A statement by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu in Abuja, on Saturday, revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the sack of the Vice Chancellors of 12 federal universities established by the Goodluck Jonathan administration and that of the National Open University of Nigeria, while approving the appointment of new Vice Chancellors for the […]
Continue ReadingSenate Committee on Education, on Monday, discovered N9,982,258,479 hidden in the budget of parastatals by the Federal Ministry of Education. The committee, which discovered the amount at the commencement of its 2016 budget defence, said the amount was hidden in the ministry’s parastatals. The parastatals allocation for the year, according to the Senate Committee, increased […]
Continue ReadingThe Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Thursday revealed that it had sold more than 1 million application forms for the 2016 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The board’s director of media and information, Fabian Benjamin, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos. According to him, […]
Continue ReadingThe Tony Elumelu Foundation and United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) partnered with the United States Department of Commerce to host a panel and roundtable discussion between members of the U.S. Presidential Council on Doing Business in Africa (PCDBIA)and a diverse community of African entrepreneurs. The 11 person U.S. delegation, along with representatives of several […]
Continue ReadingThe management of the Government College Ughelli, GCU, has indefinitely suspended, three of its students for an alleged involvement in homosexual activities. This information was made public on Tuesday during the reunion and Annual General Meeting of the Old Boys Association, GCOBA. Speaking, the school’s Principal, Mr. Vincent Useh, said, the school authorities’ action was […]
Continue ReadingThe Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof Adebiyi Daramola, yesterday said no worker was disengaged by the management. He announced in a meeting that only the institution’s primary school workers were disengaged. He said the development was sequel to the Federal Government’s directive, which ordered universities not to fund their staff […]
Continue ReadingThe Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), Prof Adebiyi Daramola, yesterday said no worker was disengaged by the management. He announced in a meeting that only the institution’s primary school workers were disengaged. He said the development was sequel to the Federal Government’s directive, which ordered universities not to fund their staff […]
Continue ReadingThe governor of Kaduna State, Mallam Nasir El-rufai has commenced the State’s free feeding programme for 1.5 million pupils across the state. At the programme in Aliyu Makama Road Primary School, Barnawa, Kaduna, El-Rufai said the gesture marked the starting of a new phase of the Kaduna State Government’s project to expand access to […]
Continue ReadingOsun State College of Education students staged a public protest today to demand for reversal of sacked lecturers and members of non teaching staff that were retrenched by the governing council of the institution. The students that protested chanted anti government songs while calling on the Governor’s name to revere the retrenchment of the […]
Continue ReadingThe Federal Government is considering reversing the directive to sack about 2,000 workers of universities’ staff schools. The circular from the National Salaries and Wages Commission that directed vice chancellors to remove names of staff of their staff school from the government pay roll may soon be reversed. This made the Senior Staff Association of […]
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