Oloyede tasks govts, institutions on fight against exam malpractices
The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, on Wednesday, charged institutions, government and stakeholders to show increased commitment in the fight against examination infractions by candidates. Oloyede,…
IPPIS: Why Some Lecturers Are Getting N6000 Salary — Accountant General
The Office of the Accountant General of the Federation has replied to some aggrieved university lecturers who are complaining about a shortage in their salaries. The AGF office was responding…
FG: Universities to get N30bn revitalisation fund soon
The federal government says it will soon commence disbursement of the N30 billion revitalisation fund to public universities. Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, spoke on Friday in Abuja…
ASUU wants law prohibiting government officials children schooling abroad
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has asked the National Assembly to enact a law that will make it mandatory for the public office holders to send their children…
ASUU Laments Slow Pace Of Agreement Implementation With FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed displeasure over what it describes as a slow pace in the implementation of the Memorandum of Agreement it reached with the…
Professor Adebowale emerges new Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Administration) of the University of Ibadan, Professor Kayode Adebowale, has been announced as the new Vice Chancellor of the university. Chairman, Governing council, University of Ibadan, Chief…
EXTRA: Man hires thugs to attack teacher for beating daughter in Ogun
A 35-year-old man, Abidemi Oluwaseun has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for hiring thugs to attack a teacher for beating his 15-year-old daughter. Oluwaseun reportedly…
14-year-old girl emerges one-day education minister
A 14-year-old, Miss Dorcas Joshua, on Monday, assumed duties as a One Day Minister of State for Education, calling for more investment in education in the country. Minister of State…
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- Education , Sex Crimes
- October 11, 2021
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Minister to school administrators: Don’t expel rape-impregnated girls
The Minister of Women Affairs, Dame Pauline Tallen has charged school administrators across the country to stop shaming, ridiculing or expelling girl-child from school for being pregnant out of rape,…
ASUP plans to embark on strike
The polytechnic lecturers in the country have resolved to down tools any moment from now should the Federal Government not act fast in releasing the agreed N15 billion as revitalisation…
- Education , International
- October 7, 2021
- 460 views
Tanzanian citizen wins Nobel Prize for Literature, second Black African winner after Soyinka
Tanzanian novelist, Abdulrazak Gurnah, has said it is “brilliant and wonderful” to be awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy praised Gurnah for for his “uncompromising and…
Teachers threaten strike over minimum wage
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has deplored the non-payment of the basic salary by some state governments since the National Minimum Wage Act was signed into law in 2018.…
BREAKING: Undergraduates studying education in public varsities to get N75K per semester
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N75,000 as a stipend per semester for students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities in Nigeria, The Punch is reporting.…
Tuition hike: UNIBEN students protest
Students of the University of Benin [UNIBEN] have kicked against the new hike in tuition fees after the management of the institution insensitively hiked fees twice in one session in…
Abia university mgt denies 3 of its lecturers die same day, threatens legal action
The Management of the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, has cleared the air over the reported death of its three lecturers in one day, saying they did not die in…
