•Makinde The Oyo State Government has said it would work with Education secretaries, and heads of sections in all local governments towards shutting down substandard primary schools in the state. The commissioner for education, science and technology, Prof. Soliu Adelabu, in a meeting with basic education stakeholders on Wednesday said “mushro...
•Unilag The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities have described the plan by the federal government to automatically deduct 40 per cent from the Internally Generated Revenue of universities in the country as an attack on the university system. The FG, in a letter dated October 17, [...
•AGF Oluwatoyin Madein The federal government has commenced the implementation of an automatic 40 per cent deduction of Internally Generated Revenues of Federal Universities and other partially funded institutions across the country. The auto-deduction policy of gross IGR is in line with the Finance Circular with reference number FMFBNP/OTHERS...
•NYSC Graduating students of a private College of Education in Akure, All-State College of Education, Ero, in Ifedore Local Government Area of the state, today, shut down the school, protesting over the failure of the institution to mobilise the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC). The protesting students who blocked the road also held the Pr...
•Some of the protesting students Students of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijebu Ode, Ogun State, today, gathered at the university premises to express their dissatisfaction and protest against the recently announced tuition fee hike for the upcoming 2023-2024 session, as reflected on the student’s portal. It was learned that today, t...
Lightning killed three Senior Secondary School (SS3) students in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra yesterday. An eye witness told our correspondent that the lightning struck nine male students who were playing football with their peers on the school’s pitch barefooted, reports NAN. “The students were practicing on the football pitch ...
A Kano State High Court has restrained the state government from taking any action against private primary and secondary schools in the state. The ex-parte order restraining the government to maintain the status quo was granted by Justice Nasiru Saminu after hearing a motion ex-parte filed by Barr. AbdulHafees D. Khalid for the applicants. App...
•Photo: An electrocuted man on a pole A final year student of Petroleum Training Institute, Effurun, Delta State has been electrocuted while installing solar panels on a one-storey building. It was gathered that the gory incident occurred in a business location close to a commercial bank at the Warri Garage Area on Thursday, October 19, [&hell...
About 1700 teachers and education officers recruited into the Federal Unity Colleges in 2019, 2020 and 2021 have called on the federal government to pay their three-year salaries. In an open letter to the Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, and copied to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, they appealed for the payment of their salaries [&helli...
Authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, have suspended an employee, Nwafor Nwesuzor, for allegedly forging his degree and National Youth Service Corps exemption certificate. This was disclosed in a press statement issued by the Special Adviser to the Vice Chancellor on Public Relations and Special Duties, Dr Emmanuel...
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