FG Halts TETFund Support For Institutions With Fewer Than 2,000 Students
The federal government has announced a major policy shift that will disqualify tertiary institutions with fewer than 2,000 students from accessing funding from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) in a bid to enforce accountability and ensure efficient allocation of public resources. Minister of Education Tunji Alausa made this known on Friday during a one-day engagement in Lagos with heads...
Abia North Stakeholders Laud Sen. Kalu Over Distribution Of Educational Materials To Schools [VIDEO]
Stakeholders in Abia North have commended the Senator representing the district and Senate Chief Whip, Sen. Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu over the flag-off of the distribution of educational materials to primary and secondary school pupils in the zone. The exercise which took place Monday started with Ohafia, expected to go round the entire local governments that make up the zone. One...
Under Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, UniAbuja Suffered Academic Setback For 5 Years, Says ASUU
The University of Abuja branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that in the last five years the institution has experienced an onslaught on academic activities and suffered setbacks as a result of erosion of academic culture and tradition. The ASUU members were seen chanting and celebrating the end of the tenure of the former Vice...
WTD: Deputy Speaker, Ben Kalu Assures Improved Welfare For Teachers [VIDEO]
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As the global community marks World Teachers' Day (WTD), the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has commended Nigerian teachers for their immense contributions to nation-building, assuring them of executive and legislature partnership to improve their well-being. Kalu who gave the assurance at the plenary on Thursday, in celebration noted that without education, no...
Abia Teachers Suspend Strike, Urge Ikpeazu To Make Salary Payment A Priority
Members of Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT in Abia State have suspended their strike with a charge on the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu to make the payment of their salary a priority. This is contained in a statement made available to ABN TV by the leadership of the teachers union on Tuesday in Umuahia. The release signed by Elder Comrade...
ASUU Extends Industrial Action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has extended the prolonged industrial action embarked upon over five months ago by another four weeks. Recall that the striking lecturers shut down public universities on February 14, 2022, following the...
First-class Mathematics Graduate Who Went Viral After Sharing Photos Of Himself Farming, Bags PhD Scholarship In US
First-class Mathematics graduate who went viral after sharing photos of himself farming, bags PhD scholarship in US. Emmanuel Nworie, a first-class mathematics graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka has bagged a fully-funded scholarship at a university in the United States. Nworie bagged the scholarship after a photo of him tilling the soil in Ebonyi state owing to poverty and a...
BREAKING: Schools Resume January 18, Says FG
The Federal Government has finally resolved to go ahead with the January 18, 2021 resumption date for schools nationwide despite the pressure being mounted by some organisations, including the Academic Staff Union of Universities, against reopening of schools amid the second wave of the pandemic. The decision to retain the date, ABN TV learnt on Thursday, was taken after due consultations...
Nigerian Army Gets First Professor
A Lieutenant Colonel, Abubakar-Surajo Imam, has emerged as the first officer on whom the title of professor was conferred from among the serving personnel of the Nigerian Army. Imam, who was honoured with the title of Professor by the Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA), is now a Professor of Mechatronics Engineering. The Registrar of the Academy, Brigadier General A.M Tukur, who disclosed...
NBTE Seeks Reps Support On Polytechnic Status
The National Board for Technical Education has called for its upgrade to the National Polytechnic Commission in the country. The board stressed the need for greater collaboration with the House Committee on Polytechnics to achieve the goal. NBTE Executive Secretary, Prof. Idris Bugaje, made the plea during a presentation to the House Committee on Polytechnics, chaired by Fuad Laguda. The Chairman and...
