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FG proposes 5-year Jail Term For Exams Fraudsters
 THE Federal Government has challenged the newly inaugurated nominees to the board of West African Examination Council (WAEC) to end the menace of examination malpractices and ensure integrity of WAEC certificate. The government also proposed stiffer penalties for those involved…
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ASUU Kicks Against New Salaries Payment Structure
Another crisis may be brewing in the nation’s universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed its members nationwide not to fill the Integrated Payroll and Personal Information System (IPPS) sent to universities by the National Universities…
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Bukola Saraki Offers Free JAMB Forms To Indigent Students In Kwara
Senator representing Kwara Central Senatorial District of Kwara State, Senator Bukola Saraki, has inaugurated the distribution of free 2014 Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) forms and extra-mural classes among less privileged candidates, towards ensuring their success in the examination. Speaking with…
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FG’s Response To ASUP Strike Haphazard And Unconvincing – President
Here is the latest update on the ongoing ASUP Strike — The President, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Comrade C.B. Asomugha, on Wednesday described government’s response to its current strike as haphazard and unconvincing, saying the strike became necessary following the…
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ETS GRE Testing To Resume In Nigeria (January 2014)
ETS will resume in Nigeria on 26th January, 2014 after it was previously suspended. GRE suspended GRE and TOEFL in Nigeria in 2013 due to security concerns. The following message was posted on their website announcing the resumption of testing…
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FUTA’s Paper Adjudged Best At International Conference On Internet Security
A paper authored by a team from the Federal University of Technology Akure, FUTA, has been adjudged the best presentation at the 8th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST-2013) held in London, United Kingdom, in December 2013.…
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ASUP Strike Continues As Polytechnic Lecturers’ Meeting With FG Deadlocked
The Monday meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, and the Federal Government, in Abuja, ended in a deadlock, said the National Publicity Secretary of the union, Clement Chirman. “The whole thing about the ASUP strike is that…
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FG To Release Sharing Formula To Slash Funds For State Varsities
The Federal Government will release the sharing formula for the N220bn 2014 funding for universities by month end and also slash funding of state varsities. Our correspondent gathered on Friday in Abuja that the Implementation Monitoring Committee had already worked…
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ASUP Strike Call-off Not In Sight
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has no plan to call off the strike or suspend it yet. Many polytechnic students have been asking us questions since ASUU Strike was called off asking when ASUP will call off too. Part…
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ASUU Strike: FG Pays 5-Month Salary Arrears To Lecturers
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan chapter, Dr. Segun Ajiboye, applauded the Federal Government for payment lecturers’ five-month salary arrears, called this move “encouraging”. Dr. Ajiboye said in an interview in Ibadan on January…
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FG-ASUU Agreement: Will The Truce Hold True
The students of Nigerian universities can at least now breathe with some relief following the suspension of the long-drawn strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) which lasted for almost six months. Indeed, two elephants had fought and…
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NANS Lauds ASUU On Commitment To Improve Varsity Education
The National Association of Nigerian Students has described the six-month old strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities as a bold move towards rescuing the nation’s University education from the brink of collapse. NANS in a statement…
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