Some student of Idogbo Secondary School, located in the infamous Upper Sakponba in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State have vandalized school properties in an outrage. It was gathered that the students resorted to violence when one of them had an altercation with one of the policemen drafted to the school to maintain law […]
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The freed 15 students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, on Saturday reunited with their parents. The children, who appeared frail, weak and malnourished, reconnected with their families amid tears on Sunday. The parents were prevented from speaking with journalists by officials of the Baptist church. Israel Akanji, president of the Nigerian Baptist Convention, said 63 […]
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The Vice Chancellor of the University of Uyo, UNIUYO, Professor Nyakudo Ndaeyo, has commended the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, for reviewing its policy on foreign post-graduate scholarship programmes. Professor Ndaeyo spoke when the NDDC Interim Administrator, Mr. Efiong Okon Akwa, paid him a courtesy visit at UNIUYO Senate Chambers. He said that the previous […]
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President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of Prof. Ibrahim Wushishi as Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of the National Examinations Council (NECO). Prof. Wushishi replaces Prof. Godswill Obioma who died on June 1, 2021. A statement by NECO’s spokesman, Mr Azeez Sani, said that Wushishi’s appointment was contained in a letter signed by education […]
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The Kaduna state government has ordered the immediate closure of 13 schools in the state, over “security threats”. The director-general of the Kaduna state schools quality assurance authority, Umma Ahmed, announced the development in a circular issued to the schools on Monday. According to Ahmed, the decision became necessary following the abduction of students from […]
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed candidates scheduled to take examinations in the 24 delisted centres to print their notification slips for new dates and time of examinations. The examination body’s Head of Protocol and Public Affairs, Dr Fabian Benjamin, gave the directive in a statement in Abuja on Monday. The board […]
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Angry students of the Kaduna State University (KASU) on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in the main campus over plans by government to increase school fees from N35, 000 to a minimum amount of N150, 000. The students claimed the hike appeared to be a continuous attempt to deny them their right to education. They […]
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The Senate Committee on Public Accounts, on Wednesday, ordered the National Examination Council (NECO) to present, store receipts for N7.2billion it paid for examination materials between January and June 2017 within 24 hours. The Committee chaired by Senator Matthew Urhoghide gave the directive following its consideration of a query raised to that effect by the […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said the possibility of shifting tis year’s UTME exam is high Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar, JAMB made this disclosure during a virtual meeting with 2021 UTME Committee Members on Friday. Oloyede disclosed that over 600,000 candidates who indicated interest in sitting for the exams, are yet to […]
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has insisted that the ongoing indefinite strike will continue until the Federal Government meets its demands. The union’s National President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, made ASUP’s position known on Friday at an emergency congress held at the Federal Polytechnic, Auchi in Edo, NAN reports. Ezeibe commended members of the […]
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