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FG Present Letters Of Allocation Of The N200b Intervention Fund Universities
The latest on ASUU strike that lasted for about 6 months is that FG has now presented letters of allocation of the N200b intervention fund to public universities. We informed you earlier that we were able to gather that FG…
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FG Disburses N200 Billion To Public Varsities
Information gathered has it that FG has now disbursed the expected N200 billion to the nation’s public universities in line with the MoU reached to call off the 2013 ASUU Strike. You would recall that ASUU has recently accused the…
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ASUP Strike Update: Poly Students Demand Wike’s Removal
The latest news update on ASUP Strike is that the National Association of Nigerian Polytechnic Students has now called on President Jonathan to remove Education Minister from office after failing to bring an end to the ongoing ASUP Strike. Read…
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UI Scientist Bag International Awards
DR Taiwo Olayemi Elufioye of the Department of Pharmacognosy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Ibadan has won the 2014 Elsevier Foundation Award, among four other women and that received awards for their researches into the medicinal properties of natural compounds.…
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ASUP Strike: 13 Reasons Polytechnic Lecturers Won’t Resume Work
Lecturers in Nigeria’s public polytechnics have been on a nationwide strike since October 4, 2013 Despite meetings held between the lecturers and the federal government, the contentious issues still remain unresolved with the lecturers vowing to continue their strike until…
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520 Teachers Possess Fake Certificates In Kogi
Kogi State Universal Education Board, SUBEB, has made a rattling revelation that about 520 teachers employed by the State Government for the primary school sector possessed fake certificates. The Chairman of the board, Alhaji Usman Jibrin disclosed this to the…
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FG, ASUU On Fresh Collision Course
Students of public universities in Nigeria and their parents are yet to get over the over five-month-old strike suspended on December 17 last year by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The union commenced the strike on July 1, 2013…
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Kano Govt Screens 16,000 Teachers For Mass Literacy
The Kano State Government has screened 16,000 teachers for training in adult and mass literacy education. This was contained in a statement by Mr. Mus Tanko, Public Relations Officer of the State Agency for Mass Education, in Kano on Saturday.…
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Students Vacate Campus Over Boko Haram Threat Letters
Students of the College of Education, Hong, Adamawa, have started vacating campus over alleged threat letters from members of Boko Haram asking them to leave. Some of the students who spoke to newsmen on the issue on Thursday, said it…
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HSC Programme May Return In Schools — Wike
The Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, says the Higher School Certificate (A Levels) programme, may return soon in the nation’s school system. The programme was part of the 6-5-2-3 education policy, which enabled pupils to obtain HSC that…
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2014 NUGA Games: OAU Football Team Trash EKSU 4-1
The result of OAU vs EKSU at the ongoing NUGA Games is 4-1. The Obafemi Awolowo University football team walloped their EKSU counterpart by four goals to one in the opening game. Here is the full match reports (OAU vs…
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Poly Students Protest Against ASUP Strike in Ogun
Some students of the Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro, on Friday embarked on a peaceful protest against the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics. The News Agency of Nigeria gathered that the national secretariat of ASUP had ordered the institution’s…
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