Heavy Riot At Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike Over Fee Hike (Photos, Video)
Students of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike Abia State have staged a protest over increase in their school fees, ABN TV reports. The protest on Tuesday paralyzed academic activities in the institution as students in their large numbers demanded reversal of the increase. It also affected the ongoing examination of the final year students in the school. Spokesperson of the...
Again, ASUU-FG Meeting Ends In Deadlock
A stakeholders meeting called on Tuesday evening by the Ministry of Labour and Employment failed to persuade the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off the ongoing strike, despite the special appeal made to them by top government officials. ABN TV reports that ASUU had embarked on a one-month warning strike on February 14, 2022, to press...
JAMB Remits N2bn Revenue To FG
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB announced on Thursday that it has remitted N2 billion to the Federal Government as its interim surplus for the 2023 operational year, adding that more will be remitted once the year's operations are concluded. Dr. Fabian Benjamin, JAMB's spokesman, said in a statement that the remittance was in furtherance of the Registrar's, Prof....
Uturu Stands Still As Former President Jonathan Visits Gregory University Next Week
Former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan is billed to visit the foremost private University in Nigeria, Gregory University Uturu, Abia State on Wednesday 3rd March 2021. A statement signed by the acting Registrar, Rosemary Igbokwe partly reads, "Plans have been concluded for the former president to perform the foundation laying of the 1000 bed capacity Gregory University Uturu Teaching Hospital Complex...
Mmesoma Reveals Fresh Facts How She Forged Her JAMB Result
Mmesoma Reveals Fresh Facts How She Forged Her JAMB Result Ejikeme Mmesoma, the 19-year-old student of Anglican Girls’ Secondary School, Uruagu Nnewi, Anambra State, has narrated how she manipulated her result. Messoma has been in the news since the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) punctured her claim of being the highest scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). JAMB...
Ikpeazu Makes U-turn On Cash Disbursement, To Deduct 30k From Students’ Fees
Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has directed that the sum of N30,000 be deducted from school fees of Abia State University Uturu students, ABN TV reports. The sum was earmarked to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the students and their families. The governor who had earlier announced that the returning students should pay the sum N15,000 as COVID-19...
Don’t Engage In Online Lectures – ASUU Warns Members
The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed lecturers nationwide not to engage in the online teaching of students. Following the lockdown due to the Coronavirus, several universities resorted to online teaching while the Minister of Education in April directed public tertiary institutions to commence online lecturing. But in a memo, ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun...
College Lecturers Protest Six Years Unpaid Allowances In Anambra
The lecturers of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Umunze, Anambra State, on Monday, protested over six years of unpaid allowances. They alleged that the Provost and management of the institution were intimidating them not to protest. They, therefore, warned them to stop intimidating their members over the development. The protest was led by the Chairman, FCET, Umunze chapter of the...
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...
Okwun Ojah Family Foundation To Launch ₦6 Million Scholarship For Ohafia Law Students
The Okwun Ojah Family Foundation has announced the inauguration of its ₦6 million education scholarship award for law students of Ohafia extraction, aimed at supporting young scholars in Nigerian universities. The event, scheduled to hold on Friday, 29th August 2025, at the SKOG Event Centre, Amaekpu Ohafia, will commence at 12:30 pm. The scholarship initiative, founded by Chief Dr. Okwun Ojah...
