The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions, after a [&hell...
•Prof Ango Abdullahi The Prof. Ango Abdullahi-led Northern Elders Forum, today, expressed concern over the abduction of no fewer than 287 pupils and teachers of the Government Secondary School and LEA Primary School, Kuriga 1, in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State by bandits. Bandits stormed the LEA Primary Kuriga around 8:30 am on [...
An outbreak of measles has been reported and confirmed in two schools located in Akpabuyo Local Government Area of Cross River State. The Commissioner for Health in the State, Dr. Henry Ayuk confirmed the outbreak, identifying the two schools as Navy Secondary School and Penniel Primary Schools, both cited in the area, reports The Nation. [&he...
The United Nations Children Fund has condemned the abduction of students by bandits in Kaduna State. It said the alarming frequency of such incidents across the country signalled a crisis that requires immediate and determined action from all, reports The PUNCH. UNICEF said it is coordinating with local officials and providing assistance to th...
Over 260,000 candidates yesterday sat for this year’s Mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Mock UTME) in 793 Computer-Based Test (CBT) centres across the country. The JAMB Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, announced this after monitoring the exam in some centres in Abuja, reports The Nation. Oloyede, who expressed de...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has concluded arrangements to conduct mock examination for the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) tomorrow, Thursday March 7. JAMB’s Head of Information and Communication, Fabian Benjamin, said all candidates sitting the 2024 Mock-UTME are allowed to enter the examination ...
Staff of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State disrupted convocation ceremony with a protest demanding N35,000 wage award being paid to civil servants since November last year. The protesters under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee of all Tertiary Institutions had been on an indefinite strike a...
Mohammed Ibrahim, the President of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), has threatened that the union alongside the Non-academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) will shut down the universities in the country if the government refuses to grant their demands in the next seven days. He disclos...
A student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Owerri has been reportedly killed and several others injured in a cult-related incident. The incident took place this morning when students from Imo State University (IMSU) reportedly entered the FUTO campus in a motorcycle convoy, leading to a confrontation, reports The Nation. D...
The Lagos State University (LASU) has granted admission to 12,873 students out of over 50,000 applicants for its 2023/2024 session. This was made known by the Vice Chancellor Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello at the institution’s matriculation ceremony which was held today, Wednesday, February 28, on its main campus in Ojo, Lagos, reports The Natio...
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