We need N2bn to conduct next exams – NECO tells FG
The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, and Registrar of the National Examinations Council, NECO, Ibrahim Dantani, has revealed that the council requires over N2 billion to settle the allowances of its over...
View ArticleJAMB appeals to CBT centres over cost of diesel
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof Is-haq Oloyede, has appealed to CBT centre owners to remain calm. Oloyede said the Board is not oblivious of their plight regarding...
View ArticleEde Poly management suspends Students’ Union election over violence
The management of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, has suspended the Students’ Union election amid violence which broke out between two different groups. In a memo signed by the Dean, Students’ Affairs,...
View ArticleASUU payment platform: NITDA provides results of UTAS integrity tests
National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) has provided a detailed position on University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), the payment platform developed by the Academic...
View Article‘I used my own share for post UTME’– Yahoo boy confesses
A 19-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Emmanuel David has confessed that he used the proceeds of his internet fraud scam to pay for his post-University Matriculation Test Examination expenses....
View ArticleASUU strike will push students into criminal activities – HEKAN President, Kiri
The President of United Church of Christ in Nigeria (HEKAN), Rev. (Dr.) Amos G. Kiri, on Sunday, in Kaduna warned that the prolonged strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), may lead...
View ArticleEnugu govt appoints Prof. Okolie as ESUT new Vice-Chancellor
The Enugu State Government has appointed Professor Aloysius-Michaels Nnabugwu Okolie as the new Vice-Chancellor (VC) of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT). A statement signed...
View ArticleExam malpractice: Kwara to punish erring principals
The Kwara State Government has again warned principals of both Junior and Senior Secondary Schools in the state to desist from encouraging examination malpractices in their various schools or be ready...
View ArticleDespite ASUU strike, FG approves establishment of 12 new varsities
There are indications that the Federal Government is not perturbed by the ongoing strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, as the Federal Executive Council...
View ArticlePoor basic education, breach of children’s rights – Experts
Inadequacy in basic learning is a core breach of the fundamental human rights of children, which must be addressed, experts have said. This breach, according to the experts, is the reason Nigeria is...
View ArticleJAMB releases 2022 UTME mock results
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released results of the 2022 mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) conducted. The announcement is contained in the JAMB Weekly...
View ArticleASUU reveals condition for schools’ resumption
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Abuja zone says there will be no resumption in public universities until renegotiated 2009 agreement is signed, implemented and the University...
View ArticlePublic school teachers in Ekiti to undergo interview for promotion
Ekiti State government has revealed it will hold an interview for public Secondary School teachers before their promotion. The Chairman Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM), Babatunde Abegunde who made...
View ArticleStrike: FG, ASUU in closed-door meeting
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, is currently having a meeting with members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in Abuja. The meeting, which started around 5pm on...
View ArticleASUU strike: Some things are above me – Ngige cries out
Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, says he has no control over the current impasse between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Ngige said some...
View ArticleASUU: UniUyo staff go spiritual, beg God to intervene in industrial action
Both academic and non-academic staff members of the University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, have resorted to God for intervention in the lingering industrial action of Nigerian universities occasioned...
View ArticleFG politicizing creation of new universities for 2023 campaign – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the recent creation of new universities and polytechnics by the federal government is meant for the 2023 presidential campaigns. The group in a...
View ArticleNASU, SSANU set to commence indefinite strike soon
The disruption of academic activities in the nation’s university system is set to go messier, as the Joint Action Committee (JAC) comprising the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated...
View ArticleDon’t hand over Government College Ibadan to old students – Parents tell Makinde
Parents of students of the Government College, Ibadan, have kicked against plans by the Oyo State Government to hand over the institution to Government College Ibadan Old Boys’ Association (GCIOBA)....
View ArticleNECO reschedules NCEE for unity schools
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has rescheduled the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for admission into Federal Unity Colleges to give room for states with low registration to...
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