St. Louis High School Shooting Leaves Three Dead, Including Suspect
A 19-year-old gunman opened fire at a high school in St. Louis, Missouri, on Monday, killing two people and injuring seven others before officers fatally shot the suspect, the city’s police commissioner said. No motive for the gun violence was immediately apparent, but Police Commissioner Mike Sack told an early evening news conference the assailant […]
Pauline Tallen Urges Nigerians To Promote Girl-child Education
Minister of women affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen has called on well-meaning Nigerians to promote girl child education. Tallen made the call while speaking at the global reunion and annual general meeting (AGM) of the Old Students Association of Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC), Bida, held in Abuja. “I call on all well-meaning Nigerians to support […]
Eight Months After ASUU Suspend Strike
The eight month lingering industrial action of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has been suspended. A member of the union’s National Executive Committee (NEC) confirmed the development to Channels TV in the early hours of Friday. ASUU decided to suspend the strike after members of the union’s NEC met on Thursday night and into the […]
Uvalde Suspends School Police Force After Mass Shooting
The school district in Uvalde, Texas, has suspended its entire police force following protests by parents of children killed in a shooting there. The suspension will be indefinite, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District (UCISD) said in a statement. Recent developments “have uncovered additional concerns with department operations”, it added. Nineteen children and two teachers […]
Appeal Court Orders ASUU To Call Off Strike
The Court of Appeal has granted the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) permission to appeal the ruling of the National Industrial Court which ordered the union to call off its strike. The court, however, granted the application on the condition that the union obeys the ruling of the lower court and calls […]
PMB: Nigeria’s Future Heavily Dependent On Education
President Muhammadu Buhari said Nigeria’s future relied heavily on education, noting that no society could grow beyond its educational attainments. The President said it was in consideration of such development that his government was determined to return teachers, teaching, and the teaching profession to their rightful places. Buhari, who spoke at the commemoration of the 2022 […]
CONUA Gains Legal Recognition, Rules Out Strike Action
The union’s National Coordinator, Dr Niyi Sunmonu of the newly registered Congress of Nigerian Universities Academics, (CONUA) has ruled out the use of strike action to press for demands, saying that the action has been overused. This is coming shortly after the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, announced the registration of two additional […]
NUT Urges Gov’s On Teachers’ Day To Pay Salary Arrears
On Tuesday, the Nigeria Union of Teachers urged state governors who owe teachers salary arrears to spend their remaining months in office to pay off the debts.Dr Mike Ike-Ene, the union’s Secretary-General, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja ahead of World Teachers’ Day. Every year on October […]
Dr. Igwenyi: Buhari’s Administration Unfair To Education Sector
Acting chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Ebonyi State University chapter, Dr. Ikechukwu Igwenyi yesterday accused the current administration of strangulating the education sector in the country. Igwenyi who expressed concern over the inability of the Federal government to settle the lingering industrial action with ASUU noted that the dispute will end […]
Russia School Shooting Leaves 13 Dead, 21 Wounded In Izhevsk
A gunman killed 13 people, including seven children, and wounded 21 other people in a school in central Russia on Monday, authorities said. Russia’s Investigative Committee said the shooting took place in a school in Izhevsk, a city about 960 kilometers (600 miles) east of Moscow in the Udmurtia region. Those wounded were 14 children […]
