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World University Rankings 2013/2014 – Nigerian Varsities Not In Top 400
The latest World University Rankings for 2013/2014 has no Nigerian University in the top 400 positions. A study by the Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings has shown that no Nigerian university made the top 400 in the world. The…
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ASUU Strike Latest: NUPENG To Go On Solidarity Action
Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, weekend, threatened stop distribution of petroleum products across the country if the Federal Government failed to implement the agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Though no specific…
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ASUU Strike: We Are Not Sure When It Will End – Fagge
The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Dr. Nasir Isa Fagge has said that although the Union has begun consultations among its members following discussions with Vice President, Namadi Sambo, it cannot confirm when it will call off…
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ASUP Strike : Nigeria Polytechnic Lecturers Resume Strike
Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has gone back on strike on Friday 4th September, 2013. We informed you in this post last week that the Union threatened to resume the suspended strike if FG fails to do anything on…
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Student Hacker Arrested For Hacking Into JAMB, NECO, SSS, NSCDC Websites
A 23-year-old graduate of College of Education, Ilaro, Ogun State, who has been on wanted list of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), for notoriety on hacking into websites of government agencies and sale of fake recruitment forms…
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Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola Visit School Wearing Uniform [Photos]
The Osun State government yesterday inaugurated the Salvation Army Middle School in Osogbo, the state capital. The school is one of the 100 elementary, 50 middle and 20 high schools being built under the O’School initiative. Parents and pupils defied…
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It’s Federal Government, Not ASUU That Is Lying – ERC
The Education Rights Campaign (ERC), has refuted the statement made by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Youth and Student Matters, Mr. Jude Imagwe, that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is being economical with the truth…
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Kwara State Bursary Scheme To Be Replaced With Scholarship
Kwara State Government has announced it will replace the current bursary scheme for its students in higher institutions of learning with a scholarship programme. Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed, who said this in Ilorin on Monday, noted that scholarship would make the…
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FG Withdraws Sponsorship of 6 Niger Delta Students In Russia University
The Federal Government has withdrawn sponsorship of six Niger Delta students in the Peoples Friendship University in Russia. This is contained in a statement issued in Abuja from the Office of the Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta Affairs and…
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ASUU Strike: Public Varsities Students To Miss Batch ‘C’ NYSC
Hope of final year students in Nigeria public universities getting call-up letters to participate in the batch ‘C’ National Youth Service Corps will be dashed, due to the ongoing strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU. A reliable…
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ASUU Strike : FG Hasn’t Shown Commitment Towards Agreement
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reiterated its stance that the federal government has not shown any commitment or seriousness towards the implementation of the 2009 agreement as a way of resolving the ongoing strike which commenced on…
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Cameroon, Sierra Leone Write Nigeria On How To Improve University Education
Two African countries, Cameroon and Sierra Leone, have written the Federal Government seeking to share ideas on how Nigerian university system is being administered. The National Universities Commission Executive Secretary, Prof. Julius Okojie, stated this on Monday in Abuja while…
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