Education

The National Examination Council (NECO) have reschedule Paper I Computer Studies Practical’s scheduled to take place on Monday 19 October 2020 to November 16 over the nationwide protest against police brutality. In a statement by the…
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The Federal Government on Friday said it has approved a temporary site for the establishment of a Federal College of Forestry in Jere Local Government Area of Borno state. The Minister of Environment, Dr Mohammad Abubakar, said this…
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The meeting between the Federal government and the academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) aimed at putting an end to the strike action embarked upon by university lecturers has been adjourned to October 21. The Thursday meeting was…
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The Federal Government has agreed to release N30 billion earned academic allowance to the university lecturers. The money would be paid in tranches between May 2021 and February 2022. The N30 billion is for all unions in public…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Thursday, gave an indication that the union will suspend its prolonged strike very soon, as its President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, declared that the varsity lecturers are ready to go back to…
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Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, has directed that all schools in the state should reopen on October 19th, after over six months break following the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. Speaking with newsmen in Akure, the…
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The President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Anderson Ezeibe, has said that polytechnic lecturers regret enrolling on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). According to Ezeibe, this is…
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it might consider adoption of University Transparency Account System (UTAS) presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). UTAS, proposed by ASUU to the Federal Government, is an…
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The Lagos State government has announced the resumption of all remaining students in both the public and private primary and secondary schools in the state beginning from next Monday. The physical resumption for the 2020/2021 academic…
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Management of The Polytechnic Ibadan on Monday has postponed the first semester examination for the 2019/2020 session in the institution. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the postponed examination was slated to commence today, Monday, 12th…
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advised the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, to with immediate effect, resign his position and return to farm. ASUU gave this advice while reacting to a statement…
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Prof. Nyaudoh Ndaeyo has emerged Vice-Chancellor of the University of Uyo (UNIUYO). Ndaeyo’s appointment is contained in a statement issued on Tuesday by Mr. Aniediabasi Udofia, the Registrar and Secretary, Governing Council of the…
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Edo Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has mourned Rector of Auchi Polytechnic, Dr. Momodu Jimah, who died at the weekend. The Governor, in a statement, said Jimah was an astute administrator who contributed to the growth of Auchi Polytechnic,…
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The Rector of Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State, Dr. Momodu Sanusi Jimah is dead. Earlier, the management of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, during the week had debunked rumour about the death of the rector. But, in a latest development, the…
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Taraba State government has directed the state ministry for tertiary education to reopen all tertiary institutions under the ministry, effective October 2020. Commissioner for information and reorientation, Hon. Danjuma Adamu disclosed…
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The management of Federal Polytechnic, Auchi, Edo State, Thursday debunked rumour about the death of the rector, Dr. Sanusi Jimah. In a statement in the school bulletin signed by the Public Relations Officer, Mr Oshiobugie Mustafa, he…
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The Lagos Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has faulted Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige’s claims that the union was on strike because of its anger against the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information…
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The Kwara state government has ordered reopening of Public and private schools in Kwara State, they are to resume normal academic classes from Monday October 5th. Commissioner for Communications Harret Afolabi-Oshatimehin, said in a…
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The federal government has approved October 11 as reopening date for all Unity Schools in Nigeria. Adamu Adamu, Minister of Education, made the announcement in a letter he signed on Wednesday. The minister said the approval was for…
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Yobe State Government has approved 12th October, 2020 as the date for the reopening of schools in the state. Commissioner of Basic and Secondary Education, Dr. Muhammad Sani Idriss confirmed this on Wednesday in Damaturu. He also said…
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Katsina State Government on Tuesday announced the reopening of all classes of schools from pre-primary, primary, to secondary on October 5. Commissioner for Education, Dr Lawal Charanci told reporters that the resumption is to conclude…
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The Ekiti State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking to upgrade the College of Education, Ikere-Ekiti to a full-fledged University of Education, Science and Technology. This bill was unanimously passed into law at the plenary of…
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Niger state government has announced the reopening of all basic and post-basic classes of private and public institutions for third term of 2019/2020 academic session on Oct. 4. Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, the Niger state Commissioner for…
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A Senior Lecturer, Dr. Rowland Uchechukwu Igwe of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Rivers State, has been suspended. The Management of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education (IAUE) said it placed Dr. Rowland Uchechukwu…
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Bauchi State government have ordered the reopening of schools starting from Oct. 12, according to Mr Aliyu Tilde, the state Commissioner of Education. Tilde told a news conference, on Friday in Bauchi that the date was agreed after…
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