Category: Education
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Federal Varsity VC, Prof Akinwumi Emerged On Merit – Smart Adeyemi
Senator representing Kogi West, Smart Adeyemi has said the new Vice Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja (FUL), Professor Olayemi Akinwumi emerged based on his merit. In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, Adeyemi commended Governor Yahaya Bello for not interfering in the selection process. He stated that Bello’s non interference reinforced his admiration of…
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Fresh ASUU Strike Looms!!!
After two weeks of suspending a nine-month-old strike, university teachers have accused the Federal Government of reneging on the agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The union leaders, in a statement, said the government was yet to pay their December salaries, while “illegal” deductions were still to be refunded. In the…
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Breaking News!!! ABU’s Division of Agricultural Colleges Kabba gets new provost.
The appointment of a new Provost of Divisional College of Agriculture of the Ahmadu Bello University in Kabba has been announced. The announcement was made on Monday 4th January and Prof R Y Olobatoke is the new provost. Details shortly 289
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ASUU exemption from IPPIS only for a while — FG
The Federal Government has said that the proposal to exempt members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System is a temporary measure pending the conclusion of integrity test on the University Transparency and Accountability Solution. Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige who clarified the position…
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Strike: Why we sued FG, ASUU — Law students
The Nigerian Law students have explained why they sued the Academic Staff Union of Universities and relevant ministries representing the Federal Government for the lingering strike which has led to the shutdown of various public universities since March 2020. The students through the National President of the Law Students Association of Nigeria, Blessing Agbomhere, sought…
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Kogi to allocate 20% of annual budget for education
Kogi Government has proposed a 20 per cent allocation to the education sector out of the state’s 2021 annual budget. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Science, and Technology, Hon. Wemi Jones, disclosed this when a team from the Federal Education Qualify Assurance Service paid a courtesy visit on Friday in Lokoja. According to Jones, Gov.…
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Kabba/Bunu APC Campaign Council salutes Gov. Bello on Confluence University in Kogi
The Director General, Moses Olorunleke Campaign Organisation in the upcoming local government election in Kogi, Omoluabi Bode Adeyemi has congratulated the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello for making the establishment of Confluence University of Science and Technology in the state a reality. Omoluabi who doubles as the Senior Special Assistant to the governor on Political…
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UNILAG VC reinstated as FG dissolves governing council
Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari has reinstated Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the vice-chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Guardian reports. “The removal of Professor Oluwatoyin T. Ogundipe as the Vice-Chancellor did not follow due process,” spokesman to the education ministry Ben-Bem Goong said quoting Buhari in the report of the presidential visitation panel. “Mr. President after…
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Candidates panic as WAEC withholds 2020 WASSCE results in Ekiti
Parents and candidates who sat for the 2020 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) are currently in a state of anxiety as the examination body withheld the results of all candidates that sat for it in all public schools in Ekiti State. Parents and their children, who besieged cyber cafes to check and print their results,…
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WAEC releases 2020 SSCE results
The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination on Monday, November 2, 2020. Head of the National office, Patrick Areghan, said a total of 1,549,740 registered for the examination. Areghan said 1,338,348 candidates representing 86.99 per cent obtained credit and above in a minimum of any…