The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says 70 percent of children in schools are not learning, a development that must be addressed by stakeholders. The Communication Specialist, UNICEF, Mr. Geoffrey Njoku, made this known in Kano on Friday at a two-day Media Dialogue on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).Njoku said no […]
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The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the issuance of provisional licenses for the establishment of 12 private universities across the country. Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, disclosed this to reporters at the end of the Council meeting, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, on Wednesday in […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board (JAMB) has announced an increase in the service charge for this year’s mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Less than a week to the optional examination, the board disclosed that the service charge has been increased by N400. It stated that while the examination […]
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The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics on Friday threatened to paralyze academic activities in the polytechnics if the government failed to fulfill the promises made to them. This is coming a few days after the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics issued a one-month ultimatum to the government for the […]
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The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT), Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka Chapter, last Tuesday, embarked on a 2-week warning strike in line with the directive from their national body to proceed on industrial action to press home their demands. The Chairman of NAAT, UNIZIK branch, Comrade Chukwuemeka Okoli, who disclosed […]
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The Federal Government on Monday inaugurated a seven-member Committee set up to re-negotiate the FG -ASUU 2009 agreement, even though the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) did not send a representative to attend the meeting. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, said the union had no business attending the meeting […]
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More than one hundred students are to benefit from The Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (Nawoj )South East Girl Child Scholarship Scheme as part of her activities to mark the 2022 International Women’s Day Celebration The NAWOJ Vice President in charge of South-East Zone, Comrade Stella Igboka who disclosed this […]
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National Association of Nigeria Students (NANS) on Tuesday protested on the streets of Awka, Anambra State over the continued closure of universities all over the country. The protesters , wielding placards, said the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have one week to reopen universities, or risk […]
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THE Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has said that it will soon shut down universities as a result of the inability of the federal government to honour the Memorandum of Action, MoA, signed with the union. SSANU said it has been reluctant to resume its suspended strike because […]
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Deputy Director, Medical Services of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Dr Emma Umenweke, has expressed concern over the non-implementation of the agreement between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities causing the union members to embark on industrial action. Dr Umenweke who spoke on the 2009 breached […]
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