Suspension Of Strike: Sen. Kalu Hails FG, ASUU, Seeks Synergy To Improve Education
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Kalu has commended the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for calling off its eight month strike. Kalu, who had a few months made a compassionate appeal to ASUU, applauded the Executive and legislative arms of government for continous engagement with the body. The former Governor, who is...
16,000 Students Participate As Open University Holds Matriculation
The National Open University of Nigeria on Saturday matriculated no fewer than 16,000 new students into its study centres across the country. Speaking at during the virtual matriculation, the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Olufemi Peters, challenged the new students of the institution to demonstrate at all times to the society that NOUN offers quality education delivered with equality and...
FG Begs Students For Pardon After ASUU Called Off Eight Months Strike
The Federal Government has apologised to students and parents for the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). In a statement on Friday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige assured students that they won’t have to experience the ugly situation in the future. ASUU embarked on strike on February 14, 2022 over poor welfare of its...
Scholarship For 20 Students: We’re Setting The Path For Success of Future Generations — Kalu
The founder Orji Uzor Kalu Foundation, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu said the non-governmental has has kept its commitments on setting the path for the success of the future generations. According to Sen. Kalu, representing Abia North, no fewer than 20 young Nigerians have benefited from his foundation's scholarship programme to study medicine and surgery abroad. The former Abia governor stated this...
ASUU: UNN To Resume Academic Activities
Against the backdrop of the suspension eight-month old strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the University of Nigeria Nsukka chapter of the union on Tuesday officially agreed to resume academic activities. Dr Christian Opata, the Chairman of ASUU-UNN said this while speaking with newsmen in Nsukka on Tuesday shortly after the union's congress in UNN. Dr. Opata said that...
JAMB Cautions Universities Against Jumping Academic Sessions After Strike
AS public universities resume for academic activities across the country following eight months of industrial action declared by Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has warned against jumping of academic sessions. The nation’s tertiary institutions admission body,said admissions offered in 2020, 2021, 2022 to 2023 sessions were all still in effect, insisting that they...
Abia Polytechnic: Ikpeazu Receives Accreditation Restoration Report, Blames Management Over Lack Of Prudent Spending
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has received the report of the Task Force On The Restoration Of Accreditation Of the Abia State Polytechnic, Aba. The governor while receiving the report at governor's lodge in Aba congratulated the task force for a job well done, stressing that the management of the tertiary institution has failed to exercise prudence in matching their...
FG Gives N3bn Support To Katsina Varsity To Construct Faculty Building
Federal Government has supported Katsina State with N3 billion to construct the Faculty of Agriculture buildings at the state-owned university, Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), at Layin Minista in Malumfashi Local Government Area. UMYU’s vice-chancellor, Prof. Sunusi Mamman, disclosed this to newsmen on Saturday in Katsina. He said Gov. Aminu Masari solicited for N3 billion from the Federal Government through the...
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...
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...
