•Professor Mamman Tahir As President Ahmed Tinubu announced a cabinet reshuffle leading to the sack of Professor Mamman Tahir, the Minster of Education and others, sources said Mamman’s sack was not unconnected with the uproar generated by the age limit controversy for candidates that are eligible to write the West African Senior School Certif...
The 15-day ultimatum issued by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics to the federal government to meet its demands is set to expire on today, October 23. The group had threatened to embark on strike should the government fail to address the contentious new scheme of service for polytechnic lecturers across the country, reports NAN. [&hellip...
The Governing Council of the Federal University of Health Sciences, Otukpo, has suspended the pioneer vice-chancellor, Professor Innocent Ujah. In the same vein, Professor Ediga Agbo has been appointed as the acting vice chancellor of the university, reports Nigerian Tribune. Professor Ujah, who was the pioneer Vice Chancellor, was expected to...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says effective October 25, 2024, it will commence its Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CBWASSCE) for private candidates. The exercise is expected to last till December 20, 2024, the examination body said in a statement today. “The examination will adopt the hybrid m...
Clinical lecturers at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) have joined their colleagues from the South-East and South-South regions of Nigeria in a solidarity strike, expressing strong discontent over the exclusion of clinical lecturers from the Vice-Chancellor eligibility criteria in a recent job advertisement for Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awk...
A non-governmental organisation, Agbonjague Leemon Ikpea Foundation has given 50 scholarships to students of the University of Benin and Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. The foundation’s Executive Director, Difference Irabor, today, said that 21 of the scholarships would go to indigent students from UNIBEN, while the remaining 29 would go to s...
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has warned school owners and stakeholders to stop enrolling candidates for its exams by proxy. In a statement signed by the Acting Director of Information and Public Relations, Azeez Sani, the Council emphasised that such fraudulent practices often lead to identity theft and the issuance of fake results...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the federal government to attend to numerous issues affecting the smooth operations of polytechnics and mono-technics in the country, or face a prolonged industrial action. Addressing journalists at the Plateau State Polytechnic, Barkin Ladi in Plateau State Zonal...
•Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun The Ogun State Government is set to recruit another batch of 1,000 teachers to fill existing vacancies in public schools in the state. The exercise is being coordinated by the State Ministry of Education, Science and Technology, in conjunction with the State Teaching Service Commission, the State Universal Ba...
Irate students at the College of Health Sciences and Technology in Jega, Kebbi State, have set the residence of Provost Haruna Saidu-Sauwa on fire and vandalised his vehicle. The protest erupted over allegations that the college management extorted N23 million from students regarding index registration for 250 graduating students, reports Chan...
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