Ikpeazu Fixes Date For Reopening Of Tertiary Institutions
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the reopening of all Government and Private Tertiary Institutions in the State, A release signed by Barrister Chris Ezem made available to ABN TV, the Secretary to the State Government said the tertiary institutions will resume with effect from Monday, October 26th, 2020. The government further directed the affected institutions to ensure...
Strike: We’ve Met All ASUU Demands – FG
The Federal government urges ASUU to be patriotic, saying facts on the ground do no longer support its strike. The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chris Ngige, has released the statement below saying the Federal government had met all demands that triggered the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). He, therefore, urged the university teacher to be patriotic...
NYSC Begins Batch A Stream II Orientation Course Wednesday
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) on Monday announced that the 2023 Batch A Stream II orientation course of the scheme will begin Wednesday, April 26, 2023. The orientation course takes a period of 21 days, equipping, and training the eligible participants of the one-year mandatory service. It added that the orientation course for Lagos and Federal Capital Territory will commence...
Strike Looms As ASUU Begins Consultations After Three Weeks Ultimatum
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it has commenced consultation with its branches across the country to agree on the shutting down of public universities. This follows the expiration of its three week ultimatum to the Federal Government to meets its demands. ASUU’s National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke who spoke in an interview on Tuesday lamented that the...
Abia Govt Reveals Resumption Date For Schools
The Abia State Government has announced the reopening of primary and secondary schools in the State on Monday, 28th September 2020, to complete the 3rd term of 2019/2020 academic session with one week of revision classes. This was announced in a statement signed by the State Commissioner for Information, John Okiyi Kalu, after the State Executive Council Meeting held at...
I’ll Declare Your Positions Vacant, El-Rufai Threatens Kaduna Lecturers Involved In ASUU Strike
Governor Nasir El-Rufai has threatened to sack all the Kaduna State University (KASU) who are currently observing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. ASUU has been on strike since February over the failure of government to meet th...
Abia College Of Health Sciences & Management Technology Gets New Governing Council
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has approved the immediate reconstitution of the Governing Council of the Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Technology, Aba. This comes hours after the state government announced a new board for the state Civil Service Commission. Barr Chris Ezem, Secretary to Abia State Government made the announcement on Friday in a statement...
FG Raises School Feeding Programme From N70 To N100 Per Meal
The National Home-Grown School Feeding Programme has been reviewed from N70 per meal for schoolchildren to N100 in Delta State. The state Commissioner for Humanitarian and Community Support Services, Dr Darlington Ijeh, who stated this in Asaba, frowned on the manner in which the caterers were shortchanged. Ijeh, who was sworn in by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa as a commissioner on August...
TRCN Says 50% Of Nigerian Teachers Unqualified
The authorities of the Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) have said that after about one and half years deadline, more than 50 percent of teachers currently in all primary and secondary schools nationwide are still not qualified to be in the classrooms teaching. The Registrar and Chief Executive of TRCN, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, gave this hint in an interview...
80 Schoolgirls Poisoned In Afghanistan Land In Hospital
A local education official in Afghanistan said nearly 80 girls were poisoned and hospitalised in two separate attacks at their primary school on Saturday and Sunday. The head of the provincial education department, Mohammad Rahmani said the poisonings occurred in Sangcharak district, northern Afghanistan. Rahmani said the person who orchestrated the poisoning had a personal grudge but did not elaborate, according...
