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Oko Polytechnic Rector Wants End To ASUP Strike
Federal Polytechnic, Oko rector, Professor Godwin Onu has urged ASUP to put an end to the ongoing strike by calling it off. ASUP embarked on this strike 11 months ago and it has paralyzed academic activities in Polytechnics all over the…
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N2bn NLNG support; six Universities benefit.
Six Universities representing the different geo-political zones in Nigeria will benefit from the support provided by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG). A N2 billion Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) was signed with the universities, to develop their engineering education…
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COEASU Strike Update: Lecturers Meet July 1 to Decide
The latest COEASU Strike news update is that Colleges of Education lecturers will meet on 1st July, 2014 to review and decide on the strike. The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union is six-month-old and there is no indication on…
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ASUP NEC Meeting Outcome: Strike Continues, Awaits Senate Meeting
The outcome of the ASUP NEC Meeting in Yabatech, Lagos is that the strike continues as ASUP await Senate meeting. You will recall that the Union started their NEC meeting in Lagos after Government representatives refused to show up for…
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Nasarawa State: e-bursary Payment System Introduced
Nasarawa State Scholarship Board (NSSB) introduces e-bursary payment system for judicious and accountable utilization of funds. An e-bursary payment system in which students will have to be issued credit cards to access the amount due them at ATM machines has…
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Fashola Denies Stealing $90m World Bank Education Fund
Babatunde Fashola, Governor of Lagos State, has denied stealing $90m loan meant for improving Education. The loan was given by the World Bank to improve the standard of Education and there have been allegations from some quarters that the State…
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FG Should Intervene In ASUP/COEASU Strike, Chibok Girls – UNILAG VC
UNILAG VC has appealed to the FG to intervene in the ongoing ASUP and COEASU Strike. He also prayed for a quick resolution and return of the abducted Chibok Girls. Read the full details of this news as reported by…
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ASUP Strike Update: ASUP, Senators Meeting Postponed
The latest ASUP Meeting Update today is that the ASUP, Senators meeting scheduled for 24th June, 2014 was postponed. The meeting on ASUP strike could not hold due to the absence of notable stakeholders like the Supervising Minister for Education…
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Names & Pictures of Chibok Girls Abducted by Boko Haram
These are the faces (in pictures) of the over 200 schoolgirls the fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The girls have not been found at the time of publishing this news, even at…
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Half-baked, Morally Deficient Grads Polluting Nigeria’s Economy
Nigerian tertiary institutions’ failure to go beyond the mere provision of academic guidance to their students has led to the production of morally-deficient graduates. Half-baked: Morally Deficient Grads Polluting Nigeria’s Economy The Director General of National Orientation Agency (NOA), Mike…
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SSANU Threatens Strike In Universities Over Earned Allowance
SSANU has threatened fresh strike in Nigerian Universities. They have warned the FG against this fresh crisis in Varsities over earned allowance. read full details as reported by LeadershipNG below: The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has warned…
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Private Universities Better Than Public Varsities – Jonathan
Private Universities are better and rated higher than Public Universities. This is according to President Goodluck Jonathan, who was represented by Executive Secretary of NUC Professor Julius Okojie while speaking at the 21st and 22nd convocation ceremony of the Federal…
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