The newly approved University of Lagos (UNILAG) television station is set to begin operations in February, in order to facilitate research-oriented education and ease communication within and outside the university community. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, Vice-Chancellor of the university, made the disclosure during an interview on Monday in Lagos. The Federal Government recently approved licence for the […]
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The Kaduna state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), has suspended its strike. The union had gone on strike on January 8, to protest the sacking of of 21,780 of their colleagues who failed a competency test conducted by the state government in 2017. Adamu Amba, the state NUT chairman, who announced the […]
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The NYSC 2017 Batch ‘B’ Stream II Orientation Course is scheduled to hold in Fifteen (15) NYSC Orientation Camps only, namely; Abia, Bauchi, Benue, Delta, Enugu, Sokoto, Jigawa, Kaduna, Katsina, Plateau, Lagos, Osun, Oyo, Rivers and the FCT. The Orientation Course is to commence as follows; (a) Commencement and Registration: Tuesday 16th January, 2018 (b) […]
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The National Examination Council, NECO, has on Tuesday released the 2017 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination results. Charles Uwakwe, Registrar of the Council, announced the results at its headquarters in Minna. Uwakwe said a total of 42, 985 candidates registered for the examination and 42, 429 wrote the examination in 28 subjects. He said […]
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Teachers in public secondary and primary schools in Kaduna State on Monday began an indefinite strike action over job security and welfare issues. The strike was called by the state chapter of the Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT). The government on Sunday threatened to sack any teacher that joined the strike. In some of the […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said it remitted N7.8 billion to Federal Government coffers from 2016 University and Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). The board’s Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, made this known when a delegation from National Officers Council of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) paid a visit to the […]
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The Federal Government of Nigeria, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) held on Wednesday approved the establishment of six new private universities in the country. The decision is part of steps taken to enable National Universities Commission (NUC) ensure maximum supervision in order to maintain required standards. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who briefed […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB,) has fixed a date for the commencement of the sale of the 2018 application forms. The board said the sale and registration for all candidates including those from foreign countries will hold from December 6 to February 6, 2018. The spokesperson of the board, Fabian Benjamin, said this in […]
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The leadership of the Non-Academic Staff of Universities in Nigeria have directed their members to embark on an indefinite strike action commencing from Monday December 4, 2017. The non academic staff comprise of members of Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, NASU, Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Technicians, NAT. According to […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has on Wednesday announced the suspension of its 15 day-old strike it embarked on Nov. 19. The President of ASUP, Usman Dutse made the announcement in Bauchi during a press conference held at the Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Dutse is […]
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