EDUCATION
ASUU Strike: We’ll Shut Down All Private Varsities, says NANS President
The new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Asefon, has vowed to shut down all private universities in the country should the nine-month strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities continue. The NANS president said this while speaking on a PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable. He lamented that the ongoing strike is the longest industrial...
IG Unveils Quick Response App For Schools In Ogun
Kayode Egbetokun, the Inspector General of Police, has introduced the VGS—VIGISCOPE application, which is intended to give schools across the country a rapid emergency reporting and response system. In a statement on Thursday, the Ogiun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, announced that Egbetokun introduced the app at the conclusion of a two-day seminar held from November 26 to...
Kano Governor-Elect, Yusuf Vows To Restore Free Education
The Kano Governor-elect Abba Yusuf has vowed to revive the Kwankwasiyya free education and healthcare schemes when he assumes office. In a statement released by his spokesperson, Sanusi Dawakin-Tofa, the Governor-elect emphasized the urgent need to address the fundamental responsibilities of government such as the provision of potable water, basic education, and quality healthcare. “The outgoing administration claimed to have committed...
WAEC To Release SSCE Results Today
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that the results for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be released on Monday. The exam body broke the news on its Twitter page on Sunday night. It added that the results will be released at 10:30 am. “This is to inform candidates that sat West African Senior School...
Five Times JAMB Caught Candidates Who Falsified Their UTME Results
The case of Ejikeme Mmesoma has raised up findings on previous attempts by candidates to falsifying results. 1. In 2021, a UTME candidate, Ifesinachi John, 19, claimed he scored 380 in the UTME, but the result checker kept showing 265. Master John and his father, John Ifenkpam, accused JAMB of altering his result. The father, therefore, petitioned the examination body...
Abia Govt Reveals Resumption Date For Schools
The Abia State Government has announced the reopening of primary and secondary schools in the State on Monday, 28th September 2020, to complete the 3rd term of 2019/2020 academic session with one week of revision classes. This was announced in a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu, after the State Executive Council Meeting held at...
Japa: I Encourage You To Leave — Bishop Kukah
The Bishop, Roman Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Bishop Matthew Kukah, has advised young Nigerians wishing to leave the country (the popular Japa syndrome) not to hesitate. However, he prayed that the right and conducive environment be created so that those left behind can compete favourably with their foreign counterparts. Bishop Kukah, the Pro-chancellor and Chairman, Governing Council of Veritas University, Abuja,...
ASUU Strike: Admission Seekers In Confusion, Varsities To Lose Sessions
Seven months after the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, embarked on strike, the end is not in sight. The industrial action, which the union usually reviewed on a monthly basis, is now indefinite, with both parties not ready to shift ground. ABN TV reports that the development has brought confusion into the education system with a set of students, whose...
Police Academy Opens Portal For Admission | APPLY NOW
The Nigeria Police Academy has opened an online portal for applications for its 10th regular course cadet degree programme by interested and qualified Nigerian candidates. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who said this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, added that the online registration process would run for a period of six weeks, starting from...
ASUU Strike: You’re Violating The Law, FG Warns Students Blocking Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
THE Federal Government said, yesterday, that protesting members of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, who blocked the Lagos-Ibadan expressway violated the country’s law. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, SAN, stated this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the weekly Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Council...
