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...
Illegal Fees: Oyo Govt. Sanctions Head-teachers For Denying Pupils Access To Exam Hall
The Oyo State Government has sanctioned some Head-teachers for collecting illegal fees and denying pupils access to examination halls during the ongoing Public Primary Schools Unified Examination. The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Edu...
Enyioma Foundation Announces Winners Of Academic Excellence Rewards
The Enyioma Foundation has announced the winners of the "Enyinnaya Duke Ako-Atulomah Academic Excellence Rewards" for the 2024 UTME candidates who benefited from the foundation's free JAMB registration scheme. After a thorough review of the results, nine candidates who scored 200 and above in the UTME examination were selected to receive stipends. The foundation had initially aimed to award the...
Some Problems At Tertiary Institutions Caused By Underage Students — Minister
The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, says some issues in Nigerian universities are caused by underage students who do not know what university education is about. He stated this while speaking with newsmen after monitoring the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, in some of the centres in Abuja. His words: “As we know, this examination is going on throughout...
BREAKING: ASUU Calls Off 9 Month Old Strike
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Wednesday “conditionally” suspended its strike, ending a protracted industrial action that started since March 2020. ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement during a briefing of the union in Abuja, explaining that the development followed with its National Executive Council (NEC). While warning that the union would return to strike without notice...
WABMA Set To Commence Media Professional Courses On Presentation, Production, Others
The West Africa Broadcast & Media Academy, WABMA, has announced the commencement of its first quarter 2022 media long courses on radio and television presentation, production, journalism and marketing. Also available are, broadcast engineering, Information-communication technology (ICT) and Language Courses. The academy in a release says the duration for each course is 5 weeks beginning from January 25 - February 26,...
Bishop Onuoha Urges Abia Students To Stay Away From Drugs, Examination Malpractice
The President of Vision Africa, Bishop Sunday Onuoha has urged students in Abia State to maintain sound morals that will take them far in life and stay away from drug, premarital sex, and examination malpractice. Bishop Onuoha spoke while addressing secondary school students participating in the ongoing 13th edition of the Vision Africa Radio 104.1 FM school debate in Umuahia,...
ASUU Strike: Group Carpets Minister Of State For Education For Purchasing APC’s N100m Nomination Form
A Yoruba youth group, Oodua Youth Coalition, has condemned the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, for buying the N100 million APC presidential nomination forms amidst the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. ...
COVID-19: We Never Agreed On Jan 18 School Resumption Date — FG
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said the Federal Government had reservations about the resumption of schools on January 18. According to him, while the states wanted to go ahead with the school’s resumption, the Federal Government was against it but had to reach a compromise since it does not control all the schools “We sat down, looked at the figures...
ASUU Agreed To End Strike Today – FG
The Federal Government says it has delivered on offers made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. This was in reaction to the claim by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, that the government had failed to deliver on offers made to the union. Ogunyemi had blamed the FG for union’s failure to call...
