Nigerians have expressed deep concern, frustration and anger as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday extended its strike by another 12 weeks. Also, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) will tomorrow begin a national strike over the ...
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said it will decide on the next course of action after the expiration of its warning strike. The members of the union were still holding a crucial meeting in Abuja yesterday over ...
Read More »ASUU STRIKE: FG Approves Intervention Funds For Tertiary Institutions
The federal government has approved the 2022 intervention funds for public higher institutions across the country. The executive secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Arch. Sunday Echono, made this known while receiving in his office, the Committee of Vice ...
Read More »69,828 Candidates Write 2022 Examination To Unity Schools
Over 69,828 candidates yesterday wrote the 2022 Common Entrance Examination of the National Examinations Council (NECO) for admission into unity schools. The permanent secretary in the ministry of education, David Adejo Andrew, who disclosed this to newsmen while monitoring the ...
Read More »The Powers of Political Parties to Disqualify Aspirants:
The Unpalatable Position Of The Law In Nigeria By Ekom Nwoko Political Parties are established under Section 221 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) hereinafter referred to as (CFRN). Section 223 of CFRN provides ...
Read More »ASUP Threatens To Shut Down Polytechnics Next Week
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has threatened to shut down all Polytechnics in Nigeria if the Federal Government fails to meet up with its demands. This is just as the one-month ultimatum the union gave to the government ...
Read More »Ubongo Stages Free Edutainment for Kids, Ors in Africa
Ubongo (www.Ubongo.org) is a pan-African, non-profit social enterprise aimed at significantly improving school readiness and learning outcomes and promoting social and behavioral change communication through localized edutainment (educational entertainment) for kids and their caregivers. Mwasi joins Ubongo after spending the ...
Read More »11,536 Schools Closed Over Insecurity In Nigeria – UNICEF
United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has disclosed that 11, 536 schools were closed in Nigeria since 2020 over abduction and related security issues. This is just as it further disclosed that since December 2020, 1,436 school children and 17 teachers ...
Read More »School Teachers Raped 50 Pupils In Four Months – FIDA
The International Federation of Women Lawyers has raised the alarm over the rise in cases of teachers sexually abusing their students in Rivers State. The Chairperson of FIDA in Rivers State, Adata Bio-Briggs, while speaking to journalists in Port Harcourt, ...
Read More »AKSG Announces Release Of 2022 WASSCE Timetable
Akwa Ibom State Government has announced the release of the 2022 West African Senior Secondary Certificate Examination (WASSCE) Timetable by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). According to the timetable, the examination is scheduled to begin from Monday,9th May to ...
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