Funding Safe Schools Initiative: Will FME’s full control make any difference?
Following attacks on schools and the abduction of students and teachers, the need to look into the effectiveness or otherwise of the Safe Schools Initiative became imperative
This govt’s broke, go back to class — ADC presidential candidate, Kachikwu, begs ASUU
By Miftaudeen Raji Presidential candidate of African Democratic Congress (ADC), Dumebi Kachikwu, has appealed to the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to shelve their strike and go back to the classroom. Kachikwu made the appeal while addressing a press conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Read Also: Muslim-Muslim Ticket: We can’t […]
Correctional Service registers 895 inmates for NECO exams in 10yrs – Official
The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS), has registered at least 895 inmates for the National Examination Council of Nigeria (NECO) external examinations at its Enugu State command in the last 10 years. Mr Kelvin Iloafonsi, Desk Officer of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) at the Enugu Custodial Special Study Centre, gave the figure when […]
ASUU Strike: Consider Briggs Committee’s report first, NAPATAN tells Buhari
ASUU Strike: Consider Briggs Committee’s report first, NAPATAN tells Buhari
Enough is enough, Buhari tells ASUU
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari on Monday lampooned the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for its alleged adamant in calling off the lingering strike, saying enough is enough for keeping students at home.
Inside Mountain Top University’s Organ House
By Prisca Sam-Duru When you’re told that the music department of the Mountain Top University, Prayer City, Lagos, is adjudged the best in the continent of Africa, you need not doubt it. A tour of the state-of-the-art facilities in that department will wow any doubter. Right from the expressway, you’d see the department building boldly […]
We ‘re owing for 5 not 10 months, Abia varsity mgt replies ASUU
The Management of the Abia State University, ABSU, has debunked claims by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in the institution that its members were being owed for 10 months, insisting that staff of the university are only owed for five months
NCCE to shut down 200 illegal colleges
By Adesina Wahab The National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE, is set to shut down over 200 illegal colleges and institutions offering education courses to Nigerians without the approval and permission of the appropriate authorities. The Executive Secretary, Prof. Paulinus Okwelle, disclosed in Lagos at a capacity-building workshop organised by the Tertiary Education Trust […]
ASUU strike: Nationwide blackout looms as workers threaten to shut down power sector
By Victor Ahiuma-Young Workers in the power sector have threatened to shutdown electricity supply in the country should Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, declare a nationwide protest over the protracted industrial crises in the country’s educational sector. Under the aegis of the National Union of Electricity Employees, NUEE, the workers argued that the carefree attitude of […]
Elizade University thrills at mini-Olympics; Faculty of Humanities takes crown
By Mary Obaebor Elizade University was buzzing with energy as it hosted its highly anticipated Mini Olympics from June 16 to July 9, 2022. The event united students, staff, and local community members in a spirited festival of sportsmanship and camaraderie, featuring competitions in track and field, basketball, soccer, table tennis, and volleyball. The tournament […]
Ifowodo, Oriogun, nine others make longlist for NLNG $100,000 literature prize
By Prisca Sam-Duru The Advisory Board for The Nigeria Prize for Literature has released the longlist of 11 drawn from 287 books for the 2022 edition of the prize. The literature prize is sponsored by Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) with a cash award of $100,000. This year’s edition, which is focused on Poetry, has on […]
Strike: FG breaks ASUU’s rank, plans to release withheld salaries of medical lecturers
THE Federal Government has started processing the withheld salaries of some medical lecturers in various federal universities who opted out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.
Crack in ASUU, as medical lecturers distance selves from strike
•I’m not authorised to speak on ASUU, says spokesman, Education ministry By Adesina Wahab & Johnbosco Agbakwuru THE ongoing strike embarked upon by four university-based unions has taken a new twist, as lecturers in medical schools of some Federal Universities have distanced themselves from the industrial action. This came on a day the Academic Staff Union […]
FG’s promise of immediate response to our demands unfulfilled — ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the Federal Government’s promise of immediate reply to its submission to the committee set up to negotiate with it has not been fulfilled nearly a month after
Kaduna to sack more unqualified teachers — Dep gov
•Plans to recruit 10,000 teachers •Says poor children deserve competent teachers By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo, with agency report Kaduna — The Kaduna State Government has threatened to sack more unqualified teachers in the state even as the controversy over the June 19, sack of 2,357 primary school teachers for failing the government’s competency tests, is still […]
AMACOG 92: Schools need old students’ support – MAPOLY association committee chair
The Chairman, Planning Committee of the 30th Graduation Anniversary of the 1992 set of the Association of Mass Communication Graduates of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Dr. Femi Adefila, has emphasised the need for old students to play active roles in developing their alma mater.
