Nigeria to employ First Class, Second Class Upper graduates as teachers
The federal government has declared that teachers without requisite qualifications and practicing license will be removed from the Nigeria Teaching Service. The government said henceforth, First Class...
View ArticleWAEC updates candidates on amendment of date of birth
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) on Sunday informed candidates that the exam body no longer entertains requests for amendment of date of birth on certificates. WAEC gave the update while...
View ArticleASUU: Students lament as strike lingers
The ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) ASUU has led to a general outcry from Nigerian students. ASUU has been on strike since March, demanding more funding for...
View ArticleNECO releases results of common entrance examination
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Monday, announced the results of the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE). According to Adamu, 24,416 candidates passed, scoring a minimum of 66....
View ArticleLagos releases Basic Education Certificate Examination results
Lagos State Ministry of Education has released Year 2020 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) results. Bakare Fatai, Assistant Director of Public Affairs, State Examinations Board, made the...
View ArticleWike approves date for reopening of nursery, primary schools
The Governor of Rivers State, Nyesom Wike, has approved Monday, November 23, for the reopening of Nursery and Primary Schools in the State. This was confirmed in a statement signed by Sir Chidi Adiele...
View ArticleSuspend your nationwide protest – University alumni begs NANS over ASUU strike
The Association of Nigeria Universities Alumni (ANUA), has appealed to the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) to suspend its proposed nationwide protest. ANUA urged NANS to suspend the...
View ArticleFCTA pledges to implement minimum wage for primary school teachers
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), says it will implement the national minimum wage for workers in the territory to avert another strike. Hajia Ramatu Aliyu, FCT Minister of State,...
View ArticleASUU: No hope in sight to resume schools – lecturers tell students, parents
The Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has told parents and students that there’s no hope in sight to call off the ongoing strike. ASUU had embarked on strike shortly before the Coronavirus lockdown,...
View ArticleLook for alternative means of survival, strike not ending soon – ASUU tells...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU has advised its members to start seeking alternative means of survival. The union said the lecturers are all out to press on until all its agreement with...
View ArticleRivers reopens nursery, primary schools November 23
All public and private nursery and primary schools in Rivers State will reopen on November 23. Governor Nyesom Wike gave the approval on Tuesday. Chidi Adiele, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of...
View ArticleMisappropriation of funds uncovered in Kwara Poly
Funds misappropriation has been uncovered in the Kwara State Polytechnic in Ilorin. Commissioner for Tertiary Education, Science and Technology, Hajia Sa’adatu Modibbo Kawu, disclosed this while...
View ArticleASUU names Buhari’s minister responsible for lingering strike by university...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, blamed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over the prolonged strike, accusing him of showing what it called “disdain for Nigerian...
View ArticleASUU strike: Ngige gives update after meeting with Buhari
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said the integrity test being conducted on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAs) software being proposed by the Academic...
View ArticleASUU strike: FG alone can’t finance universities in Nigeria – Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the Federal Government alone can’t finance universities in Nigeria. Buhari said the private sector must be involved in financing universities in the country...
View ArticleAgain, WAEC extends registration for private WASSCE candidates
The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has again extended registration for its 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination for private candidates. According to a tweet on its...
View ArticleASUU accuses Ngige of playing to gallery, violating rule of law over...
The Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday urged the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, to calm nerves of members of the Union and facilitate the...
View ArticleStrike: Why we’ve shifted ground – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said it has shifted ground from its initial demands in the interests of Nigerian students who have spent over 7 months at home. ASUU said it has dumped...
View ArticleOsun College of Education students protest as lecturers embark on strike
Students of the Osun State College of Education (OSSCE), Ila Orangun, on Thursday morning, stormed the entrance of the school, protesting over the suspension of lecturing activities in the institution....
View ArticleASUU dragged to court over strike, asked to pay N10bn compensation
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been dragged before a Federal High Court in Abuja over the lingering strike. The Law Students Association of Nigeria initiated the lawsuit over the...
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