Police Stop SSANU, NASU From Protesting Four Months Unpaid Salaries In Abuja
The Nigeria Police, Federal Capital Territory, FCT Command, on Thursday stopped the Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, from embarking on protest in Abuja. As soon as the leadership of JAC started addressing members for the protest for onward movement to the...
NECO Releases 2024 Unity Schools’ Examination Results
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for Unity Schools. The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, made this known during a press briefing on the outcome of the examination on Tuesday. Recall that this year’s examination was written on Saturday, June 1, 2024, in Nigeria, as well as...
President Tinubu To Launch Student Loan Scheme July 17
President Bola Tinubu will launch the student loan scheme on Wednesday, July 17, marking the commencement of its implementation. ABN TV gathered that the student loan scheme will be launched at the State House. The president had recently approved N35 billion for the scheme’s launch, targeting 70,000 initial applications. The Governing Board of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFund), chaired by Mr...
School Collapses On Students Writing Exams In Jos, As NYSC Hostel Collapse Injures Corps Members In Oyo
Many students are currently trapped in a school which collapsed in Busa Buji community of Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. According to witnesses, the building housing Saint Academy caved in around 11 am, on Friday, leaving students who were writing exams trapped. After the news of the collapse broke, many parents trooped to the school wailing uncontrollably. Rescue operations...
NELFUND Onboards 12 More Institutions For Student Loan
The management of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund has onboard 12 state government tertiary institutions to the student loan application pool. A statement signed by the Head, Media and Public Relations of the Fund, Nasir Ayitogo, noted that the onboarding followed the successful submission and verification of data completeness. “With this latest addition, the total number of participating state government-owned tertiary...
NASU/SSANU Mobilizing For National Protest In Abuja
The non-teaching staff at the University of Ibadan, staged a peaceful protest against non-payment of their entitlements by the federal government. The protesters were led by chairmen of Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Comrade Oluwafemi Michael Ogunlade and Abiodun Rasaq Omisore, respectively. The protesting workers started the protest at the main...
FG, ASUU Meets Ahead Of Worker’s Protest
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said it will be meeting with the Federal Government on July 25, 2024 over its unmet demands. This was as non-academic staff of universities declared on Sunday that they were set for a one-day protest on Tuesday on campuses over their withheld four-month salaries. The one-day protest would be a prelude to a...
Former ANAN Chairman, Omoniyi Set To Unveil New Book on Budget
The immediate past Chairman of Association of National Accountants of Nigeria (ANAN), Abuja Branch, Mr. Wahab Shina Omoniyi is set to unveil a new book. Title, "Budget As A Policy Instrument For Public Financial Management", the book offers insight on the effective management of public finances using instrumentality of budgeting in mobilization, allocation, distribution, and utilization of resources by governments...
Under Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, UniAbuja Suffered Academic Setback For 5 Years, Says ASUU
The University of Abuja branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that in the last five years the institution has experienced an onslaught on academic activities and suffered setbacks as a result of erosion of academic culture and tradition. The ASUU members were seen chanting and celebrating the end of the tenure of the former Vice...
Open University Admission Seekers Now Mandated To Register With JAMB
Individuals seeking to get admitted to the Nigerian Open University of Nigeria and other open distance learning centres are now mandated to register via the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board. The candidates are also expected to register with their unique National Identification Number. This move, our correspondent learnt, was to checkmate nefarious activities. In an advisory released by JAMB and made...
