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  • National Gallery goes to KWASU

    National Gallery goes to KWASU

    Even as the year was about to end in 2025, the National Gallery of Art (NGA) an agency of the federal government of Nigeria in the Federal Ministry of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, still had time to enter an agreement  with Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete.  The agreement was in form of strategic partnership for NGA to construct an Art Academy within the university premises.  This was on December 17, 2025 and the partnership was themed: Memorandum of Understanding between NGA and KWASU.

    In a statement, Emeka Odiari, Director, Information Services Department of NGA made it clear that NGA will continue to engage in town-and-gown programmes which are aimed at sensitizing art students on the need to take the course serious.  Fine Arts is obviously one of the courses that has been designed to keep Nigerian contemporary and modern arts in the front-burner.

    And since the NGA is entrusted with such responsibility, a town and gown memorandum of understanding is one of the best ways to bring the message nearer to the young and aspiring artists.  Therefore, the strategic partnership has come at a time when the Creative Economy needs the best from the young ones.  The students have a lot to gain from this programme.  Once the space is created, it will sure boast their chances of meeting and mixing with bigger artists when the opportunity calls for it.

    The statement says further: “Under the proposed partnership; (NGA-KWASU Art academy and Creative Hub) the University will provide land for the construction of an Art Academy and Creative Hub that will house studios for painting, sculpture, ceramics; textile; new media and digital art. Others are Exhibition hall; Accommodation for visiting artists and art residences; Art shops; Sculpture gardens; parking spaces and landscaping.

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    The Director-General of NGA, Ahmed Bashir Sodangi represented at the occasion by Mrs. Ekene Okoroma, expressed delight that this initiative is finally taking place after it was first conceived in 2022. He noted that this program me is part of the Federal goverment’s strategy designed to strengthen Institutional partnerships, empower youths creativity while making the Creative sector more vibrant and productive.

    Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Shaykh Luqman who signed on behalf of the university, noted that the art academy is to be located at the Osi campus of the university. He praised the DG, NGA, for his unrelenting commitment towards the development of art and the welfare of artist.

    NGA under the vibrant and visionary leadership of it’s DG, Ahmed Sodangi has signed up several collaborations with both local and International cultural organisations, festivals, corporate entities and influential stakeholders in the creative sector. These partnerships have established the NGA as a central hub, significantly expanding oppurtunities for programme delivery and resource mobilization. It also aims to enrich cultural dialogue and encourage broader public engagement in the arts, ultimately elevating the status and appreciation of Nigeria’s rich artistic heritage globally.

  • NAAS raises security concerns over planned relocation of KWASU students

    NAAS raises security concerns over planned relocation of KWASU students

    The National Association of Agricultural Students (NAAS) has raised concerns over recent plan by Kwara State Government to relocate the Faculty of Agriculture at Kwara State University (KWASU) to Ilesha Baruba, a community in Kwara North battling serious security threats.

    NAAS urged Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq to rescind the decision on the planned relocation of KWASU Agricultural students.

    A statement by NAAS President, Com. Bashar Abdulazeez. said many of the affected students were worried following reports of another attack in the area, with multiple sources confirming loss of six to seven lives.

    He stated that the students have raised urgent concerns about their safety and the dangers associated with relocating them to such an environment, adding that “as national body committed to the welfare and academic well-being of agricultural students, we find this development deeply troubling.”

    The statement reads: “While we sympathise with the communities affected by these violent attacks, we must also affirm that no educational reform or expansion should come at the cost of students’ lives. Students deserve an environment where they can learn without fear, and where their right to education is protected, not threatened. 

    “The Faculty of Agriculture should remain within a secure and academically conducive zone, and the idea of moving students to a region with such volatility should be suspended immediately.

    “We urge the Kwara State Government, led by His Excellency Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, to reconsider this policy direction and engage all relevant stakeholders, including the leadership of NAAS, before taking any further step on this matter. 

    “The university administration under the Vice Chancellor, Professor Shaykh-Lukman Alade Jimoh, is also encouraged to increase on-campus security and ensure that students remain protected in the face of growing insecurity in the state.

    “We commend the government’s efforts in responding to security challenges across the state but emphasize that more targeted action is required, especially in regions like Ilesha Baruba where student lives could be at stake.

    “The leadership of NAAS remains committed to monitoring the situation and standing in solidarity with our members in Kwara State. We will continue to advocate for safe, inclusive, and student-centered policies that promote academic excellence without putting lives at risk.”

  • KWASU to sanction fresh students for tarnishing institution’s image on social media

    KWASU to sanction fresh students for tarnishing institution’s image on social media

    Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, in Moro Local Government Area, has announced plans to penalize some fresh students for allegedly tarnishing the institution’s reputation on social media. 

    In a letter addressed to the entire student body, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh, expressed disappointment over viral videos showing some students in KWASU matriculation gowns portraying the institution in a negative light. 

    “You will all have seen the videos of some students portraying your institution in a bad light. The students were wearing Kwara State University’s matriculation gowns and depicting themselves as unworthy to be students of an institution of higher learning,” the statement read. 

    Prof. Jimoh condemned the act, stating that it undermines the hard work of lecturers dedicated to grooming students into respectable individuals. He emphasized that such actions ridicule the integrity and excellence on which the institution is built. 

    He urged students to take pride in KWASU and protect its reputation, reminding them that the university’s certificate will be a lifelong part of their identity. 

    “The integrity of Kwara State University is ours to protect. It is our collective responsibility to uphold this university, as her name will always be a part of our history,” he added.

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    “As a university, we are committed to upholding the excellence with which the institution was founded. We will resist any attempt to trivialise the hard work of many years by anyone from any quarter.

    “The students in those videos have been identified and will be made to face disciplinary actions. This is to caution them and others from trivialising what should be treated with honour.

    “I must reiterate that KWASU belongs to you, KWASU belongs to me, KWASU belongs to all of us. We must protect her name and image. I urge you all, my dear students, to collectively resist any motivation to cast your institution in any negative light.

    “There are thousands of KWASU graduates spread all around the world doing great feats in different areas. Soon, you all too will go into the world holding the KWASU certificate, and I know you would be proud to say you hold a degree from Kwara State University as your predecessors have shown the world that the KWASU graduate is an excellent and formidable individual.

    “I, once again, urge you to be law-abiding and focus on being the best you can be. On our part, we will spare nothing to ensure you become the best version that you can be.”

  • AbdulRazaq inaugurates KWASU’s Osi Campus

    AbdulRazaq inaugurates KWASU’s Osi Campus

    Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq yesterday inaugurated Osi Campus of Kwara State University (KWASU).

    This is in keeping with his promise to ensure no project is abandoned, and setting off a new frontier of development in the southern axis of the state.

    Cheered by stakeholders in the area, who hailed his state-wide achievements, the governor said the inauguration was a lesson in history, as it was a practical step to drive inclusive growth and prosperity in every part of the state.

    “This is more than just a project inauguration. The completion of Osi and Ilesha Baruba campuses bears testament to my pledge that Kwara will not be a mortuary of abandoned project. With this, we have again sent the signal that what matters to our administration is the progress of our state, not the political history of any project,” he said.

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    At the event were senior government officials, academics, royalties, party leaders and members, including the Speaker, Kwara House of Assembly, Yakubu Danladi, represented by  Ganiyu Abolarin; representative of the Minister of Culture and Tourism,  Biola Abdulkareem; Chairman, Kwara House Committee on Education, Baba Boriya; Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Dr Mary Arinde; state APC Chairman, Prince Sunday Fagbemi; Chairman, Ekiti Local Government, Awelewa Gabriel; KWASU Chancellor, Dr. Johnson Adewumi; Pro-Chancellor (KWASU), Prof Abdulganiyu Ambali;  Vice Chancellor KWASU, Prof. Luqman Jimoh; Head of Osi Campus, Prof. Binta Suleiman; and President, Osi Welfare Association, Dr. Joshua Olu Joseph.

    Others were the Olosi of Osi and Chairman, Ekiti Traditional Council, Oba Saliu Adasofegbe; the Olomu of Omu Aran, Oba Abdulraheem Oladele Olaoti; and the Alofa of Ilofa Oba Samuel Niyi Dada Okinbaloye Aponbiepo II; among others.

  • NUC accredits 10 new programmes for KWASU

    NUC accredits 10 new programmes for KWASU

    The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved 10 new programmes to be run by the Kwara State University (KWASU) effect from the 2024/2025 session.

    Acting Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu in a statement on Wednesday said the approval is  contained in a letter to the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Shaykh-Luqman Jimoh.

    According to the statement, the letter was signed by the commission’s Acting Director, Academic Planning, Abubakar Girei, on behalf of the Acting executive secretary.

    “The approval was based on the results of assessments from the resource verification visit carried out by panels of experts to the proposed academic programmes.

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    “The approved programmes include B.Sc. Estate Management, B.Sc. Geography, B.Sc. Urban and Regional Planning, B.Sc. Mining Engineering, B.Sc. Marketing and B.Sc. Sociology.
    “Others are B.Sc. Criminology and Security Studies, B.Sc. Physiology, B.Sc. Human Anatomy and B.Sc. Cyber Security

    “The letter dated Dec. 10, 2024, noted that the programmes are to be in full-time mode while the university was urged to provide adequate human and material resources for the development and growth of the approved programmes’’, Aliyu said.

    She quoted the vice chancellor in a reaction to the approval, describing it as timely and a reflection of the university’s readiness to train quality human resources that will impact society.

    He noted that while the approval brings the undergraduate programmes run by KWASU to 80, he lauded the staff of the institution for working assiduously to secure the approval from the regulatory commission,” Aliyu said.

    (NAN)

  • Osi, Ilesha KWASU campuses ready for take-off

    Osi, Ilesha KWASU campuses ready for take-off

    Academic sessions are to begin at the Osi and Ilesha Baruba campuses of the Kwara State University as the State Government ramps up massive infrastructural development on the campuses at the weekend.

    The completion of the two campuses is another promise fulfilled by Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, who pledged never to abandon the projects whose skeletal works began under his predecessor. 

    Commissioner for Tertiary Education Dr Mary Arinde told reporters construction works in Osi, Ekiti Local Government, have reached 98 percent completion and  ready for use as students resume fully for the 2024/2025 academic session.

    Students in the Department of Fine and Applied Arts under the new Faculty of Environmental sciences are ready to begin lectures in Osi on Monday, November 18, while their counterparts from the Faculty of Agriculture are due in Ilesha Baruba Campus in January. 

    Arinde spoke in Osi on Saturday during an inspection visit. On her entourage were the Head of Osi Campus, Kwara State University (KWASU), Prof. Binta A Sulyman and Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Rafiu Ajakaye. 

    She expressed satisfaction with the quality of the job by the contractor and the consultant.

    “From mere looking at the campus buildings, you would see that it is a job well done. And the quality is superb. Looking at the structures, we are at the practical stage of completion. More than 98 per cent of work has been done so far,” she told reporters.

    “We are currently putting the finishing touches. The major thing left is the fixing of the surroundings, environment, including the roads network, which are all ongoing.

    “We have engineers and experienced consultants on this job. They are all doing well. Before the road networks started, they had to wait for the rains to subside. They are ready to put the asphalt on the roads now. Every place will also be interlocked to look beautiful.”

    She hailed the Governor’s commitment to the projects, despite the challenges involved at the beginning.

    “I give kudos to the Governor for doing so much. He has put in a lot of efforts and resources. In fact, the community initially lost hope that things like this could never come up again. But seeing these happening, they are overwhelmed with joy,” she said.

    Prof. Sulyman explained that lectures will commence fully at the campus on Monday for students of the Department of Fine and Applied Arts who are already on the ground with the staff.

    She listed offices, studios, Conference Rooms, lecture rooms, Lecture Theaters and Auditorium of 1,500/2000 seating-capacity, Car parks, shops, boreholes, electricity transformers, Solar System street lights, students’ Recreational/Common Room, CBT Computer Center, and Arts Gallery, as some of the facilities that are either already in place or are in progress as well.

    She commended the Governor’s support, hard work, and commitments to the completion of the campus, an action she said has further endeared Him to the host communities who are all very happy and overwhelmed.

    “Staff and students of Fine and Applied Arts were already on the ground. They have secured accommodations. So, by next week, we will start lectures here. By January, more departments are coming here,” she said.

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    She said the completion of the KWASU’s new Faculty of Environmental Sciences will lead to economic growth of Osi and its environs.

    “I want to say a big thank you to His Excellency, the working Governor. He has been very committed to the completion of this project. The communities here are very happy to see the project completed,” she said.

    She listed the other academic programmes that will begin in January to include 

    Estate Management, Urban and Regional Development, Geography, Architecture, Quantity Survey and Building, among others.

  • KWASU expands campuses for 1,380 students

    KWASU expands campuses for 1,380 students

    By Kola Alhassan

    The Kwara State University (KWASU) will welcome over 1,380 students to its Ilesha-Baruba and Osi campuses for the 2024-2025 academic year.

    A statement by the university’s Acting Director of University Relations, Dr. Saeedat Aliyu, noted  that 1,200 students at  the Faculty of Agriculture and 180 students at  the Faculty of Environmental Sciences will soon resume academic activities on these campuses.

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    The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the council, Prof.  AbdulGaniyu Ambali,urged the people of Ilesha-Baruba and Osi  to welcome the staff and students and  support them for seamless learning.

    Ambali led members of the Governing Council of the institution to the palaces of the Emir of Ilesha-Baruba, HRH Prof. Halidu Abubakar, and the Oba of Osi, HRH, Oba Salihu Abdulkareem Adasofegbe Arowobeku I as part of the Council’s tour to assess the level of construction on the campuses.

    The Pro-Chancellor reiterated the commitment of the state government and that of the KWASU management to begin academic activities on the campuses.

  • KWASU expands campuses for 1,380 students 

    KWASU expands campuses for 1,380 students 

    By Kola Alhassan, KWASU

    The  Kwara State University (KWASU) will welcome over 1,380 students to its Ilesha-Baruba and Osi campuses for the 2024-2025 academic year.

    A statement by the university’s acting director of University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, noted  that 1,200 students at  the Faculty of Agriculture and 180 students at  the Faculty of Environmental Sciences will soon resume academic activities on these campuses.

    The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the council, Prof.  AbdulGaniyu Ambali,urged the people of Ilesha-Baruba and Osi  to welcome the staff and students and  support them for seamless learning.

    Ambali led members of the Governing Council of the institution to the palaces of the Emir of Ilesha-Baruba, HRH Prof. Halidu Abubakar, and the Oba of Osi, HRH, Oba Salihu Abdulkareem Adasofegbe Arowobeku I as part of the Council’s tour to assess the level of construction on the campuses.

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    The Pro-Chancellor reiterated the commitment of the state government and that of the KWASU management to begin academic activities on the campuses.

    Abubakar, and the Oba of Osi,  Arowobeku I, declared that their communities were eager for the students to join them.

    Abubakar described his community  a cosmopolitan one, being home to the largest livestock market in West Africa.

    He urged  the university to leverage the presence of the market in the community by commencing the Veterinary Sciences part of the Faculty of Agriculture to add more value to livestock development in the state.

    Both traditional rulers praised Governor Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq for ensuring that the dream of having operational campuses of the university in their area became a reality. They  pledged to do their best to help integrate both staff and students who would  soon become a part of their communities.

  • KWASU sanctions students for inappropriate skit

    KWASU sanctions students for inappropriate skit

    The Management of Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, said it has disabled the portal of a male student allegedly involved in a skit where he was seen making inappropriate contact with females.

    The Acting Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, said in a statement on Wednesday that the disabling of the portal was a first-line punitive measure, pending the outcome of investigation by the Student Disciplinary Committee.

    She added that the skits were not a reflection of the values of the institution, nor do they reflect the ethical orientation of the larger number of KWASU students.

    “KWASU is an institution that prides itself as producing the total graduate, both in character and in learning, and has zero tolerance for any form of indiscipline.”

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    Aliyu stated that the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Jimoh Shaykh-Luqman gave the directive of disabling the concerned student’s portal as a first-line punitive measure pending the outcome of investigation by the Student Disciplinary Committee.

    “We wish to reiterate that KWASU holds in high esteem the values of decency that all religions promote and will not condone any act that can joepardise this value,” she said.

    (NAN)

  • KWASU selected as ICT centre

    KWASU selected as ICT centre

     Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and Office of the First Lady have selected Kwara State University (KWASU) as one of the public tertiary institutions for the establishment of ICT experience centres.

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    Six pilot ICT experience centres, one in each geopolitical zone, constitute the pilot stage, it was gathered.