FG Reaffirms Commitment To Improve Teachers’ Welfare, Recognition
The Federal Government has restated its commitment to improving the welfare, recognition, and professional support of teachers across Nigeria as the country joined the global community to commemorate the 2025 World Teachers’ Day. The Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Olatunji Alausa, alongside the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Said Ahmad, made this known yesterday during a symposium held...
Two Akwa Ibom Polytechnic Female Students Killed Days To Graduation
There is outrage at the Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area as two female students were crushed to death by a moving truck just two days before the completion of their National Diploma programme in the institution. The incident happened on Monday when the driver of the truck lost control and rammed into the...
1,000 Almajiri Students Get Health Insurance In Gombe
Gombe State has enrolled at least 1,000 Almajiri children in its Contributory HealthCare Management Agency under the equity programme. The initiative aims to provide these vulnerable children with access to essential healthcare services. During an event organized with support from the Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor at Tsansanya, Almajiri, and Islamiyya schools, the state’s deputy governor, Dr Manassah...
NIPR-FCT, Drawbridge Communication Sign MoU To Expand PR Ecosystem
The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR), FCT Chapter on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with a public relations consultancy firm, Drawbridge Communication Management Ltd, aimed at enlarging the public relations ecosystem in the Federal Capital Territory and neighbouring states. At the signing ceremony in Abuja, the NIPR-FCT Chapter Chairman, Stanley Ogadigo said among other things, that the...
FG Threatens To Shut Down FGGC Umuahia Over Poor Sanitary Condition
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has threatened to shut down the Federal Girls College Umuahia over poor sanitary and maintenance culture by the management of the school. Nwajiuba, who issued the threat during a visit on Monday expressed disappointment over the level of infrastructural dilapidation and poor sanitary condition of facilities in the school. The minister, who was...
Court Upholds HND In Pharmaceutical Technology
The Abuja division of the Federal High Court upholds HND in Pharmaceutical Technology by the NBTE and the Pharmaceutical Council of Nigeria. Justice Peter Lifu ordered the NBTE and PCN to halt the implementation of their decision until the determination of the suit filed against them by six aggrieved Nigerians. The judge said that since the NBTE and PCN have become...
Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture ASUU Rejects FG’s Consolidated Academic Salary Structure
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU) in Abia has described the Federal Government’s Consolidated Academic Salary Structure (CONUASS) as “unilateral”, hence unacceptable. The group’s position is contained in a statement jointly issued by the Chairman and Secretary of the union, Michael Ugwuene and Paul Nwiyi, and made available to the News Agency...
Gregory University Positioned To Fight Youth Unemployment — Rear Admiral Kanu
The Pioneer Military Governor of old Imo state, Rear Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu has applauded the dream of Prof. Gregory Ibe, founder of Gregory University Uturu. According to Rear Admiral Kanu, the university has capacity to transform the education sector in the country by equipping youths with skills, thereby assist in reducing unemployment rate. ABN TV reports that Kanu who stated this...
Teachers To Enjoy New Salary Structure From January – FG
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, says teachers will begin to enjoy the new salary structure promised by President Muhammadu Buhari from January 2022. Nwajiuba made the disclosure on Thursday, in Abuja at a symposium organised by the Ministry of Education. The symposium is part of activities to mark the forthcoming 2021 World Teachers Day with the theme “Teachers...
Group Demands Ministers’ Removal Over ASUU Strike
The Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Movement has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sack some of his cabinet members including the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, and the Minister of Labour and Employment,...
