…Evbuonogbon villagers rejoice, say our children attend secondary school in Ondo By Ozioruva Aliu MEMBER  representing Ovia Federal Constituency, Edo State, in the House of Representatives, Hon. Dennis Idahosa, has built a secondary school at Evbuonogbon community, Ovia South-West Local Government Area, breaking the age-long practice of indigenes going to neighbouring Ondo State for secondary […]

By Joseph Erunke The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said it would no longer extend the closing date for candidates registering for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and the Direct Entry, DE, applications. The board disclosed this in its Weekly Bulletin, published by the office of the Registrar in Abuja yesterday. […]

The Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar, says agitation for the scrapping of the National Youth Service (NYSC) scheme is not in the interest of Nigeria’s unity.

By Shina Abubakar, Osogbo Osun State Governor, Mr. Adegboyega Oyetola has approved the reversal of Teachers’ Establishment and Pension Office (TEPO) to its original name, Teaching Service Commission. According to a statement signed by the Ministry of Education’s Coordinating Director, Kehinde Olaniyan stated that the reversal takes immediate effect. ALSO READ: Ganduje, Ja’afar bribery video […]

By Joseph Erunke – Abuja As registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and the Direct Entry (DE) closed last Saturday, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has granted a two-week waiver for candidates who failed to complete their registration processes. Under this period which begins on Monday, May 31 to June 15, […]

After he had successfully headed the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for some years, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, bowed out last week. He created a way for Prof. Victor Emmanuel Osodeke of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike in Abia State to emerge, as the new President of the association. The election took place […]

By Chimaobi Nwaiwu Nnewi The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, yesterday accused the Federal and State Governments of deliberately killing and undermining Nigeria by willfully designing and implementing bad policies in their institutions. This was disclosed yesterday by the National President of ASUP, Comrade Anderson Ezeibe, who was flanked by […]

For thirty-eight years, Mrs Modupe Adeyinka-Oni has been involved with teaching children. After many years as a teacher at the Corona Schools, she established Standard Bearers School, Lekki, Lagos, twenty-four years ago

I am always nostalgic when I read the various comments on the ongoing efforts to discard the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). And this is because my own experience with the scheme is exceptionally fascinating.

By Vincent Ujumadu, Awka THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said yesterday that it lost 30 members to the coronavirus pandemic, arguing that many of them would have been saved if they were receiving their salaries to take care of their health. Speaking during the opening ceremony of the 21st ASUU national delegates conference […]