTA’s 41-Year History

ADEOLA YUSUF

How the University of Ilorin Professor of Biochemistry broke record at FUTA, emerged, among 9 contestants, the 8th substantive Vice Chancellor of the Akure-based University   The Governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA has appointed Professor (Mrs) Adenike Temidayo Oladiji of the Department of Biochemistry, University of Ilorin, as the Eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University. Platforms Africa reports that the Federal University of Technology Akure (informally FUT Akure or simply FUTA) was founded in 1981 under a drive by the government of Nigeria to create universities…

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Nigeria’s First Prof of Architecture, AdeyemI Ekundayo, is dead

Damilola Olonade

Brief resume of the late erudite schorlar, an ex- Vice Chancellor of FUTA) and the first indigenous HoD of Architecture and Dean, Environmental Design, ABU, Zaria.   The first professor of Architecture in Nigeria and Africa South of Sahara, Ekundayo Adeyinka Adeyemi, is dead. Platforms Africa reports that the Former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University of Science and Technology, Akure (FUTA) was also the first indigenous Head of Department of Architecture and Dean of Environmental Design in Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. A veteran journalist and former governorship aspirant in…

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How FUTA Deputy Registrar was Ambushed, Assasinated + PHOTOS

Gbenga Adeoti

The Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, had officially given graphical details of how one of its Deputy Registrars, Dr Amos Arijesuyo, Head, Guidance & Counseling Unit, Students Affairs Division, was ambushed and shot by yet to be identified assailants on Saturday January 16, 2021. Arijesuyo was a Senior Pastor with the CAC, Glory of God. Deputy director, corporate communications, FUTA, Adegbenro Adebanjo, who stated this in a statement made available to Platforms Africa, maintained that Dr. Arijesuyo died of injuries from the gunshots wound he suffered when his private…

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