Ray Nkemdirim Foundation Revives Schools Quiz In Abia
A former director of Operations of the Department of State Services, DSS, Chief Raymond Nkemdirim has rolled out plans for the revival of Schools Quiz competition in Abia State. Using his foundation, Ray Nkemdirim Foundation (RNF), the former DSS boss said the quiz competition started on April 12 and will end May 26, 2021. Speaking with ABN TV, Chief Nkemdirim said...
NYSC Releases Postings For ‘2020 B II’ Corps Members
The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC has released postings for 2020 Batch B Stream II Corp Members. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, disclosed this on Friday at a sensitisation webinar for the prospective corps members. The event with the theme, ‘Protecting The health Of The Nigerian Youth: Safe Reopening Of NYSC Orientation Camps’ also had in attendance the...
How To Register For 2021 UTME – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Saturday announced the commencement of registration of candidates for the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry to tertiary education institutions in Nigeria. The decision came barely 48 hours after it had stopped the exercise over technical challenges of the National Identification Number. But a terse statement issued by the spokesperson for...
ASUU Strike Can’t Stop Us From Conducting Exams — JAMB Registrar
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the prolonged industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which has kept their students away from classrooms now for many months cannot stop it from conducting anot...
ASUU Strike Will Soon End – Ngige
The federal government has assured that the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would soon end. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today. He disclosed that the Ministries of Finance, Education, Labour and Employment and the Office of the Accountant General will meet with the union. “The issue of ASUU will soon come...
Keep Off Registration Process If You Are Not A Participant, JAMB Registrar Warns
Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has appealed to non-participants of its examinations to keep off the registration process. Oloyede made the appeal after monitoring registration process of the board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry (DE), on Thursday in Abuja. He observed that most of the challenges faced by candidates at the point of...
BREAKING: President Buhari Reappoints Oloyede As JAMB Registrar
Professor Ishaq Oloyede has been reappointed as the Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, by President Muhammadu Buhari. Buhari, on Friday reappointed Oloyede as JAMB Registrar for a second term of five years. Oloyede’s reappointment was made public by the Director, Press and Public Affairs, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Bem Goong. In a statement he signed, Goong...
Gregory Varsity Fixes Date For Resumption Of Academic Activities
A leading private university in Nigeria, Gregory University Uturu, Abia State has fixed date for the recommencement of academic activities after the Christmas and New Year holidays. According to a release by the Acting Registrar, Mrs. Rosemary Igboekwe, lectures have been scheduled to commence virtually on Monday, January 4, 2021, in continuation of the Harmattan Semester of the 2020/2021 academic...
ASUU: Fresh Strike Looms
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another strike over the deliberate refusal of the Accountant-General of the Federation, Mr. Ahmed Idris, to pay the salaries and remittance of check-off dues of over 1,000 staff for 13 months. Dr Lazarus Maigoro, the ASUU chairman, University of Jos, gave the threat in a press statement made...
HalimaFactor Initiative An Organisation We’re Proud To Associate With — Gombe Varsity VC
The Vice-Chancellor, Gombe State University, Prof. Prof. Aliyu Usman El-Nafaty has expressed delight with the efforts of a non-governmental organisation, HalimaFactor Community Initiative in harnessing the potentials in Nigerian youths for national development. The don said this is a feat the institution is proud of and is ready to support. Speaking at the just concluded 8th annual Gombe Day Of Literature,...
