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Buhari Silent On Varsities’ Strike, Deregulation As Workers Boo Ngige

2May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Buhari Silent On Varsities’ Strike, Deregulation As Workers Boo Ngige

May Day The current industrial action by the four tertiary institution-based unions and uncertainty surrounding the price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) were sidelined in the address of President Muhammadu Buhari at the May Day event, which held yesterday in Abuja to mark Workers’ Day, also known as Labour Day. Rather, the President, who was represented by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, mentioned the payment of salaries since his assumption of office as a major achievement. The Vice President, a Professor of Law and a presidential aspirant in next year’s general elections, insisted the Federal Government has never underestimated the importance of labour in the dynamics of politics and good governance. He urged labour to always exercise restraint in their declaration of trade dis...

Nwajiuba Receives APC Nomination Form For President, Speaks On ASUU Strike

28Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Nwajiuba Receives APC Nomination Form For President, Speaks On ASUU Strike

Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has accepted the All Progressive Congress (APC) expression of interest form to become the President of the country in 2023. Mr Nwajiuba, who accepted the nomination form at a reception hosted by the Project Nigeria Group (PNG) in Abuja on Wednesday, called on the party to forge the trust on him as their new symbol of unity, growth and regeneration. “I thank with profound respect my fellow Nigerians both those present here and those in all our nooks and cranny, whose desire for a regeneration has led them to identify me as their Chief Recruit for the job of moulding Nigeria along the path of its collective dreams. The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has accepted the All Progre...

NLC Seeks FG Intervention In ASUU Strike

28Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

NLC Seeks FG Intervention In ASUU Strike

ASUU The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to address issues that necessitated the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other unions in tertiary institutions. President of NLC, Ayuba Wabba, made the call when he addressed newsmen shortly before going into a closed-door meeting of the Congress’s Central Working Committee (CWC) on Wednesday in Abuja. Recall that ASUU embarked on a nationwide warning strike to press home its members’ demands from Feb. 14. The lecturers’ demands include; funding of the Revitalisation of Public Universities, Earned Academic Allowances, University Transparency Accountability Solution (UTAS) and promotion arrears. Others are the renegotiation of 2009 ASUU-FG Agreement and the incons...

Chrisland: Suspended 10-Year-Old Pupil Deletes Social Media Videos, Apologises

26Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Chrisland: Suspended 10-Year-Old Pupil Deletes Social Media Videos, Apologises

Classroom The 10-year-old female student suspended by Chrisland Schools, Lagos State, over alleged sexual misconduct with a colleague during a school competition at Dubai, United Arab Emirate, has deleted all the videos on her account on a social media app, Likee. The account, with over 12,400 fans, drew attention shortly after a video clip of the pupil and her male colleague engaging in sexual acts went viral on Twitter. The child had been operating the page for three years before the incident at the Dubai competition happened. Her mother, while saying she was raped, accused the management of the school of conducting a pregnancy test on her without parental consent, allegations that were denied by the school. The Lagos State Government had shut the school before reope...

Lack Of TRCN Registration: 300,000 Teachers May Miss New Welfare Package

25Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Lack Of TRCN Registration: 300,000 Teachers May Miss New Welfare Package

Classroom No fewer than 300,000 teachers in public primary and secondary schools in the country may miss benefiting from the new welfare package the government wants to implement for teachers in its payroll. Findings by the Vanguard revealed that the development is because such teachers are not licensed, certificated and registered by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN.It was gathered that the government has made registration with the TRCN a condition for benefiting from the scheme. From investigation by our correspondent, the TRCN, which conducts Professional Qualifying Examination, PQE, four times a year, has so far registered and licensed about 800,000 teachers out of the about 1.1 million teachers in public schools. Speaking on the matter, Registrar of the ...

Sex Video: Sanwo-Olu Orders Reopening Of Chrisland Schools In Lagos

23Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Sex Video: Sanwo-Olu Orders Reopening Of Chrisland Schools In Lagos

Sanwo-Olu The Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led Lagos State Government has directed the reopening of all Chrisland Schools in the State. Recall that Chrisland schools were shut down on April 18, 2022, by the State Government over the controversies and outrage that followed the viral sex tape of minors who are pupils of the school. Some pupils from the school, during a recent trip to Dubai to participate in the World School Games between March 10 and 13, 2022, engaged in a sexual act. The controversies led to the suspension of the school by the state government. However, the Lagos State Commissioner of Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, explained that the reopening of the school was to ensure that other students were not denied access to learning while an investigation into th...

Strike: FG May Take ASUU To Court If Reconciliation Fails – Ngige

22Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Labour, News, Nigeria

Strike: FG May Take ASUU To Court If Reconciliation Fails – Ngige

ASUU-FG Meeting Chris Ngige, minister of labour and employment, says the federal government may consider taking the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the industrial court if the process to resolve the strike fails. On February 14, ASUU embarked on a one-month warning strike over the non-implementation of an agreement reached with the federal government in 2020. On March 14, the union extended the strike by eight weeks following dissatisfaction with the federal government’s “disappointing” response on the matter. Amid the strike, the federal government and the leadership of ASUU have held a series of meetings, but no agreement has been reached by both sides on ending the strike. Speaking on Thursday in an interview with Channels Television, Ngige said ASUU ...

Fund Varsities From N4tn Subsidy Budget, ASUU Tells FG

21Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, Finance, News, Nigeria

Fund Varsities From N4tn Subsidy Budget, ASUU Tells FG

ASUU The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has accused the Federal Government of not giving priority to tertiary education. According to him, the government had addressed the issue of fuel subsidy with a budget of N4trillion, whereas, it ignored issues concerning university education. Speaking during a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday, Osodeke asked the government to take N200bn from the N4trillion budgeted for subsidy to address the challenges of its members, thereby putting an end to the industrial action embarked upon by the union. Osodeke said, “It is always funny that the government cannot raise N200bn to revamp all Nigeria’s universities annually, to world standards. The same government can raise N4trillion for fuel subs...

Sexual Act: Chrisland Management, Parents, Pupils Meet Police Today

20Apr

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Education, News, Nigeria

Sexual Act: Chrisland Management, Parents, Pupils Meet Police Today

Chrisland School The Lagos State Police Command says it has extended invitations to the management of Chrisland Schools, parents and the pupils allegedly involved in sexual acts during a school trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The state Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, stated this during a telephone interview with our correspondent on Tuesday. He said, “All the parties have been invited to the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Yaba. The parties include the school authorities, parents and their children. “Nobody has reported yet, but we are in touch with them and they have all given us a reasonable date and time that they will come. Whatever happens after their invitation will determine the next line of action.” A source...

Chrisland Breaks Silence On Sex Scandal, 5 Pupils Misbehaved In Dubai

19Apr

By Chinedu IbeakanmaNo Comments

Child Abuse, Education, Lagos News, News, Nigeria, Press Statement

Chrisland Breaks Silence On Sex Scandal, 5 Pupils Misbehaved In Dubai

Chrisland School, Lagos, has broken its silence on the sex scandal that forced Lagos government to shut all its branches in the state. In a viral video, a 10-year-old female pupil of the school was seen being involved in sexual act with some male pupils.The incident, which sparked outrage on social media, was said to have occurred during a trip to Dubai for the World School Games that held between March 8 and March 14, 2022.In the statement, which Akin Fadeyi, a member of the School’s Advisory Board issued on behalf of the management, the school confirmed that a total of 76 students were taken to Dubai.Of the 76 children who represented Chrisland, Fadeyi disclosed that 71 “ensured an untainted adherence to the standards, abiding with laid down regulations and code of conduct”“Withi...