The Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) has said it is in support of the ongoing protest by the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational (NASU) and associated institutions of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and has demanded an “immediate” payment of the withheld salaries of the aggrieved workers. In a statement signed by […]
The Federal Government has postponed the launch of the Nigerian Students Loan Scheme indefinitely. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Akintunde Sawyer, made this known during an interview with ARISE NEWS on Tuesday. In June 2023, President Bola Tinubu signed a bill to start a Students Loan Fund that would give […]
The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the 2023 senior secondary school examination (SSCE) external results with 67.35 percent of candidates who sat for the examination earning five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics. The Registrar and Chief Executive of the council Professor Dantani Wushishi while declaring the results on Monday, 68 […]
The Federal Government has commenced the payment of the withheld salaries of academics under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, PUNCH Online has learnt. Multiple sources in the academic sector confirmed the development to our correspondent in Abuja on Monday. The chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University of Technology, Minna, […]
The National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS) has called on the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) to stop its opposition to the Student Loan Programme. The NEC of the union had on Thursday said ”Nigerians should be aware that the Loan scheme is a way of starving public universities of funding and a ploy to […]
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said the proposed education loan scheme will keep students in permanent debt. According to a statement on Thursday after its National Executive Council meeting at the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, ASUU said it was surprised by the reports it received on the failed promises […]
The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for private candidates across the country. This was made known in a statement made available by the acting Head, Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Moyosola Adesina, on Tuesday evening. According to her, only 46,267 out of the […]
The much-awaited student loan scheme will be officially launched in Abuja on February 21 by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, TheCable can report. The loan is open to all Nigerian students in the country’s higher institutions, with a flexible repayment plan starting from two years of earning an income after national youth service. Tinubu has […]
The Management of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, MOUAU, said it was still taking stock of facilities destroyed by miscreants during students’ protest on Tuesday. Vice Chancellor, Professor Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, who stated this during a press conference at the university Wednesday evening, said so much was damaged during the protest which he […]
The management of Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture in Umudike, Abia State, has stopped academic activities and beefed up security to forestall further protests in the institution after students demonstrated against a hike in school fees. Scores of students of the citadel of higher learning on Tuesday evening were seen discussing and leaving the […]
