Nigeria’s teachers wait on God for better work conditions
"We demand payment of our 27 per cent arrears in salaries.” “We need to be paid our duty post allowance.” “Government has failed to provide teaching aids and instructional materials to teach these children.” “We are not promoted as at when due”. These are some of the challenges which teachers across the nation say are hindering them from effectively teaching.
Ogun denies taking foreign loan for school project
ABEOKUTA – Ogun State Government, yesterday, denied taking loan through ‘contract financing’ to fund construction of 26 model schools in the state, saying, they were being funded by the government.
Monarch summons peace meeting over Abavo crisis
FOLLOWING the apprehension in Abavo, Ika South Local Government Area of Delta State, which led to the deployment of anti-riot policemen and soldiers during the week, the monarch, HRM Uche Irenuma, has summoned a meeting of all stakeholders for today.
GEJ and his ‘abusers’
WHEN President Goodluck Jonathan returned from his controversial Brazil trip where he attended the Earth Summit, he took a commendable consequential step: by speaking to the nation through a Presidential Media Chat.
How honorary are our honorary degrees?
When the Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufai’, last January, at the meeting of Vice-Chancellors of Federal Universities, Rectors and Provosts of Polytechnics and Colleges of Education, condemned the proliferation of honorary doctorate degrees in Nigerian tertiary institutions, her caution was greeted with mixed feelings.
N200m lifeline for ICE
Edo State Government is to spend N200 million on upgrading facilities at the state’s Institute of Continuing Education, ICE, in Benin City.
