E-mail Address Now Compulsory For UTME Registration – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that as from January 31, 2023, no candidate would be registered for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE) without the provision of a functional email address. The Board noted that the review of its Advisory on the ongoing UTME registration was to ensure that best practices were followed in the process...
FG Advised To Deploy Abacha Loot In Ending ASUU Strike
Dachung Musa Bagos, a member of the House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Government to use part of the recently returned $23,439,724million Abacha loot to settle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Recall that Nigeria and the United States of America (USA) on Tuesday, signed an agreement for the repatriation of $23,439,724 recovered funds said to have been...
FG Surprised Corps Members As NYSC Approves N33,000 Monthly Allowance
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has increased the monthly allowance of corps members to N33, 000. Corps members were getting N19, 800 until the latest review. Director General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, announced the increase during a working visit to the NYSC secretariat in Bauchi. He said the increase is in line with the new minimum wage approved by...
Academic Union Recognised By Govt Threatens Legal Action Over Withheld Salaries
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has expressed its disappointment with the Federal Government, especially the Ministry of Labour and Employment, over the non-payment of its members’ withheld salaries and threatened to seek legal redress. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had presented certificates of registration to CONUA and the Nigeria Association of Medical and Dental Lecturers in...
ANA Abuja Hosts Ex-DG NAPTIP Julie Okah-Donli Saturday
All is now set for the Association of Nigerian Authors, ANA Abuja chapter to host a former Director General of National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP Dame Julie Okah-Donli as September celebrity guest author. The event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Savannah Suites Hotel, Area 3 Garki Abuja, a statement signed...
Sen. Kalu Donates Relief Materials, Cash To Striking ASUU Members, Seeks End To Action [VIDEO]
Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu on Monday donated relief items to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The ASUU members drawn from the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike besieged Kalu's Igbere residence to seek his intervention to end the crisis. Leader of the delegation, Engr. Dr. Okoro Christopher Kalu, a senior lecturer also sought Orji...
#EndSARS: NANS Decries Arrest, Arraignment Of MOUAU Student, Begs Lagos Govt Intervention
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) Abia state chapter has expressed sadness over the arrest and arraignment of a student of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike Stanley Divine Iheanyichukwu. The student body in a statement signed by Rt. Comr. Okereke Johnson Ryder, the Deputy Chairman NANS Abia State Axis wondered why Iheanyichukwu with the Registration number: MOUAU/INTED/18/102582 was...
How ASUU Meeting With FG Ended Without Resolution As Lecturers Walk Out In Anger
The negotiation meeting held by the federal government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday, ended in deadlock, thus dashing hope of imminent resumption of academic activities in the nation’s public universities. The union had met yesterday with Prof. Briggs’ renegotiation committee with a view to resolving its difference with FG towards reopening the universities. The meeting which held at...
Gov. Otti Wants Transparency As Investigation Into Students’ Protest In Michael Okpara University Commences
Abia State Governor, Dr. Alex Otti has charged management of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) to be open-minded in their investigation to ascertain the real cause of the recent protest by students of the institution, which led to the closure of the school, ABN TV reports. Governor Otti said it was important that the panel set up...
NIREC, ASUU Disagree Over Negotiations, Continues On Strike Extension
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, has criticised the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government over the ongoing strike by lecturers across universities in the country. He said ASUU was impatient and disrespected him and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Saad Abubakar, by going ahead with the strike despite wading into the...
