Nigeria’s Achunike Okafor Honoured By US School For Breaking Academic Record
Science Park High School at Newark in New Jersey, U,S. has honoured a Nigerian graduate, Achunike Okafor for his extraordinary performance. According to TapIntoNewark, an online newspaper, Okafor received an International Baccalaureate diploma with a record-shattering 4.625.grade-point average from the school. His GPA is the highest among Newark’s 2,649 graduates in the Class of 2023, and highest-ever for the city public...
Kogi Poly Expels 10 Students Over Exam Malpractices
The authorities of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, have expelled 10 students for examination malpractices. Also, the institution has restated its decision to seize results of school fees defaulters after the expiration of the given grace. The academic board of the institution dropped this hint shortly after their meeting on Friday at the campus in Lokoja. The academic board, therefore, reminded all...
Tinubu Promises Increased Investment In Education At Children’s Day
Nigerian leader, President Bola Tinubu says his administration is committed to increasing efforts to ensure that Nigeria’s children have a solid footing for the realization of their dreams, promising an enhanced investment in education sector. “With increased investments in education, and the recent overhauling of the entire education system to provide both human and material resources for learning, as well...
National Image Consult Denies Scam With Scholarship Scheme
An educational consultancy firm, the National Image Educational Consult has denied scam with its scholarship scheme, saying such allegation is a campaign of calumny against the project. This is in response to a report to the Nigerian police that the claim of the promoters, of offering scholarships to students to study at designated universities and polytechnics is untrue. However, reacting to...
Kogi Varsity Pegs Cut-Off @ 160
The Kogi State Government-owned Confluence University of Science and Technology, on Wednesday, announced the commencement of the 2023/2024 admission process. The institution also noted that only candidates who scored 160 and above in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination will be admitted into its over 38 undergraduate programmes domiciled in six faculties as approved by the National Universities Commission. The university,...
Buhari Approves Special Salary For Teachers
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved a special salary scale for basic and secondary school teachers across the nation. He also announced an increase in the number of service years for the teachers from 35 to 40. The teachers will also enjoy special provisions for rural posting allowance, science teachers allowance, and peculiar allowance. The gestures was approved by President Muhammadu Buhari and...
NECO Exams Resumes Monday
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has announced the suspended 2020 Senior School Certificate Examinations (SSCE) will restart nationwide next Monday. The examinations were temporarily suspended owing to the #EndSARS protests, which disrupted movement of materials nationwide. Head of Information and Public Relations Division, NECO, Azeez Sani disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. The statement reads: “The National Examinations Council...
Private Schools Are Recruiting Our Lecturers, ASUU President Cries Out
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, on Thursday, says the union is losing its members to private universities due to the inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands. Ogunyemi, who spoke while featuring on a television programme in Abuja today monitored by The PUNCH, also said the government cannot threaten the university...
EXPOSED: How Abia SEMB Officials Paid N400,000 To Avert Retirement, Ex-Commissioner Fingered
...ex-PRO kicks, "O'Brian wanted my body" Allegation has been leveled against some officials of the Secondary Education Management Board (SEMB) in Abia state on how they illegally extended their years of service by payment of a bribe to the tone of N400,000 to the immediate past Commissioner for Establishment. One Mrs. Janet, the Director in charge of Administration was alleged to...
WAEC Fixes Date For Conduct Of 2021 WASSCE
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC has announced the date for the conduct of 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE which is set to hold between August 16 to September 30. This was contained in a statement by the Ag. Head, Public Affairs, WAEC, Nigeria, Demianus G. Ojijeogu, anipr on behalf of the body. According to Ojijeogu, the Head...
