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ASUU crisis affecting academic staff, students of UNILORIN — VC

On July 23, 201910:18 amIn Education, Newsby Tony

Ilorin — The Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin, UNILORIN , Prof. Sulyman Abdulkareem, has said the protracted crisis rocking the local chapter of Academic Staff Union ofUniversities, ASUU, has brought a lot of discomfort to the innocent academic staff and students of the University

SERAP drags senior Nigerian officials to ICC ‘for leaving 13.2 million children out of school’

On July 21, 201911:41 amIn Education, Newsby adekunle

Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has sent a petition to Mrs. Fatou Bensouda, Prosecutor, International Criminal Court (ICC), urging her to use her “good offices to investigate whether the problem of out-of-school children in Nigeria, and the failure of the Nigerian authorities over the years to address it amount to violence against children and crimes against humanity within the jurisdiction of the ICC.”

Education sector without Minister, makes no difference – SSANU

On July 19, 20199:00 pmIn Education, Newsby Idowu Bankole

AUTHORITIES of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU has said that the absence of Minister of Education in the sector makes no difference in meeting their needs, adding that when Mallam Adamu Adamu was the minister, he practically did nothing about their demands.

5 winners of British Council, Cambridge awards winners share success secrets

On July 19, 20198:52 pmIn Education, Newsby Idowu Bankole

BRITISH Council and Cambridge Assessment International Education have rewarded secondary school students who performed exceptionally in the 2018 International General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE) exam.

215 students bag 1st class honours at Covenant University

On July 19, 20192:59 pmIn Education, Newsby adekunle

A total of 215 students of the Covenant University, Ota in Ogun,were conferred with First Class degrees at its 2018/2019 convocation on Friday.

JAMB UTME : Lagos inmate scores 246, set for NOUN

On July 19, 20192:47 pmIn Education, Newsby adekunle

The Principal, Ikoyi Prisons School, Mr Ibikunle Idris, has described the performance of inmates who participated in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), as encouraging and signs of better things to come.

Reps urge SSANU, NASU to halt impending strike

On July 19, 201912:11 pmIn Education, Newsby Nwafor

ABUJA—The House of Representatives has urged Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and Non Academic Staff Union, NASU, and other associated institutions to halt their impending strike to avert disrupting the academic calendar.

Large turnout as Oyo pupils write placement, JSS3 exams for free

On July 19, 201912:42 amIn Education, Newsby Idowu Bankole

IN fulfilment of Governor Seyi Makinde’s promise, pupils of public and private primary schools and junior secondary schools in Oyo State came out in large number on Thursday to write the state’s placement examination into JSS1, popularly called ‘Common Entrance’ and Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) as well as the Competitive Entrance Examination into Schools of Science in the state.

Breakthrough: UNIJOS unveils world first Anti-Snake vaccine

On July 17, 20195:08 pmIn Education, Newsby adekunle

At last, solution has come the way of victims of snake bite as the African Centre of Excellence in Phytomedicine Research and Development, University of Jos in collaboration with the National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion, NOTAP on Wednesday unveiled the first indigenous and world first Anti—Snake vaccine called COVIP-Plus in Abuja.