“The state government has assured us that it will pay and clear off the debts” – NECO The National Examinations Council (NECO) says Niger State Government owes the examination body five hundred million Naira as debt from unpaid examination fees of students. NECO Registrar, Dantani Wushishi, disclosed this during the release of the results of
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‘Promises to continually donate and update the library with current textbooks’ A Pharmacist, Emeka Okafor has donated five classroom blocks and a library to the Community Primary School, Amawbia in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra State. Speaking at the unveiling ceremony, Okafor said the block of classrooms and library wers his contribution to
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‘The industrial court closed further proceedings in the matter following the withdrawal of the suit by the factional President of NANS’ The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, struck out a suit filed by the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, to compel the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,
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A circular was earlier sent to all vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities, ordering them to re-open schools The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission, on Monday, withdrew its circular which ordered vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and governing councils to re-open the varsities. Recall that there was a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 was
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Nigeria Labour Congress(NLC) has warned against reported moves by the Federal Government(FG) to withdraw the registration license of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, over non-submission of its audited financial returns for over five years. While dismissing the claims that ASUU had not submitted its audited financial returns to the Registrar of Trade Unions for
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The Federal Goverment has advised the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to obey the National Industrial Court ruling and call off its ongoing nationwide strike, while negotiations is ongoing. The Minister of Labour of Employmenr, Senator Chris Ngige gave the advise while fielding questions from journalists at the Federal Government of Nigeria, United Nations
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Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti has called on students of the institution to return to campus immediately. The management of the institution directed the resumption of full academic activities with effect from tomorrow, Thursday, 22nd September, 2022. Accordingly, round-off lectures for the second semester of the 2020/2021 academic session have also been scheduled to hold between Thursday, 22nd September
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The National Industrial Court of Nigeria has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to call off its protracted nationwide strike. The Industry Court gave the order on Wednesday. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press home the demands for improved funding for universities, a review of salaries for lecturers, among other issues.
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Anambra State Government has said that it would no longer condone use of sub-standard books in schools. Commissioner for Education, Prof Ngozi Chuma Udeh gave the warning while addressing publishers from various publishing houses in a meeting held at the Ministry of Education, Awka, the state capital. She said the era of training children with
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The Kaduna zone of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called on students of respective schools to assemble on the 21st September, 2022, for the total shut down of the Kaduna-Abuja road. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the students’ task force Chairman, Comrade Dominic Philip said the protest would begin from Kaduna expressway
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Flights at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport have been rescheduled as a result of the protest by the National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS) Monday. Sources said that the inability of the travellers to enter the airport caused the development. The domestic terminal one also known as the General Aviation Terminal and terminal two operated by
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says it has scheduled Saturday, 24th September, 2022, for 67 candidates, who had registered for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, but could neither sit the examination nor take the just-concluded Mop-Up UTME owing to one challenge or another. A statement issued on Monday by the Head, Public
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The Anambra state Government has placed a ban on the wearing of mini-length uniforms in schools across the state. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh made this known during an interactive meeting with Education Secretaries of public and mission schools held at ASUBEB hall, Awka. The Commissioner didnt hide her displeasure on what
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Anambra state has banned the wearing of mini-length uniforms in schools across the state. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma Udeh made this known during an interactive meeting with Education Secretaries of public and mission schools held at ASUBEB hall, Awka. She condemned the growing trend of putting on mini-length uniforms in schools, saying it
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The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has accused the Federal Government of alleged plans to take education out of the reach of the poor masses. The students’ body said the current government has failed in all ramifications, adding that “the current administration should have been sacked a long time ago. The body also passed
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