Abia Polytechnic Loses Accreditation Over Failure To Pay Staff Salaries For 30 Months
Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, has lost its accreditation from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for failing to pay staff salaries and allowances for over 30 months. In a statement issued on Tuesday, a spokesperson for NBTE, Fatima Abub...
Isa Pantami’s Professorship By FUTO Fraud, Should Not Be Recognised — ASUU Report [Doc Attached]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has released the report of its findings on the ‘suspicious’ appointment of Nigeria’s Minister for Digital Economy and Communication, Isa Pantami by the council of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) as a Professor of Cyber Security. In documents sighted by ABN TV on Monday, the report conducted by a six-man committee...
Candidates To Pay N700 For Mock UTME – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB has announced that candidates are expected to pay N700 to the Computer Based Test centres before taking their mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. JAMB made the announcement three days before the commencement of the mock examination via its Twitter handle. The payment is different from the N3,500 paid by the candidates for UTME...
Nigeria Experiencing Internal Colonialism – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that Nigeria is currently experiencing internal colonialism. The union made this disclosure on Sunday. ASUU has been on strike since February this year. The union noted that there is nothing to roll out the drums over in Nigeria as the country marks 62nd Independence Anniversary yesterday. ASUU Chairman, University of Ibadan, Professor Ayoola Akinwole,...
COEASU Extends Strike By 3 Weeks
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has extended its strike action by three weeks. The extension, ABN TV gathered, is a sequel to a meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union which was held at Federal College of ...
Adventist Technical College Ohafia, Two Others To Lock Horns At Abia Schools Quiz Competition Grand Finale
Adventist Technical College, Ohafia, Victory College International, Aba South and Master’s Vessel at Academy will test their might at the grand finale of Abia State quiz competition. The annual academic competition is sponsored by Ray Nkemdirim Fou...
Students Protest Against Plans By State Govt To Separate Boys From Girls In Bauchi
Students of secondary schools in Bauchi State have taken to the street to protest over a new policy by the government to separate boys from girls in schools. The protest is coming on the heels of the resumption of schools across the state today, Monday. Recall that the Bauchi State Commissioner for Education, Mr. Aliyu Tilde, said the state government had...
After COVID-19 Disruption In Education System, Strike Needless, NANS Tells FG, ASUU (Video)
National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS Abia State Axis has called on the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU to reach a compromise to ensure that the ongoing one month warning strike by ASUU is quickly brought to an end to enable the students go back to school, noting that the COVID-19 disruption in educational...
Ikpeazu Gives Ossy Prestige’s Family N10m for Last Son’s Education
Abia State Governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu, has handed over a cheque of N10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) to the family of late Hon Ossy Prestige for the education of the last son of the Honourable Member who before his demise represented Aba North/South Federal Constituency at the National Assembly. Making the presentation today during the second edition of the Town Hall...
FG Releases Six Conditions For Reopening Of Schools, Varsities
Ahead of the reopening of universities and others, the Federal Government has listed six conditions to be met by each school. It said the six conditions are to protect pupils and students against Coronavirus. It also asked all heads of schools to start putting measures in place to meet the terms. Among other conditions, the government is demanding decontamination of all schools...
