Many Nigerian Graduates Can’t Read Or Write – Minister
MINISTER of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has decried continuous fall in the standard of education in the country. Adamu, who spoke in Yola, the Adamawa State capital during the official commissioning of completed projects in the college, lamented a situation in which graduates can neither read nor write in a tolerable manner. He said the situation was a cause for...
We Never Agreed With FG To End Strike – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the union has not reached any agreement yet with Federal Government to suspend its industrial action. ASUU President, Biodun Ogunyemi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday, said there is nothing in the government’s offer on November 27 to suggest the end of the over eight-month strike. “Therefore, the ASUU leadership...
Gregory University Holds 5th Convocation, Announces Programmes
A leading private university in Nigeria, Gregory University Uturu has announced programmes for its 5th Convocation commencing Thursday 10th December 2020. In a statement signed by the acting Registrar of the institution, Rosemary Igboekwe, the ceremony will commence with the formal flag-off of the university mass transit scheme by 10am. This will be followed by a special Thanksgiving Praise Fiesta. The statement...
ASUU Strike: We’ll Shut Down All Private Varsities, says NANS President
The new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Asefon, has vowed to shut down all private universities in the country should the nine-month strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities continue. The NANS president said this while speaking on a PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable. He lamented that the ongoing strike is the longest industrial...
Poor Management: Handover Abia College Of Education To FG Now, Sen. Kalu Tells Ikpeazu
*Concentrate on bad federal roads in your constituency — Abia govt fires back Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to the state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu to handover the State College of Education located in Arochukwu to the federal government, citing poor management. Kalu, a former governor of the state made this call last week shortly after...
ASUU Agreed To End Strike Today – FG
The Federal Government says it has delivered on offers made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. This was in reaction to the claim by the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, that the government had failed to deliver on offers made to the union. Ogunyemi had blamed the FG for union’s failure to call...
No Resumption Until FG Pays Withheld Salaries – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU on Sunday said it would not end the strike it embarked on until government paid all the salaries of its members it withheld. The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, in a telephone interview with our correspondent in Lagos, said the government should not expect the lecturers to resume without paying the withheld...
Ikpeazu Moves To Rejig ABSU, Review Programmes, Admission Guidelines
Abia State governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu has put in place mechanism to reposition the state university, ABSU for effective service delivery. This is even as the governor on Wednesday inaugurated a 7-man visitation committee to the university headed by a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, (SAN), Chief J. U. K. Igwe. ABN TV reports that speaking at the inauguration ceremony held at...
We’re Still Consulting Members Of FG’s Offer – ASUU
The national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it is still consulting on what its reply will be to the offers the Federal Government made for it to end its eight-month-old strike. The National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said this on Tuesday in a chat with Vanguard. According to him, the consultation is with members across...
Gregory University To Partner Israeli Embassy On Innovation, Invention
All is now set for one of the foremost private universities in Nigeria, Gregory University Uturu to partner with the Embassy of Israel in Nigeria in the area of innovation, invention, and research. Others to join in this collaboration is office of the Vice President, Skill 'G' Ltd, DeNovo-Israel Ltd, and other like-minded development agencies in presenting the premiere edition...
