The Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige on Tuesday said voluntary conciliation was adopted to ensure quick resolution of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Ngige made this known at a three-day capacity building workshop on International Labour Standards and Dispute Resolution in...
Education
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, says 85 per cent of Nigerian children between the ages of 1 and 14 experience violent discipline in schools, with nearly 1 in 3 children experiencing severe physical punishment. UNICEF Chief of Education, Saadhna Panday-Soobrayan, disclosed this in...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday said none of its university lecturers has been paid since the union embarked on industrial action in February. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, ASUU President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, accused the Federal Government of using hunger as...
Ny OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – As part of its commitment to making registration for the second series of the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE GCE) for private candidates seamless, Remita, has commenced the sales of the examination ePINs on its portal. Prospective candidates can pay for...
Moshood Edewor, who is the first grandchild of late M.K.O Abiola has said that putting aside the annulment of the June 12 1993 election won by his grandfather, former Military leader, Ibrahim Babangida, is the best President Nigeria has ever had. It was Babangida that annulled Abiola’s election after...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced a four weeks extension of the strike action embarked on by its members since February 14, 2022. ASUU National Executive Council (NEC) reached this decision at a meeting held on Sunday, which lasted into the...
University lecturers in the South-South have received with mixed feelings, the recent lowering of cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria, by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). While majority of them have described the new JAMB decision as counter productive and dangerous, others see it...
Stakeholders in the education sector in the North-East have said that continuous lowering of Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) cut-off mark would encourage competition and educational development in the country. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) and heads of tertiary institutions of learning and other stakeholders on July...
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), has committed over N500 million to the Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions across the country to facilitate research and innovations to promote developments in the Nigerian telecommunications industry. Executive Vice Chairman of the Commission, Prof. Umar Danbatta, who disclosed this at a two-day...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, has reiterated the commitment of the Federal Government to commence operations in some of the newly constructed smart schools by January 2023. He gave this assurance when a team of Korean...
The Ohanaeze Council of Elders says it is exploring the possibility of establishing a South-East University that will specialise in engineering, medicine, science and technology, and skill acquisition. This is contained in a communique issued by the council at the end of an inaugural meeting of Ohanaeze Council of...
The National Examinations Council (NECO) says the over N2billion examination fees owed it by some state governments is affecting its smooth operations. The Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Wushishi, said this in an interview with newsmen on Friday, in Lagos. He was in the state to monitor the ongoing...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – A total of 184 beneficiaries of the NNPC/Shell Cradle-to-Career scholarship for secondary school students have been migrated to the SPDC JV university scholarship programme in the last five years. The Shell’s Head of Corporate Relations for Nigeria, Igo Weli, who disclosed this in a...
The Vice Chancellor, Bells University of Technology, Ota, Ogun, Prof. Jeremiah Ojediran, says lowering Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UMTE) cut-off marks will create a level playing ground for students seeking admission. Ojediran made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Ota....
The Speaker of The House of Representatives, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila has apologised after tweeting pictures of himself at Harvard Kennedy School while universities back home remain closed over lecturers’ strike. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has shut down academic activities in Nigeria universities since February after lecturers...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Veritas University, Bwari, Abuja, has shut down academic activities following the directives given by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Malam Mohammed Bello, that all schools in Abuja should be closed over security concerns. The abrupt closure of the Roman Catholic owned...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, ASUU Chairman of Niger Delta University, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress...
The Publisher of Realnews Magazine Online, Maureen Chigbo, has enjoined medical students of Bingham University, Karu, Nasarawa State, to shun spending hours on social media so as not to perform poorly in their academic studies. Chigbo, who is also the president of the Guild of Corporate Online Publishers, stated...
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ebonyi chapter says it will not stop talking until the federal and state government fulfilled the 2009 promises for the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that ASUU had been on industrial action for over five months...
BY RICHARD ABU, Nasarawa – Security has been beef up within and around the premises of Bingham University in Karu, Abuja-Keffi Expressway, following an alleged rumour on social media that Boko Haram terrorists have earmarked the institution for possible attack. As a result of this, parents have started withdrawing...