Sen. Kalu’s Bill Seeking Establishment Of College of Education In Abia North Passes First Reading
The Senate on Tuesday passed to First Reading a bill seeking to establish a Federal College of Education in Abia-North Senatorial District of Abia State. The bill sponsored by the Chief Whip of the Senate, Orji Uzor Kalu seeks the Amendment of Federal Colleges of Education Act Cap F8 Cap N143 Laws of the Federation of Nigeria 2004 , for...
JAMB Raises Cost Of Mock-UTME Because Of High Price Of Diesel
The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has announced an increase in the service charge for this year’s mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Less than a week to the optional examination, the board disclosed that the service charge has been increased by N400. It stated that while the examination would be conducted freely at its centres, JAMB said candidates willing...
Abia Polytechnic Denies Charging High Fees, Says It’ll Establish Printing Press, Bread Factory, Others To Increase IGR
The management of Abia State Polytechnic Aba has denied charging high cost of school fees to students of the institution, urging the public to ignore the report. The Polytechnic also denied as untrue the report that its students are not being mobilised for the compulsory NYSC programme, as well as not having qualified teachers for academic activities, insisting there is...
As University Strike Continues, ASUP Threaten To Shut Down All Polytechnics
As the warning strike embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities enters second month, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Thursday threatened to shut down all Polytechnics across the country if the Federal Government fails to meet up with its demands within the next one month. The ASUP President Comrade Anderson Ezeibe made the threat while addressing...
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...
ASUU Strike: NANS Resumes Protest In Abuja
The National Association of Nigerian students on Monday resumed its protest to demand an end to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Speaking during the protest in Abuja, the national president of NANS, Sunday Asefon, said students are ready to throng major roads in the Federal Capital Territory. He added that students are resolute and would not...
Bauchi Govt Splashes N25m Cash, Scholarships On Winners Of Quranic Recitation Competition
The Bauchi State Government has gifted 10 winners, participants and judges of the 36th National Quranic Recitation Competition which was held in the state the sum of N25 million. The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Mohammed, who announced the donation in his speech at the closing ceremony of the one-week long competition at the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa Stadium, on Saturday, also...
About 9.7M Students In Nigerian At Risk Of Never Returning To School — UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund on Thursday said no fewer than 9.7 million Nigerian students are at risk of never returning to school. The UN body noted this in Abuja, during the launch of the Nigeria Learning Platform, an online, mobile and soon-to-be offline learning platform that will provide continuous education to three million learners in 2022 alone. The UNICEF’s Executive...
Reps To Probe Multiple Fees Imposed On Candidates By JAMB
The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate the multiple fees being imposed on candidates of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. At the plenary on Wednesday, the House mandated its Committee on Basic Education to “investigate the multiple processing and/or administrative fees imposed by JAMB and its accredited agents on JAMB candidates.” The committee is to report back within four weeks for...
Vice-Chancellors Meet, Discuss Future Of Varsities
Amid strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has met at the University of Ibadan (UI) in Oyo State to discuss the future of Nigerian universities. The meeting, which is part of the activities marking the Diamond Jubilee celebration anniversary of the committee, is tagged, “Sixty Years in Sixty Minutes: Exploring...
