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Federal Govt. Warn Polytechnics to Stop Running Post HND and PGD Programmes
The Minister of Education, Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufai, has warned Polytechnics undertaking the post-graduate diploma programmes to stop, saying it is not part of their mandate. Rufa’i gave the warning on Monday in Abuja at the inauguration of the governing councils…
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Grace Pupils Win Chinese Contest, To Visit China
Pupils of Grace High Schools, Gbagada, Lagos, have won the Chinese bridge competition organised by the Chinese Confucius Institute, in Lagos. The secondary arm of the school won the first place in the competition while four junior school pupils won…
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Apply For Google 2013 Code Jam, Registration Currently Open
Ten years after its inception, Code Jam continues to bring together professional and student programmers from all over the world to solve tough algorithmic puzzles. Last year over 35,000 coders competed, but it was Poland’s Jakub Pachocki (MERET) who earned…
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Student of Polytechnic In Delta Sentenced To Death For Robbing Colleague Of N2,000
AN Ogwashi-Uku High Court in Delta State has sentenced a 23-year old student, Aruhor Ezekiel, to death by hanging for robbing another student of N2,000 at gunpoint. The convict was arraigned on a four-count charge of conspiracy to commit armed…
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Another Student Drowned In Lagos Waters & Body Recovered In Ikorodu
The body of a teenager who drowned, Tuesday, in Oniyanrin river in Owode village, in Ikorodu area of Lagos, was yesterday recovered by officials of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA. The deceased identified as Feyisetan Owonifari was a Junior…
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SSANU Threatens Nationwide Strike Over Unpaid Allowances
National Executive Council of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike if their meeting with the Federal Government fails to address their demands. The union is asking for payment of the Earned…
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Nigerian Polytechincs Academic Staffs To Continue Strike Action – ASUP President
The seven–day warning strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), entered the second day on Tuesday, and affected academic activities in some institutions. Mr Chibuzor Asomugba, National President of ASUP, told NAN that though the union…
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NUC Plans Introduction Of New Programme ‘Carrying Capacity’ For All Academic Programmes In Nigeria University System
After years of allocating carrying capacities to Nigerian universities, the National Universities Commission (NUC), is taking a step further, with the introduction of programme carrying capacities for all academic programmes in the Nigerian University System (NUS). The Executive Secretary, Professor…
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Teachers To Commence Indefinite Strike In 19 States
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has order teachers in nineteen States of country to begins an indefinite strike following the denial of the States to put into effect an agreement on payment of 27.5 percent Teachers Enhance Allowance. The…
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Osun State Government Orders Striking Lecturers To Go Back To School
OSUN State Government,weekend, asked striking lecturers of the four tertiary institutions in the state to resume work in the interests of the students, saying what the government had offered them was the best they could get from any administration. Commissioner…
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New Software To Help Detect Lies Developed
If you are in a habit of lying, mind it now a computer can catch your lie and can throw you in trouble. This all is being claimed by the scientists from the University of Buffalo, who have recently highlighted…
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Join Discussion Forum For Students On Scholarships, Admission and Study Abroad Info
NGScholars is introducing our all new Discussion Forum for all Nigerian Students, Graduates, Youth Corps Members, Job Seekers and many more. The Forum has so many categories all these classes of people we have outlined above can use to share…
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