The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday said that its members have been rejecting to migrate to the Integrated Personal Payroll Information System (IPPIS) since 2013. Dr Aniekan Brown, the Coordinator, ASUU Calabar Zone, disclosed this during a press conference in Calabar. Brown recalled that on March 23 ASUU declared an industrial action […]

By Elizabeth Osayande The West African Examination Council (WAEC) on Monday announced the release of the results of this year’s West African Senior Secondary School Examination, WASSCE, but the results of 215, 149 candidates, representing 13.98 per cent of those that sat for the examinations are being withheld for various reasons. The Head of the […]

The Registrar, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Prof. Segun Ajiboye, has urged state governments to key into the review of the welfare packages for teachers already set for implementation by the Federal Government. Ajiboye stated this while speaking with newsmen on Sunday in Ibadan on the benefits of the new salary scale and other […]

By Chioma Obinna The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, on Sunday warned Nigerians against the use of Sniper and other brands of ‘’Dichlorvos’’ (DDVP) as preservatives for foodstuffs. The Director-General of NAFDAC, Prof. Mojisola Adeyeye who gave the warning said the continuous misuse and misapplication of Sniper and other brands […]

By Adesina Wahab The negotiation between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the ongoing industrial action by the lecturers is currently stalled because of the refusal of the government to pay the withheld salaries of the workers through other means than the Integrated Personnel and […]