Police Assure Schools In Zamfara Adequate Security
The Police in Zamfara has restated commitment to provision of adequate security to ensure protection of tertiary institutions of learning in the state. The Commissioner of Police, Kolo Yusuf, stated this when visited Federal University Gusau, Federal College of Education (Technical) and Police Secondary School in Gusau, the state capital. This was contained in a statement by the Spokesman of the...
Refund Nominal Fees To Students Now – Gov. El-Rufai Orders Principals
The governor of Kaduna State, Nasir El-Rufai, has said the introduction of nominal fees by the Ministry of Education through the principals is not consistent with government policy and is thus invalid. According to him, it should be rescinded with immediate effect, and all monies that may have been collected be refunded forthwith. An extraordinary meeting of the Kaduna State Executive...
FG Should Stop Humiliating ASUU, Says Ohuabunwa
A former Presidential aspirant on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, Sam Ohuabunwa, has lashed out at the current Federal Government led by the President Muhammadu Buhari over its ineptitude towards the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This was as the past President of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria noted that government attitude towards education signalled...
We Reject Casualisation Of Nigerian Intellectuals, ASUU Tells FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has slammed the Federal Government over the payment of half salaries to lecturers in October. In a statement on Tuesday by ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, the union condemned the ‘pro-rata’ payment to its members and accused the government of an attempt to reduce Nigerian scholars to casual workers. ASUU had on October 14, 2022,...
Vision Savers Global Outreach Takes Anti-cult Campaign To ABSU During Matric
A foremost anti-cult campaign group in Nigeria, Vision Savers Global Outreach has taken its advocacy to the students of Abia State University, ABSU Uturu at its recently concluded matriculation programme. The group says it seeks to roll out this awareness programme among the matriculating students as a way of getting them sufficiently equipped on the need to shun cultism and...
House Of Representatives Promises To N170bn Fund For ASUU In 2023 Budget
The House of Representatives is making arrangements for a N170 billion fund for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the 2023 budget. Speaker of the House, Femi Gbajabiamila, disclosed this in a statement on Monday, saying the move will provide a level of increment in the welfare package of university lecturers. According to him, efforts were ongoing to find...
Uncertainty As ASUU Mulls Closing Universities Again
Less than one month after the Academic Staff Union of Staff Universities, ASUU suspended its 8-month industrial action, the union and the Federal Government are back on a warpath. Already, the National Executive Council of the ASUU is set to meet on Monday (tomorrow) to decide whether to embark on another strike or not, ABN TV gathered. The meeting, which is...
FG Tells ASUU It Can’t Pay Salary For Work Not Done
The Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment has refuted media reports, alleging bias in the payment of salaries of members of the ASUU. The ministry further dismissed the Academic Staff Union of Nigeria (ASUU) claims that their members were paid half their salary for the month of October. In a press statement issued by Olajide Oshundun, Head of Press and Public...
Insecurity Forcing Children Out Of School, FG Cries Out
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Thursday attributed the insecurity in the country to the rising number of out-of-school children. He said the government was working towards reducing the number of out-of-school children and the illiteracy level in the country. He spoke in Abuja at the ministerial session of the 66th National Council on Education (NCE), with the theme ‘Strengthening...
Under My Presidency, WAEC, JAMB, NECO Will Be Free For Nigerian Children — Kwankwaso
Presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party, NNPP, Rabiu Kwankwaso, has vowed make West African Examination Council, (WAEC), Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and National Examination Council (NECO) free for all Nigerian children. Kwankwaso stated this on while presenting his manifesto in Abuja on Tuesday. The NNPP candidate pledged that he would ensure that all entry examinations into tertiary...
