Over 11 million girls in low and middle-income nations such as Nigeria may not return after the reopening of schools following their closure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, a report by the World Bank has noted.

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has renewed call for the establishment of a National Polytechnics Commission to regulate and oversee the affairs of polytechnic education in the country. Mr Anderson Nzebe, ASUP National President, made the call while rounding off his working visit to the Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, on Sunday. Nzebe said the […]

…As JAC meets with branch leaders Wednesday to consider FG’s offer By Johnbosco Agbakwuru CONTRARY to statement credited to the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige that the striking non teaching staff in the universities were given timeline of Monday February 15, 2021 to call off the ongoing strike following the Memorandum of […]

The Oyo State government has pledged to do all necessary to improve the state’s rating and move from the 11th position to single digit in subsequent WAEC results. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Gov. Seyi Makinde of Oyo State stated this in Ibadan on Saturday at the Diamond Anniversary of Methodist High […]

By Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja The Federal Government yesterday threatened to invoke the policy of no work, no pay against the striking non-teaching staff in the universities. But the non-teaching staff have told the government that it is impossible to beat a child and ask him not to cry, accusing the government of being the […]