The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has called on the federal government to investigate the management and Board of Trustees of the Cement Technology Institute of Nigeria (CTIN) over alleged diversion of N20 billion intervention fund meant for training of students and development of CTIN. The National President of the assoc...
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), the umbrella body of over 2 million students in the polytechnic tertiary education sector, yesterday, appealed to President Ahmed Tinubu to append his signature to the Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between Degree and Higher National Diploma (HND). T...
•Gen sets Two students of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, have died after inhaling fumes from a power-generating set placed close to the window of their apartment overnight. The state police public relations officer, SP William Ovye Aya, confirmed this in a telephone interview with our correspondent today. Aya disclosed that the deceased were ...
Two students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua, have been crushed to death. It was gathered that the incident happened yesterday, few metres away from the school’s premises, near Ikot Inyang village junction, along Aba Road in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area. It was learnt that the truck driver lost control of the vehicle […...
•The protesting workers Members of staff of the Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, Ondo State, today, staged a protest against non-payment of the 10 months’ salaries and allowances. The angry workers under the auspices of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics...
•Gunmen The management of Gateway ICT Polytechnic, Sapaade, Ogun State, today, announced the closure of the institution following incessant robbery attacks on students. The management directed the students to stay out off school for the next two weeks. Armed robbers had been attacking students of the polytechnic, dispossessing them of their va...