The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has recommended the delisting of the National Examinations Council (NECO), University of Ibadan (UI), and 22 departments and agencies from the 2025 Budget over unaccounted funds allocated to these agencies in 2024 and the previous years. The Chairman of the Committee, Bamidele Salam, m...
•Aisha and Tinubu In a move aimed at bolstering Nigeria’s education sector, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Aisha Garba, a renowned international development specialist, as the new Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). This was disclosed today in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President...
Renaming of universities across the federation by the federal government has generated controversy. Yesterday, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) renamed the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University in honour of the 90th birthday of a former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), reports Daily Trust. Addressing journalists on the d...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has renamed the university of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris, after the FEC meeting preceded over by President Bola Tinubu today. Addressing State House Correspondents, the Minister said the move was aimed at honour...
•School end-of-year party The increasing price of goods and services has found its way into the end-of-year party fees for primary and secondary school children. The end of the year party is a celebration of the achievements of school authorities, staff and pupils, or students, ending well with the year, reports Vanguard. These pupils/students...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has suspended its two-week warning strike and directed its members nationwide to resume duties on Monday. The union had embarked on a two-week strike on December 2 over neglect of the polytechnics education in Nigeria and other issues, reports Saturday PUNCH. However, in a statement dated December 12 an...
Tragedy struck in Lokoja today as two female students from the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) and Kogi State Polytechnic lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident along the Felele axis of the state capital. The accident involved a heavily loaded articulated vehicle heading toward Abuja, which lost control and rammed into a tricycle (common...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), Taraba State University, today announced the withdrawal of her Services to the university and embarked on an indefinite strike. Comrade Bitru Ajibauka, the chairperson of the association announced the Union’s decision in a press statement said, the action follows, both the state go...
A nine-member visitation panel appointed by Pastor Enoch Adejare Adeboye, the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) and Visitor to the university, has submitted its report to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Pastor Olukayode Pitan. Pastor Pitan, who also serves as the minister-in-charge of RCCG’s City of David P...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities at Bayelsa State Government-owned Niger Delta University has declared an indefinite strike over the government’s alleged failure to honour agreements reached with the union. The strike action was announced today following a meeting at the union’s secretariat in Amassoma, reports The PUNCH. Details of th...
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