Youth Forum Rejects Planned WAEC CBT Exams
The Arewa Youth Consultative Forum has called for the cancellation of the proposed Computer-Based Test format in the forthcoming West African Examinations Council examinations in the country. According to the forum, introducing such a mode of examination will result in mass failure for students, particularly in rural areas where computer skills are scarce or completely absent. ABNTV reports that the West African...
Abia Government Warns Politicians Against Converting AbiaPoly Loss Of Accreditation Into Political Tool
The government of Abia State has warned people it described as "mushroom political Parties and their infantile Candidates" against converting the recent loss of accreditation of the state-owned tertiary institution, Abia State Polytechnic Aba into a ...
29-Year-Old Moses Maduka Becomes First Nigerian To Excel In Mechatronics, Robotics From Russian University (Photos, Video)
Moses Maduka, a 29-year-old robotic engineer from Ahuwa Oboro, has made history as the first Nigerian to graduate with a degree in Mechatronics and Robotics from a Russian University, ABN TV reports. Maduka, who hails from Ikwuano Local Government, Abia State, achieved this feat at the Russia Research State University, Ural, graduating with first-class honors and an impressive grade point...
Prolonged ASUU Strike Shows Lack Of Compassion – Saraki
A former senate president, Dr Bukola Saraki, has said the prolonged strike embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other unions in the Nation’s universities shows the lack of compassion for Nigerians by the Federal government. Answ...
Strike: Enough Of Taking Us For Granted – Students Berate Oyo Gov Over Closure Of Varsity
The leadership of the National Association of Nigeria Students, Southwest (Zone D), has slammed the Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, over the continuous closure of the state university. The two state-owned universities in Oyo, Ladoke Akintola Univer...
Anger As Lagos Teacher Allegedly Flogs Student To Death
Pandemonium erupted at Araromi Ilogbo Secondary School in Oko Afo, Lagos, as students of the school protested the demise of one of their colleagues who was allegedly flogged to death by a teacher. The incident was said to have occurred on Thursday when the deceased, identified as David Babadipo, was allegedly flogged by the teacher whose name was given as...
Senate Holds Public Hearing On Establishment Of Colleges Of Education In Ekiti, Borno
Kenneth Udeh from Abuja A bill seeking the establishment of two Federal Colleges of Education in Ekiti and Borno States respectively came under public hearing at the Senate on Wednesday. When approved the proposed Federal Colleges of Education will be situated in Gworza, Borno South Senatorial district in Borno State and Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti South Senatorial district in Ekiti State. The public...
Abia: Defunct TSGICC Members Cry Foul Over Alleged Imbalance In Appointments Into Boards Of Tertiary Institutions
Some members of the defunct Tinubu-Shettima Grassroots Independent Campaign Council, TSGICC, have alleged that the recent appointments into the Boards of Tertiary Institutions by the Tinubu administration were not balanced, and failed to recognise the federal character principle enshrined in the constitution of Nigeria. Addressing journalists in Umuahia, the Abia State capital, on Wednesday, in the company of many other...
NECO Postpones Exam Over #EndSARS Protests
The National Examination Council, NECO, postponed Paper I Computer Studies Practical’s scheduled for Monday, October 19, 2020, until November 16 This was contained in a statement by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, Azeez Sani, on Sunday. Sani said the decision was taken because of the ongoing #ENDSARS protests, affecting the human and vehicular movement. He explained that the protest had...
Abductors Demand N300m Ransom To Release Abducted Uniabuja Staff, Family Members
The abductors of the six individuals from the University of Abuja on Tuesday have asked the families for N300m ransom. “They demanded N50 million naira for each person; they have contacted the family but that is all we know for now,” one source said. “They got in touch with the family, the parents of the abducted children were contacted. We learnt...
