The Academic Staff Union of University, has suspended its strike, ending the industrial action that started since March 2020. The union announced the suspension of the 9-month old industrial action at a press conference held Wednesday morning in Abuja. ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, who led other National Executive Committee of the union to the […]
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The Governor of Kaduna, Nasir el-Rufai, has terminated the appointment of all the education secretaries in the 23 local government areas of the state. The governor also terminated the appointment of Hussaini Jallo as general manager of Community and Social Development Agency (CSDA). In a statement signed by the special adviser to the governor on
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The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has called for the rebranding of the institution. While giving a report of the achievements of his administration in the last one year on Monday said necessary steps were being taken to remodel UNILAG as a truly 21st century and first-class university. He said, “We have been
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The principal of Deeper Life College in Akwa Ibom where a junior student was said to have been sexually molested by some senior students has been suspended. The woman, Deborah Okezie, posted a video on Facebook where she cried out that her 11-year-old son, a JSS1 student of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, was sexually
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The Nigerian government has ordered the closure of all schools in the country until January 18, 2021. The Chairman of the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19, Boss Mustapha, made this known at its briefing on MONDAY December 21, 2020. Most schools across Nigeria have already closed for the year. But many had scheduled the
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Not less than 3,000 undergraduates from 163 institutions across Nigeria have participated in a virtual training in prevention of sexual violence. The training was organised by The Women at Risk International Foundation in partnership with the Joint EU-UN Spotlight Initiative. The Initiative represents an unprecedented global effort to invest in gender equality and women’s empowerment
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Five professors, including the wife of the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, Professor Mrs Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, have begun the final race to succeed Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun SAN as the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo. Other contenders are Prof Olumuyiwa Odusanya, Prof Senapon Bakre, Prof Kabir Akinyemi, and Prof.
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Stakeholders in the education sector have called on the Federal and state governments to increase the education budget to provide teaching aids and infrastructure. The stakeholders spoke at the 2019/2020 Graduation Ceremony and Prize Giving Day at the Redeemer TEAP School on Saturday in Abuja. They called on the FG and stakeholders to join hands
A sociology scholar, Dr. Kudus Oluwatoyin Adebayo, has become the pioneer winner of the Rahmon Bello Award for the best thesis in African and Diaspora Studies. Adebayo’s PhD thesis entitled: “Migration and Settlement Experiences of Nigerians in Guangzhou, China”, was adjudged the best of 29 entries submitted to the Institute of African and Diaspora Studies
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The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) has announced that not less than 11,487 candidates passed its annual Professional Qualifying Examination conducted recently across the country. Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Prof. Josiah Ajiboye, made this known on Friday December 18, 2020, in Abuja while briefing newsmen on the achievements recorded by the Council. He said
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The Lagos State Ministry of Education has officially announced the Teachers’ Merit Award for the Year 2020. The announcement was officially made during a press conference at the office of the commissioner for education on Wednesday December 16, 2020. The conference had in attendance the commissioner for education, Mrs Folashade Adefisayo, and the eight-man committee
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Osun State Government has directed all primary and secondary schools in the state to proceed on Christmas and New Year break, starting from Friday December 18, 2020. This was contained in a Public Service Announcement signed by the Coordinating Director, Ministry of Education, K. Olaniyan. The government stated that the decision to shut down both
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The Achievers University, Owo, Ondo State has expelled one of its 200 level students in the Department of Nursing Science over an alleged involvement of her mother in an act of indiscipline. The Founder and Pro-Chancellor of the institution, Dr Bode Ayorinde, who made this known during the maiden induction of 74 nursing graduates of
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Oladimeji Shotunde, the best graduating student of the Lagos State University (LASU), has won a post-graduate scholarship to any university in the world and a N5 million cash prize. Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu rewarded the academic excellence of the valedictorian at the 24th convocation of the university., which was held on Wednesday December 16, 2020. Shotunde,
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The Lagos State Government has begun the distribution of MP3 devices to pupils attending the 1,016 public primary schools in the state. With the pupils attending schools only on alternate days in keeping with COVID-19 safety protocols, the Eko EXCEL team pre-loaded school work in audio format on memory cards in the devices which they
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Mackenzie Scott has donated $60 million to two CUNY schools as part of her $4.1 billion philanthropic mission. Lehman College in the Bronx and Borough of Manhattan Community College both received $30 million, CUNY officials announced Tuesday. The $60 million donation is one of the largest in the history of CUNY, school officials said. “We
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A renowned criminologist and communication expert, Dr Oludayo Tade, of the department of Sociology, University of Ibadan, has won the 2020 maiden edition of the West Africa Science Communication Awards (WASCA). The inaugural awards were virtually presented by The Conversation Africa which is the world’s leading publisher of research-based news and analysis to researchers in
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The Kaduna State government has ordered the closure of schools across the state. While disclosing this in a statement on Tuesday December 15, 2020, the state Commissioner for Education, Dr. Shehu Makarfi, stated that the move was due to the upsurge of the COVID-19 in the state. According to the statement, all schools in the
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Vice Chancellor of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) Prof. Lilian Salami has said that 27 per cent of candidates failed the 2020/2021 post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) screening. The results was presented to the vice chancellor by Chairman of the Committee on Post-UTME, Prof. Ehimwenma Omoregie on Monday December 14, 2020. Omoregie explained that 19,987
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The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has stated that students who involve in examination malpractice will be banned from taking the Senior School Certificate Examination. The Examining Council disclosed the decision in a statement on Monday December 14, 2020, after the 70th Meeting of the Examination Committee which is the highest decision-making organ of the
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