Tertiary Education Not For Everybody – Gov. David Umahi
Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State has said tertiary education is not meant for everybody. Umahi made this assertion on Wednesday when he received a delegation from the Nigerian Police Trust Fund by Dr. Ben Akabueze, in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital. The governor pointed out that it is unreasonable for the Federal Government led […]
NANS Plans To Speak With FG Over ASUU Demands
The National Association of Nigerian Students plan to speak with Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige and Adamu Adamu on reports that the Federal Government lacks the resources to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, which is currently on strike. However, the student body has distanced itself from an allegation […]
2022 Mop-up UTME Cost Jamb Over N100m Says Jamb Registrar
The conduct of the 2022 mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, according to Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, cost over N100m. Speaking on Saturday while observing the administration of the exam at a few centers in Lagos, Oloyede said that applicants who were unable to take the exam during the […]
Alex Jones Must Pay $49.3m For Sandy Hook Hoax Claim
US conspiracy theorist Alex Jones has been ordered to pay $49.3m (£41m) in damages after falsely claiming a 2012 school shooting was a hoax. A jury in Texas ruled the radio host must pay $45.2m in punitive damages, in addition to $4.1m in compensatory damages they awarded a day earlier. The two-week defamation trial was […]
Edo Govt Expand Education Reform Program, Employs 3000 Teachers
The Edo state government yesterday announced that it had expanded the reform programme to the post-primary cadre to complement the successes of the EdoBest education reforms, as well as that it had employed 3000 teachers for the primary cadre. The Edo Best 2.0 Approach, according to the state commissioner for education, Mrs. Joan Oviawe, was […]
ASUU Roll-over Strike By Four Weeks
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, or ASUU, has once again added four weeks to the ongoing strike. In a statement released yesterday, the union’s president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the decision was made to give the government adequate time to resolve any outstanding issues with the lecturers. The ASUU President stated that the extension […]
Insecurity: Nasarawa Govt Orders Immediate Closure Of Schools
Nasarawa Government has ordered the immediate closure of public and private schools to safeguard students across the State. This follows security threats across the nation particularly at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) with the government already in possession of reports suggesting likely security threats in communities within the State, bordering the FCT such as Gitata […]
ASUU Strike: Ondo NLC Protests For Good Governance
The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government are at odds, and the Ondo State Branch of the Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday joined its counterparts in other states of the Federation to protest this impasse. In support of ASUU, the national labor union announced a two-day protest. The goal of the protest […]
FG Closes Schools In Abuja On Wednesday To Prevent Security Breach
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has ordered all schools in the territory to close the current academic year on Wednesday, July 27, 2022, in response to the security threat to Nigeria’s capital city. The Federal Ministry of Education recently ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College (FGC) Kwali, one of the Unity […]
Atiku: Investment In Education Pays Best Dividend
Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 election and former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has said investment in education pays the best dividend than any other investment. Atiku made the statement yesterday on the sidelines of the graduation ceremony of the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The […]
