Students, Teachers Jubilate As Distribution Of Sen. Kalu’s Free Educational Materials Hits Umunneochi LGA (PHOTOS)
The ongoing distribution of free educational materials attracted by Senator representing Abia North, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu in all the local government areas of the Senatorial district has now arrived Umunneochi local government area, ABN TV reports. The event was officially flagged off at Lokpanta secondary school Umuchieze. The pupils, teachers, and parents could not hold their joy over the Senate...
Three Professors Jostle To Replace Ikonne As ABSU VC
About three Professors are currently jostling to replace Prof. Uche Ikonne as the Vice Chancellor Abia State University, Uturu. The Governing Council of the University submitted the list of 3 the candidates in order of merit for the position of Vice Chancellor of the Abia State University to the Governor for selection and ratification of one of them as substantive...
After 13 Years, NYSC Orientation Camp In Borno Reopens
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has commenced orientation camp in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital, for the first time in 13 years after the exercise was suspended in 2011 due to Boko Haram insurgency. Swearing in Batch ‘B’ Stream 2 corps members at a temporal orientation camp in the state capital, NYSC State Coordinator, Mohammed Adamu, credited Borno State...
Buhari Approves Establishment Of Two Tertiary Institutions In Jigawa
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the establishment of two tertiary institutions in Jigawa State. Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, disclosed this in a statement on Friday. The tertiary institutions approved by the President are the Federal College of Agriculture, Kirikasamma in Kirikasamma Local Government Area (LGA) and the Federal College of Education (Special), Birnin...
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...
NBTE Accredits Eight Courses In Akwa Ibom Polytechnic
The National Board For Technical Education has granted accreditation to eight courses offered by the Federal Polytechnic, Ukana, in Akwa Ibom State. This was contained in a statement by the institution’s Public Relations Officer, Manasseh Umoette on Tuesday. According to the statement, the approval was contained in a letter signed by the Director of Polytechnic Programmes, NBTE, Architect Ogoh Ngbede, and...
ASUU Strike: Group Carpets Minister Of State For Education For Purchasing APC’s N100m Nomination Form
A Yoruba youth group, Oodua Youth Coalition, has condemned the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, for buying the N100 million APC presidential nomination forms amidst the strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. ...
EXCLUSIVE Pictures From Government College Umuahia Set 91B Reunion
Check out exclusive pictures from the Government College Umuahia Old Boys Association reunion, Class of 1991B. The event took place at Harriet Suites Umuahia, Abia State. https://youtu.be/QYkcpQMfAm4?si=fcHqndtA4A-orgzc See the photos below.... ...
Schools Will Reopen Soon, But No Date Yet – Minister For Education
Minister for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has disclosed that there are plans to soon reopen schools nationwide, however, it won't happen in two weeks as being speculated in some quarters. The Minister of Education, Nwajiuba, made the clarification on Thursday during the daily briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, following rumours making the round the Federal Government would reopen...
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...
