Makinde ties Oyo teachers promotion to students’ academic performance
Oyo State Government has declared that public school teachers would henceforth be promoted and honoured according to their diligence and efficiency, as reflected in the overall performance of their students in external examinations. This was contained in a press statement by the Oyo State Commissioner for Information, Wasiu Olatunbosun, on Wednesday. The statement noted that the declaration was announced by the...
NBA Declares Its 2020 Batch “A” Basic Courses Open
Participants in the National Broadcast Academy 2020 Batch A Basic Courses, have been urged to acquire additional skills, to create jobs and earn more income for themselves The Director of the Academy, Engr. Abiola Ajibola gave the advice in a brief ceremony to mark the commencement of the programme in Lagos. Engr. Abiola who encouraged the participants to embrace Digital Entrepreneurship...
JAMB Releases UTME Supplementary Results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of candidates who participated in the supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted between June 21 and 22, 2024. This board’s spokesperson, Dr Fabian Benjamin, stated this in a statement in Abuja on Friday. According to JAMB, 28,835 applicants who were not able to provide biometric verification during the main...
Buhari Salutes Africa’s Foremost Examination Body, WAEC At 70
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, which also coincides with the 70th annual council meeting being hosted in Abuja, Nigeria from March 14 to 18. As a proud founding member of the foremost examining board for the people of West Africa, President Buhari affirmed that Nigeria values...
Gunmen Invade Imo WAEC Centre, Chase Students, Parents Away
Gunmen on Monday stopped students from taking English Language paper in the ongoing WASSCE being written by senior secondary school students at the Comprehensive Secondary School, Nkume in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo state. Sources disclosed that the students were preparing to begin the examinations when the attackers came and chased them away. As the gunmen started shooting, students...
Sanusi To Be Conferred Honorary Degree From UNIZIK
Dethroned Emir of Kano, Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi will be conferred with the prestigious honourary doctorate degrees of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka during its 14th convocation ceremony this week. Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof Charles Esimone who disclosed this during a press conference to kick start the convocation activities in Awka said the honourary awardees were chosen because of...
IPPIS: We’ll Defend University Autonomy With Our Blood – ASUU
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, has vowed that they will protect university autonomy with the last drop of their blood. Ogunyemi made this clear in a press statement made available to newsmen in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The statement was titled “On President Buhari’s No IPPIS, No Salary” and Ogunyemi explained...
NBM Takes Education Scholarship To Delta, Edo
Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa says the Indian chapter of the movement will support students resident in Asaba, Delta State, and Benin, Edo State with free University Entrance Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms as part of its Community Social Engagements on the event is scheduled to take place on May 12, 2021. In a statement on Sunday,...
13-year-old pupil, Oladipo Adesiyan develops website for his school
A 13-year-old pupil, Oladipo Adesiyan, has developed a website for his school, Messiah High School, Akure, Ondo State. In an interview, Adesiyan said the passion for web designing started during the long vacation of 2018. “It all started one afternoon after my school had closed for the long holiday. Unfortunately for me, I couldn’t collect my result that term. Although it...
Strike: ASUU To Reach Decision December 15
The Federal Government has said it is still reviewing the implementation of the Memorandum of Understanding which it signed with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, stated this in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja. ASUU had on November 15, 2021 given the Federal Government an ultimatum of three weeks over...
