By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Examinations Council (NECO) has deployed cutting-edge software to ensure efficient grading of students/candidates in its various examinations. Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, made this known in Minna during a press briefing to mark one year in office. It would...
Education
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of one of its colleges, the Federal Government College Kwali, located in Kwali Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja . The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu gave the directive in a statement...
President Muhammadu Buhari, in the course of the week, reiterated the determination of the Federal Government towards bringing to an end strikes embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in nation’s tertiary institutions. The President’s position was made known in a statement issued by...
Mr Michael Banda, Senior Education Manager, United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) Kano Field Office, said the agency spent $109 million for the implementation of the Girl Education Project 3 (GEP) in six Northern states of Nigeria. Banda, who disclosed this during a Media Dialogue on Girls Education in Bauchi...
The crisis in the nation’s public university system has taken a new twist as members of the Senior Staff Association of Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) rejected the report of the Professor Nimi Briggs-led renegotiation committee. Both unions insisted that they would not be...
Tertiary institutions have been allowed to determine the deadline for the 2022 admissions due to the status of 2021 admissions. The decision was reached at the end the 2022 Policy meeting and 2020 National Tertiary Admissions Performance-Merit Award programme organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has released the list of admissions into the 110 unity colleges across the country, including the Gifted Academy in Suleja LGA of Niger State. The Director Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Benjamin Bem Goong announced this in a statement issued on...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The newly appointed Minister of State for Education, Rt. Honourable Goodluck Opiah has said that the Nigerian child must be prepared for future challenges by equipping them with the right and quality education. The minister spoke when he received the Executive Secretary of UBEC,...
A Bill seeking to make Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) result valid for four years has passed second reading in the House of Representatives. The Amendment of the JAMB Act was sponsored by Rep. Tolulope Sadipe (APC-Oyo), at the plenary on Thursday. Leading the debate, Sadipe said many...
…..Pegs cut off marks of 140, 100 for varsities, polytechnics/COEs By JOHN ONAH Abuja – The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu, Adamu had disclosed that the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) under Prof Ishaq Oloyede has so far remitted about N29 billion directly to the Consolidated Revenue Fund...
The National President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Mr Anderson Ezeibe says the withdrawal of Abia Polytechnic’s accreditation is an indictment of the State Government. Ezeibe said this on Thursday when he spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Aba while reacting to the withdrawal of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has said over N80b have been expended in the establishment of the new medical science university, King David University of Medical Sciences located in Uburu, Ebonyi State which was named after him. Governor Umahi, who was speaking during a...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says the two-week ultimatum issued by the President to resolve the concerns raised by the union is too much. For the lecturers, it will not take more than two days to address the issues that have plunged the nation’s public university system...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) said The Federal Government would continue to establish more schools to meet the growing demand occasioned by the increasing population in the country. Executive Secretary of TETFund , Arc. Sonny Echono, who stated this on Tuesday in Abuja,...
… The two-year partnership has sought to build competencies for credible reporting Nairobi Kenya, 19 July 2022 – Twitter and Amref Health Africa, a leading Nairobi-based health development organisation, have announced their continued collaboration to provide skills and capacity-building training in best practices for health reporting. This comes on the heels of...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reacted to a solidarity protest by the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) and other workers’ unions. The protest is to show solidarity with lecturers in Nigeria’s public universities who are currently on strike. ASUU President Emmanuel Osodeke called on all Nigerians to join in...
Parallel university lecturers’ union disowns ASUU strike … continues academic activities at OAU, AAU
Parallel university lecturers’ union disowns ASUU strike … continues academic activities at OAU, AAU
A breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)- Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), has dissociated itself from the ongoing strike in Nigerian universities. In a statement signed by its national coordinator, ‘Niyi Sunmonu, and the national publicity secretary, Ernest Nwoke, CONUA noted that it is...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – In a bid to end the 6-months old strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff of University Union (ASUU), the Federal Government on Monday in Abuja has engaged in meeting with Vice-chancellors, ASUU and others. The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Abubakar Rasheed,...
Popular Nigerian artiste, Tiwa Savage has been awarded an honourary doctorate degree by a university in the United Kingdom. In a video shared on the University of Kent’s social media, the singer congratulated the fresh graduates, urging them to do their best. “I’m super proud and I want you...
BY RICHARD ABU, Lafia – The Provost, College of Health Technology, Keffi Mr. Suleiman Muhammed has commended the Nasarawa State Governor, Engineer Abdullahi Sule for his projects driven initiatives, most especially the construction of classrooms, laboratory halls and administrative offices at the permanent site of the college. The Provost...