Two weeks after the federal government promised to pay N22.1 billon Earned Academic Allowances to workers in federal universities, the pledge has not been fulfilled, investigation by the Vanguard has revealed. This is just as the staff unions in the university system are poised to meet later this week to decide on the next line […]
The Management of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Friday announced the removal of the Head of Department of Computer Science, Professor Obeten Ekabua, over a report of alleged extortion and collection of unauthorized charges from students. In a document obtained by Vanguard and signed by the Registrar of the institution, Gabriel Egbe, addressed to the […]
An educationist, Dr. Oluwatosin Adebayo has on Friday called for the scrapping of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) entrance examination for prospective students seeking admission into tertiary institutions in Nigeria. Adebayo described JAMB as “a way of defrauding the masses” and an obstacle to tertiary education of millions of Nigerians. Adebayo is the […]
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Department of State Services have arrested 48 individuals for alleged irregularities in the conduct of the Joint Universities Preliminary Examinations Board. JUPEB is an advanced level educational examination that qualifies a candidate for admission into 200 level in any Nigerian and foreign university through […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, are now at each other’s throats over how to disburse the N22.1 billion Earned Allowances promised university workers by the federal government. ASUU is accusing SSANU and other staff unions in the university system of not been able to […]
Concerned Nigerians have expressed sadness and condemnation over a video that went viral on social media showing pupils of a yet-to-be named school in Lagos observing the daily morning assembly in flood water at a school’s premises. The leaked video, on Saturday, had generated heated reactions from Nigerians, calling for severe sanction on the proprietor […]
Examinations Council NECO to the tune of N 2.8 billion, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, Registrar and Chief Executive, NECO, has said. “State governments offer to pay examination fees for candidates from their states but when it comes to the actual payment, they don’t do it, and that has strapped NECO. “Zamfara, Adamawa, Kano, Gombe, Borno and […]
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Emmanuel Osodeke, has revealed how the union, during its last negotiations, rejected Federal Government’s plan to increase school fees of all university students to N1m. He said government’s plan was to open an education bank and give each student a loan of N1m annually at […]
The National Examination Council on Friday announced the release of the results of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination conducted nationwide in July. NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Dantali Wushishi, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Minna. He said that out of 1,233,631 candidates who registered, 1,226,631 actually sat for the examination. Wushishi explained […]
Students of the Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday protested over the death of three colleagues within the spate of 72 hours. It was further learnt that one of the students from the Department of Geography was knocked down by a runaway car at the Felele campus while two others fell ill and lost […]
