Japa Syndrome: Ondo Polytechnic Bars Students From Unauthorised Overseas Trips
The Federal Polytechnic, Ile-Oluji, Ondo State has banned the employees of the institution from travelling out of the country without the permission of the governing board of the polytechnic. The institution declared that any of its employees that flouted the order would be heavily sanctioned. The Rector of the polytechnic, Prof. Emmanuel Fasakin, disclosed this at the institution’s Christmas Carol and...
UI, UNN, Others Make List Of Global Varsity Ranking
According to the Centre for World University Rankings, the University of Ibadan, the University of Nigeria, the University of Lagos, and Ahmadu Bello University are among the best universities in the world. According to the list released on the global organization's website on Monday, a total of 20,531 universities were ranked, with 2,000 reaching the global list. Unibadan was ranked #1...
New NANS President Vows To End Strike
THE National Association of Nigerian Students,NANS,on Saturday,elected Comrade Umar Faruk Lawal, from Bayero University,Kano,as its new president. Lawal takes over from Sunday Asefon,whose tenure has come to an end. He was declared as winner of the unions’s election held at the Old Parade Ground, Abuja The new NANS president, speaking at a press conference after his victory,vowed to make students issues his...
Reps Seeks 3-Year Validity For JAMB
The House of Representatives has called on the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, to allow its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) results to be valid for at least three years and should conduct entry exams, at least, twice annually. This followed the adoption of a motion by Akintunde Rotimi at plenary on Wednesday. Moving the motion, the lawmaker expressed concerns...
Mama Put, Okada, Danfo, 26 Other Nigerian Words, Expressions Added In Oxford Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary said it has added 29 Nigerian words and expressions in the January updates to the dictionary. “The majority of these new additions are either borrowings from Nigerian languages, or unique Nigerian coinages that have only begun to be used in English in the second half of the twentieth century, mostly in the 1970s and 1980s,” OED’s World...
FG To Spend N100bn On School Feeding In 2025
The federal government has proposed to spend N100bn on the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme (NHGSFP). Analysis of the 2025 budget showed the programme is under the Service Wide Vote (SWV) and domiciled in the Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning. It would be recalled that the feeding programme was suspended on January 12, after the Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...
Court Order, Declares War Against Varsities Lecturers – ASUU
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ebonyi State University Chapter, Comrade Ikechukwu Igwenyi, has said with Wednesday’s court judgement ordering Nigeria’s universities lecturers to return to the classroom, the Federal Government has declared ‘war’ against members of the union. This was as he pointed out that, the, “No work, no pay” policy of the government shows the...
Strike: ASUU Rejects N50m Intervention By Ordinary Ahmed Isah
There was a mild drama when the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) rejected Berekete Family radio’s intervention to end the ongoing strike. ASUU has been on strike since February and all efforts to make lecturers return to the classrooms h...
Alleged Privacy Preach: JAMB Cautions Against Enlisting Minors
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has cautioned against enrolling minors in the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, issued this warning while reacting to a suit filed by one Mrs Ifeanyi Eke against the Board over alleged inappropriate text messages sent to her 15-year-old daughter during her registration. Recall that Eke had filed a...
Beneficiaries Committing Suicide In Countries Where Students’ Loan Are Implemented — ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has further expressed concerns over the planned student loan, saying beneficiaries of such initiative in other countries were committing suicide as a result of debts. The union, therefore, asked President Bola Tinubu to change the newly assented Students Loans Act to grants for poor students. ASUU National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, gave the advice...
