The federal government of Nigeria has ordered closure of tertiary institutions and unity schools across the nation as a measure to curb the spread of coronavirus. Sonny Echono, permanent secretary of the ministry of education, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. “We have directed all higher institutions to close this weekend. Unity Schools that […]
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To curtail the spread of coronavirus disease, Lagos state government has announced closure of all public and private schools in this state. Recall that there are currently six confirmed cases of the disease in Nigeria’s commercial capital. In a statement on Wednesday, Folashade Adefisayo, said: “As part of the preventive measures against the spread of […]
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The Federal Government has described the ongoing two-week warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as illegal and an act of corruption. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, made the government position known while fielding questions from State House correspondents at the end of the meeting of the Federal […]
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NIGERIA – The minister of finance, budget and national planning, Zainab Ahmed, says lecturers not enrolled for the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) will not get their February salary. Speaking at the opening of a management retreat in Kano on Thursday, the minister said about 55 percent members of the Academic Staff Union […]
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The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) and the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to boost research and development in the country; so as to promote national development. Speaking at the ceremony on Tuesday, the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) Prof. Elias Sulaiman Bogoro said, that […]
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The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Abubakar Rasheed, has said the agency is in the final stage of “a draft review’’ of Nigeria’s university curriculum. Mr Rasheed, a professor, stated this at an interactive dialogue commemorating this year’s International Day of Education at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Speaking as […]
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The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) has introduced 29 Nigerian words and expressions in the January updates to its glossary. Although OED’s World English editor, Danica Salazar, announced this in a blog post last week, the news of the latest addition went viral recently. She said, “The majority of these new additions are either borrowings from […]
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The National Universities Commission (NUC) has said the commission did not scrap the study of Mass Communication in Nigerian universities, saying the course was only unbundled into seven other degree programmes. Ibrahim Yakasai, the NUC Director of Corporate Affairs disclosed this on Friday in Abuja while clarifying the commission’s position on some online reports claiming […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has said it would be holding the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculations Examination (UTME) between March 14 and April 4. JAMB Registrar, Prof Is-haq Oloyede, noted that an optional mock examination for candidates takes place on February 18, 2020. He stated this at a stakeholders’ meeting on Monday in […]
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Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), says the board has generated N20 billion from University and Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) between 2016 and 2019. He made the disclosure during a two-day meeting with Computer Based Test (CBT) Centre Operators, State Coordinators of the Board, Financial Institutions and Internet Service Providers on […]
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