Senate Adopts Orji Kalu’s Bill To Establish Federal University In Abia
The Senate on Wednesday accorded first reading to a bill seeking to establish a Federal University in Abia State. The bill titled; "A bill for an Act to provide for the establishment of Federal University of Medical Sciences and Biomedical Technology...
Ikpeazu Suspends Abia Polytechnic Management, Sets Up Task Force To Restore Lost Accreditation
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has dissolved and suspended the council and management respectively of the state-owned tertiary institution, Abia State Polytechnic Aba, ABN TV reports. This comes barely 24 hours after the National Board for Technical Educati...
COEASU Extends Strike By 3 Weeks
The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has extended its strike action by three weeks. The extension, ABN TV gathered, is a sequel to a meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) of the union which was held at Federal College of ...
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...
Proffer Solution To ASUU Strike In Two Weeks, Buhari Directs Adamu Adamu
Following the prolonged industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to proffer a solution to the challenge and report back to him in two weeks. ...
Abia Polytechnic Loses Accreditation Over Failure To Pay Staff Salaries For 30 Months
Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, has lost its accreditation from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for failing to pay staff salaries and allowances for over 30 months. In a statement issued on Tuesday, a spokesperson for NBTE, Fatima Abub...
Gombe NYSC Tasks Camp Officials, Agencies On Vigilance
The Gombe State Coordinator, National Youths Service Corps, Ada Imoni, has tasked Assistant Directors, Heads of Committees, and collaborating agencies to work in synergy as they prepare for the 2022 Batch ‘B’Stream II Orientation Course scheduled...
NUC, NOUN Train VCs, Others In Effective Governance
The National Universities Commission in partnership with the National Open University of Nigeria has trained some Vice Chancellors and other officials in the University system in development and use of electronic management dashboards for effective g...
Lagos Alone Accounts For About 2 Million Out-of-School Children — Akindele
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Deputy Governorship Candidate in Lagos, Funke Akindele, has said there are more than two million out-of-school children in the state. She said a lot is going wrong in Lagos, adding that she and the governorship cand...
ASUU Strike Enters The Sixth Month As There Is No Deal Yet To Call It Off
As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike enters the sixth month in the night of July 14, the Federal Government says there is no deal yet. ASUU has been on an industrial action since February 14, with tens of thousands of undergradua...
