Over 32 million Nigerians are suffering from a learning disability called dyslexia, which affects reading, spelling, writing and comprehension. Chairman Board of Trustees, Dyslexia Foundation of Nigeria, DFN, Mr Ben Arikpo, disclosed this at a news conference in Abuja on Friday. Arikpo said one in every six students in the country has dyslexia, making the […]
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Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, has threatened industrial action unless the Federal Government resumes negotiations on the 2009 agreement over the poor state of public Universities. The Union accused the Government of failure to pay the backlog of owed salaries, even after the presidential initiative on continuous audit verification. It also argued that the FG […]
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The federal government of Nigeria has released N22.68 billion to settle part of the retirement benefits of former workers of the defunct Nigeria Airways. According to NAN, the government has also approved the release of N20 billion to revitalise public universities in line with demands of the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU). Zainab Ahmed, minister […]
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Teachers of public schools in Edo State under the aiges of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), have condemned the State Government’s education policy of keeping pupils in public schools beyond 1.45 pm closing hour. Also condemned by the teachers is the abolition of leisure/sporting activities due to over-crowding of learning and curriculum contents. The […]
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Gov. Kashim Shettima of Borno has ordered the immediate recruitment of 2,000 teachers for 40 newly completed schools to fill the gap in the state’s education sector. Mr Yerima Saleh, the state’s Head of Service, disclosed this in Maiduguri on Saturday in a statement issued Malam Isa Gusau, the Special Assistant on Media and Strategy […]
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The Police Command in Enugu State has arrested a school Headmaster, one Idoko Nathaniel, aged 50, of Mkpamteulo village, Enugu Ezike community, Igbo-Eze North Council for allegedly defiling four pupils put under his care. Police spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, in a statement on Monday, said that the incident happened at Migrant Farmers Children School located at […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai ,says the Army University is expected to commence academic activities before the end of the year. Buratai made this known during an interactive session with media executives in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the university would run courses in the sciences and humanities and that admission […]
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Actress Joke Silver, actor Segun Arinze and a female pilot, Mrs Enitan Dan-Faparusi, on Tuesday led other mentors to chart a path for students toward building careers and realising life ambitions. The personalities mentored students at the Lagos State University (LASU) at the university’s Second Distinguished Lecture series held at its Ojo campus. The lecture […]
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Mr Danielson Akpan, National President, National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has ordered the immediate suspension of the planned mass protest in Abuja and environs by students of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Akpan, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Abuja, said the planned protest which was […]
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There is imminent crisis in the education sector of Edo State, as teachers of primary and secondary schools, under the umbrella of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), have served a 21-day ultimatum on the government to meet all their demands, or they embark on indefinite strike. The ultimatum dashes the hope of students who are […]
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