The Federal Government has ordered the National Youth Service Corps to start making preparations to reopen its orientation camps nationwide. This was disclosed on Thursday September 4, 2020, the National Coordinator of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, during a briefing at the Nnamdi Azikwe International Airport, Abuja. Aliyu said the task force […]
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UNILAG Special Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government has begun sitting. The sitting, which began on Monday August 31, 2020, is aimed at probing the crisis rocking the institution. The Penel is working with memoranda gathered from the public. It was reported that memoranda submitted after the time limit were rejected. The dropbox
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The federal government has appointed the Chairman and CEO of Channels TV, John Momoh, as acting Chairman of the governing council of the University of Lagos, Akoka. Momoh, who is the president of the institution’s alumni association, has been a member of the council representing the association. His appointment follows the removal of lawyer and
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The Minister of State for Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has announced plan to reopen tertiary institutions across the country While making the announcement on Monday August 24, 2020, the Minister urged students to stop protesting. He noted they the ministry is working to articulate the situation report from the National Universities Commission, NUC, and other
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The Federal Government has suspended the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, and the chairman of its Governing Council, Dr Wale Babalakin (SAN). Accordingly, the FG, both of them are expected to step aside, pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by the President, Muhammadu Buhari. This was
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has rejected discussion about ending the ongoing strike. While speaking on behalf of the Union in Tuesday August 18, 2020, the ASUU president, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, said the strike would not end if the federal and state governments fail to pay all outstanding arrears owed its members. Ogunyemi, who
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The Nigeria Ministry of Foreign Affairs has denied the allegation that it was frustrating the evacuation process of stranded Nigerian students in the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the ministry’s spokesperson, Ferdinand Nwonye, on Thursday August 6, 2020. The ministry expressed its disappointment over the misleading viral video,
The Federal Government of Nigeria has fixed August 4, 2020, for the resumption of all terminal classes in the country. This was disclosed during the online consultative meeting the Federal Ministry of Education held with all Commissioners of Education of the 36 states, the Nigerian Union of Teachers, the proprietors of private schools, and Chief
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The National Association of Private School Teachers has appealed to the Nigerian government to provide its members interest-free loans repayable gradually from when schools resume. While making the appeal on Tuesday July 21, 2020, the National President of the association, Akhigbe Augustine, said the move was to cushion the effect of COVID-19 on private school
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The federal government has disclosed plan to substitute West African Secondary School Certificate Examination for the General Certificate Examinations holding in November if the country fails to meet up with this year’s timetable. While disclosing this on Thursday July 23, 2020, Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, explained that the GCE is a private
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned the Federal Government against its decision to reopen schools for Senior Secondary School 3 students. While disclosing this on Saturday July 18, 2020, the Union stated that it supported the FG’s decision to stop the students from partaking in the West African Senior School Certificate Examination earlier
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The Federal Ministry of Education has given school owners up to 29th of July, 2020 to meet specific guidelines for the reopening of schools. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Director of Information, Ben Bem Goong. Goong stated that the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, had consulted with the Ministry
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The Southwest States have agreed to reopen schools for SS3 students to participate in the West African School Certificate Examination next month. The joint decision of the six states is contrary to the position of most of the northern states. The Northern governors are fully in support of the FG’s decision to suspend school reopening
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The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools has assured the Federal Government of the readiness of private schools to resume for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and other terminal examinations. The assurance followed the withdrawal of Nigeria’s participation in the sub-regional examination by the Federal Government over safety reasons. While disclosing
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The President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, Yomi Otubela, has announced the agreement signed by the Federal Government to pay the salaries of private school teachers that are being owed by their school management since the lockdown started in March. While disclosing on TVC on Monday July 13, 2020, Otubela stated
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The West African Examinations Council has faulted the suspension of the planned resumption of schools to prepare the candidates for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. While disclosing this on Thursday July 9, 2020, the WAEC’s Head of Nigeria’s Office, Patrick Areghan, stated that the examination body was still reviewing the situation and
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The Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has faulted the decision of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu on schools reopening. While disclosing this on Thursday July 9, 2020, in Akure, the Secretary-General of the association, Sehinde Arogbofa, said the Nigerian Government should allow pupils go back to school. He urged the FG to sack the education
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The Federal Government has announced that Nigerian candidates will not participate in the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations earlier scheduled for August 4 to September 5. While disclosing this on Wednesday July 8, 2020, after the virtual Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting, the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, said there is no date
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The Federal Government (FG) has urged state governments to reopen their schools to enable primary 6, JSS 3 and SSS 3 pupils prepare for their terminal examinations. On Monday July 6, 2020, the Minister of State for Education, Mr. Emeka Nwajiuba and the Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, advised the state government to reopen schools
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The federal government has announced the commencement of the disinfection of schools against the spread of COVID-19. While disclosing this in Abuja at the briefing of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 on Monday July 6, 2020, the Minister of Environment, Muhammad Mahmood, stated that the exercise was in preparation for the resumption of class
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