•Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara State Zamfara State government has assured that no public or private school in the state will be closed amidst rising security challenges in northern schools. The state government explained that it has mapped out new security measures to protect learning centres to ensure that pupils continue classes without fe...
Families evacuated their children from the Federal Government Girls’ College (FGGC) Bwari, on the outskirts of Abuja, as security concerns in the area grew yesterday. Many students, some still in uniform, packed belongings into vehicles while others helped classmates gather their items. The directive was contained in a circular signed by the D...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has accused the Federal Capital Territory Administration’s Department of Outdoor Advertisement and Signage (DOAS-FCTA) of intimidation, corruption, and abusing regulatory powers to suppress young entrepreneurs. In a statement signed by its National Secretary General, Comrade Anzaku Shedrack ...
•An empty classroom in Nigeria The Yobe Government has ordered the closure of boarding secondary schools in the state due to security challenges. This was contained in a statement by Mamman Mohammed, the Director General of Press and Media Affairs to the Governor Mai Mala Buni. “Yobe State government has directed the closure of all […]...
The Nigeria Labour Congress has said its organs will meet and decide on the next line of action as the ultimatum it issued to the federal government over the looming industrial action in public tertiary institutions expires on Saturday (today). The acting Secretary-General of the NLC, Benson Upah, disclosed this in an interview with our [&hell...
•Governor Dikko Umaru Radda of Katsina State The Katsina State Government has ordered the immediate closure of all public schools across the state following escalating security threats and banditry attacks reported in several communities. Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Yusuf Sulaiman Jibia, confirmed the directive today while ...
The federal government, through the National Universities Commission (NUC), has placed a ban on the award of honorary doctorate degrees to serving public officials. The Commission said the decision followed the alleged misuse of such degrees, reports The Nation. The Executive Secretary of NUC, Professor Abdullahi Ribadu, announced the ban toda...
•Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State The Kwara State government has ordered the closure of more than fifty schools across five local government areas of the state. The affected LGAs are Ifelodun, Ekiti, Irepodun, Isin and Oke Ero, reports Daily Trust. The decision follows a renewed surge in bandit attacks in parts of the state. [&he...
•Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Benin Zone, yesterday, rejected the proposed salary increment by the federal government. The zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Prof. Monday Lewis Igbafen, made this known in Benin while briefing newsmen on the stand of the zone on the proposed increment. Igbafen,...
University lecturers have cautioned that a fresh confrontation with the federal government may be unavoidable, citing unfulfilled agreements and what they described as a continued lack of genuine commitment during negotiations. The Abuja Zonal Coordinator of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Adam Al-Amin Abdullahi, sta...
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