Enachoken of Abiriba, Commissioner For Trade, Others Salute Ukariwo On Appointment As ABSU Governing Board Chairman
Prominent sons of Abiriba in Ohafia local government area of Abia State have congratulated Chief Mba Okoronkwo Ukariwo on his appointment as the chairman, Governing Board, Abia State University, Uturu, ABSU by the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu. Among them is the Enachoken of Abiriba HRM Eze Kalu Kalu Ogbu who described Chief Ukariwo as an experienced institutional leader. While thanking...
1.5m Candidates Register For UTME/DE As JAMB Ends Registration March 26
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reiterated its stand to close its 2022 registration exercise on Saturday, March 26, as earlier scheduled. The board made this known in its Weekly Bulletin of the Office of the Registrar on Monday, in Abuja. JAMB said that the sale of e-PINs for its Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE)...
Stop Using Money Your Husband Gave For Children’s Fees To Stock Your Shops, Proprietress Begs Mothers
The Proprietress of Folarin Dalley International College, Mrs. Toyin Dalley has called on mothers to desist from the ‘habit of stocking their shops and warehouses’ with their children’s school fees, given by their husbands. Dalley, who made the call at the weekend in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, warned against what she described as the “awful and disgraceful habit of...
NNPC Donates N400m Structure To Bayero University Kano
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) on Friday commissioned and handed over a newly built edifice to house the Department of Civil Engineering, Bayero University Kano (BUK). According to the NNPC Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, the company spent N400 million on the building. He said the donation is part of NNPCs contribution to educational development in the country’s tertiary institutions. Kyari,...
We’re Planning Special Salary For Teachers — FG
The federal government has disclosed that plans are underway to boost the remuneration of teachers and their conditions of service. The Minister of Education for State, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, disclosed this on Thursday in Benin during the Seplat Energy Education Roundtable and STEP Certificate Award ceremony for trained teachers. “The special salary scale for teachers in basic and secondary schools, including provision...
Protest As OAU Announces New VC
There was a mild protest at the main gate of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State following the announcement of a new Vice Chancellor for the school. Some Ife indigenes, under the aegis of Ife town and gown, had requested that a qualified Indigene should be appointed as Vice-Chancellor. Immediately the announcement was made on Thursday, some persons invaded the...
ASUU Extends Strike For Two Months
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its warning strike for another two months. The decision to extend the strike was taken at the union’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja last night. Although the union has not made any public statement regarding the outcome of the meeting, a source told Vanguard that members resolved at the meeting...
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...
Buhari Salutes Africa’s Foremost Examination Body, WAEC At 70
President Muhammadu Buhari has rejoiced with the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on the occasion of its 70th anniversary, which also coincides with the 70th annual council meeting being hosted in Abuja, Nigeria from March 14 to 18. As a proud founding member of the foremost examining board for the people of West Africa, President Buhari affirmed that Nigeria values...
Female Inmate, Okike Chinyere Emerges Best Graduating Student
A female inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Lagos State Command, Okike Chinyere, has emerged as the best graduating student of the Peace and Conflict Resolution department, National Open University (NOUN). She bagged a second-class upper degree in the course, according to a statement by the correctional service. Aside from her, a male inmate, Alegbe Afolabi, was awarded an MSc in...
