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ASUU Threatens Fresh Strike, Over Unpaid N22bn Allowance

16Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

ASUU Threatens Fresh Strike, Over Unpaid N22bn Allowance

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, gave the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum over the failure of the government to implement the agreement reached with it. This is as the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, claimed in an interview with The PUNCH that the union had failed to submit a breakdown of the workers entitled to the N22.1bn earned allowances. The ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, who spoke during a press briefing at the University of Abuja, blamed the Federal Government for failing to honour the agreement it signed with the union, which made it call off its strike in December 2020. Recall that in March 2020, ASUU embarked on a nine-month strike following its disagreement with the Federal Government over the funding of universit...

Pantami Not Qualified To Be A Professor – ASUU

11Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Photos

Pantami Not Qualified To Be A Professor – ASUU

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi State, has faulted the appointment of Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, as a Professor of Cyber Security by the Governing Council and the management of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO). The association maintained it was not convinced that due processes were followed in the appointment. ATBU is Pantami’s alma mater where he started his career as a lecturer. Addressing journalists at the Secretariat in Bauchi, the capital on Thursday, Bauchi ASUU chairman, Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa, said, “Appointing somebody to the rank of professor follows some procedures, to some extent we are convinced that these procedures are exhaustively followed but it i...

UNN Releases Statement On Student Who Twerked In Viral Video

4Nov

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

UNN Releases Statement On Student Who Twerked In Viral Video

The University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) has finally released an official statement about Mirabel Obi, the first-year medical laboratory student, who was filmed as she twerked half naked during a dance competition at the Akpabio Hostel. The school management have denied suspending the student seen in a viral video twerking in a revealing bodysuit. Although, in the video, the school's Dean of Affairs was also seen threatening to ensure that she is expelled for bringing shame to humanity and womanhood. In a statement released by the Public Relations Officer of the University, Okwun Omeaku, the institution said it does not “condone acts of indecency and other morally reprehensible behaviour from our students. ''Our degrees and certificates are awarded only to those who have been fo...

Gunmen Attack University Of Abuja Staff Quarters, Abduct Professor, Children, Others

2Nov

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria, Security

Gunmen Attack University Of Abuja Staff Quarters, Abduct Professor, Children, Others

A professor of Economics at the University of Abuja, Obansa Joseph has been abducted by gunmen. According to reports, the don, his children and some other people were abducted after the gunmen invaded the staff quarters of the University. A source and resident of the quarters, who spoke on condition of anonymity told the newspaper that the gunmen invaded the senior staff quarters at Giri in Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) at 1 am on Tuesday and operated for about an hour. The names of the professor’s two children who were also abducted could not be confirmed as of the time of filing this report. Read Also: Bandits Attack Baptist Church in Kaduna, Kill Two, Scores Abducted – CAN Other victims included those who were simply recognised as “Barrister John,...

ASUU Rejected Planned N1m Undergraduate School Fees, Says Osodeke

30Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

ASUU Rejected Planned N1m Undergraduate School Fees, Says Osodeke

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 the government’s plan was to open an education bank and give each student a loan of N1m annually at five per cent interest rate to sponsor themselves in school and then pay back when they graduate and start working. Osodeke stated this while answering questions from participants at a one-day ‘state of the nation summit’ organised for ASUU members by the Bauchi zone of the union. He said, “At the last negotiation, the first thing they told us was that we should negotiate for our allowances and salaries but we said no, let’s discuss funding ...

29Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Nigeria

NECO Releases 2021 Examination Results

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 that 945,853 candidates obtained five credits and above including English Language and Mathematics, while 1,094,291candidates also obtained five credits and above irrespective of English Language and Mathematics. Read Also: Sports Ministry Orders Immediate Dissolution Of NBBF’s Caretaker Committee He said that number of candidates who made five credits and above including English and M...

Abia Government Converts 3 Institutions Into Universities

27Oct

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Abia Government Converts 3 Institutions Into Universities

The Government of Abia State has announced the conversion of three institutions into universities in the State following the approval by the State House of Assembly. This was disclosed in a release by the State Commissioner for Information, Chief John Okiyi Kalu, and made available to newsmen, at the end of the Abia State Executive Council Meeting chaired by Governor Okezie Ikpeazu at the Government House, Umuahia, on Tuesday. The institutions are: Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, to become Abia State University of Science and Technology, Abia State College of Education, Arochukwu, to become Abia State University of Education, and Abia State College of Health Sciences and Management Studies to become Abia State University of Health Science and Management Studies, Aba. The Government a...

Anambra Adopts Saturday As School Day To Replace Monday Over IPOB’s Sit-at-home Order

25Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Anambra Adopts Saturday As School Day To Replace Monday Over IPOB’s Sit-at-home Order

The Anambra State Government has approved Saturdays as school days in place of Mondays, which have been taken by the sit-at-home order by the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). IPOB had on July 30 ordered a sit-at-home protest in the South-East every Monday until Nnamdi Kanu, its leader, would be released from the custody of the Department of State Services (DSS). However, on August 14, the group announced a suspension of the order. But weeks after, business activities are still grounded every Monday out of fear as some hoodlums have been enforcing the sit-at-home directive. In Anambra, Saturday classes will commence on October 30, 2021, according to a memo from the government that has been released. Titled, ‘Anambra State Government Approves Saturday as School Day.' Th...

CBN Introduces N500m Grant For Undergraduates, Graduates

21Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

CBN Introduces N500m Grant For Undergraduates, Graduates

The Central Bank of Nigeria has said it will support youths in tertiary institutions with grants to promote entrepreneurship and reduce unemployment. The CBN disclosed this on Wednesday in a report, titled ‘Guidelines for the implementation of tertiary institutions entrepreneurship scheme’. “Five top Nigerian polytechnics and universities with the best entrepreneurial pitches/ideas shall be awarded as follows: first place – N150m; second place – N120m; third place – N100m; fourth place – N80m; and fifth place – N50m,” it said. It added that activities to be covered under the scheme would include innovative start-ups and existing businesses owned by graduates of Nigerian polytechnics and universities in areas such as agribusiness, information technology, creative industry, as well ...

Niger Delta Students To Shut NDDC Headquarters Over Bursary

10Oct

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

Niger Delta Students To Shut NDDC Headquarters Over Bursary

Nigerian students under the aegis of the Niger Delta Students Union Government have scheduled a protest against the Niger Delta Development Commission for Tuesday, October 12, 2021. The protest is an agitation for the students' bursary payment and proper funding of the education sector in the Niger Delta region. According to the students, NDDC has failed to honour several promises and agreements signed with the students' body. “The Niger Delta Students have fixed their protest for Tuesday. The venue is the NDDC New Headquarters, Eastern Bypass Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Time is 12noon.” In 2020, SaharaReporters reported that many scholars abroad were at risk of having their institutions terminate their academic programmes as the NDDC had refused to pay their tuition for about...