Senate Holds Public Hearing On Establishment Of Colleges Of Education In Ekiti, Borno
Kenneth Udeh from Abuja A bill seeking the establishment of two Federal Colleges of Education in Ekiti and Borno States respectively came under public hearing at the Senate on Wednesday. When approved the proposed Federal Colleges of Education will be situated in Gworza, Borno South Senatorial district in Borno State and Omuo-Ekiti, Ekiti South Senatorial district in Ekiti State. The public...
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...
Obi Makes N1.5m Donation To Catholic School
Vice Presidential Candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in 2019 elections, Mr. Peter Obi, has encouraged students not to undermine educational opportunities, but see them as avenues of empowerment that will enable them to change the world. Obi said this when he visited St John’s Vocational and Technical Institute, Neni run by the Catholic Diocese of Awka, Anambra State. Obi,...
Okwun Ojah Family Foundation Empowers 10 Medical Students With N5 Million Scholarship (Photos, Video)
To support future healthcare leaders' education, the Okwun Ojah Foundation has awarded scholarships to 10 medical students from Ohafia extraction. The scholarship award ceremony, held on July 25th, 2024, at the Udumeze Hall in Elu Ohafia, saw each student receive N500,000 to support their medical education in recognized Nigerian universities. READ ALSO: Dr. Barr....
NANS Urges Foreign Missions To Deny Students Fingered In Sylvester Oromoni’s Death Entry
The National Association of Nigerian Students, on Sunday, alerted foreign missions to deny entry to the five students of Dowen College alleged to have bullied and beaten 12-year-old Sylvester Oromoni to a point of coma which led to his eventual death on November 30, 2021. The students’ body also called for the swift arrest of key officials of the Lekki-based...
ASUU: Hands Off Negotiation – Buhari Tells Ngige
University teachers won a major battle yesterday: the government is ready to meet most of their demands. Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu got marching orders from President Muhammadu Buhari to end the industrial actions by university-based un...
Communication Minister, Pantami Lands In Problem As ASUU Declares His Professorship Illegal
Isa Ali Pantami The Academic Staff Union of Universities has faulted the promotion of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, as a professor. The union after its National E...
Keep Off Registration Process If You Are Not A Participant, JAMB Registrar Warns
Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has appealed to non-participants of its examinations to keep off the registration process. Oloyede made the appeal after monitoring registration process of the board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE), on Thursday in Abuja. He observed that most of the challenges faced by candidates at the point of...
ASUU Extends Strike By 12 Weeks
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rolled over its ongoing strike for another 12 weeks. A statement signed by ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said this was to give the government enough time to satisfactorily resolve all the outstan...
Two Akwa Ibom Polytechnic Female Students Killed Days To Graduation
There is outrage at the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area as two female students were crushed to death by a moving truck just two days before the completion of their National Diploma programme in the institution. The incident happened on Monday when the driver of the truck lost control and rammed into the...
