Education

The Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) and Rivers State University, Port Harcourt are set to celebrate the late renowned writer, Captain Elechi Amadi through the institution of an international lecture series. Titled ANA/RSU International Conference on Creative Writing, the first edition of the event subtitled ‘Celebrating Elechi Amadi’ kicks off …

… Targets 7,000 children in first phase … Orders more hostel, staff quarters for Fed Poly Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, traveled to Monguno on Sunday where he led the enrollment of 4,229 school-aged children, amongst them were many orphans whose parents were killed during the Boko Haram …

The National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has resolved to continue with its strike which is now in its sixth month. After a marathon meeting held over-night on Sunday, August 28, 2022, at ASUU’s headquarters at the University of Abuja, the Union, early …

[email protected] 0705 263 1058 As the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) meets today (Sunday) to determine the way forward in the face of an obvious, even if reckless, irresponsible and condemnable snub by the Muhammadu Buhari administration, the decision will go one way …

Monday, 29 August, 2022 Mother Teresa, the Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun who died a saint, left more than her graceful actions. She strung together unusual letters and left immortal words. In moments of anger, I always remember her counsel: “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their …

By Chijioke Okoronkwo Abuja, Aug. 28, 2022 Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says he places high value on the virtues of integrity, transparency and social justice. Osinbajo’s spokesman, Laolu Akande, in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the vice-president interacted with a group of Harvard Business School students who visited him …

By Muhammad Lawal Birnin Kebbi, Aug. 25, 2022 The United Nations Children Education Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday said it is intervening on how to upscale e-learning in 400 schools in nine Local Government Areas of Kebbi State. Mr. Isa Usman-Sokoto, UNICEF Representative in Kebbi State made the disclosure at the …

By Muhammad Lawal Birnin Kebbi, Aug. 25, 2022 Alhaji Umaru Shehu-Adili, Head of Physical Planning Unit, Kebbi State Universal Basic Education Board (KBSUBEB), on Thursday said construction and renovation of 3,782 classrooms across the state had gulped N19 billion in seven years. He made the disclosure at the flag-off of …

Media aides, alongside social media associates, on Thursday unveiled a compendium, the 3rd Verdict, to celebrate the 53rd birthday of Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum. The compendium’s Editor-in-Chief, who is also the Governor’s Adviser on Public Relations and Strategy, Malam Isa Gusau, announced the unveiling via a statement. …

Washington, Aug. 24, 2022 U.S. President Joe Biden said on Wednesday his administration would forgive student loan debt for many borrowers and would extend a pause on student loan repayments until Dec. 31 of this year. Biden said on Twitter his administration would forgive 20,000 dollars in student loan debt …

And so we are told that the federal government of Muhammadu Buhari, having failed to honour its agreement with ASUU (Academic Staff Union of Universities) has now come up with the ingenious and perfect solution which is the speculated plan to proscribe the union. What an unconscionable government! And just …

[email protected] 0705 263 1058 The headline above is not originally mine. Rather, it is the title of an online publication by ng.news247.com on 30th May, 2021, the eve of Osodeke’s election as the president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Osodeke took over the mantle of leadership from …

By Joan Nwagwu Abuja, Aug. 20, 2022 The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions, NASU, and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, said it would suspend its ongoing strike on Wednesday. The JAC’s spokesman, Mr. Peters Adeyemi, said this in …

  By Funmilayo Adeyemi Abuja, Aug. 18, 2022 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has advanced reasons why its meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs-led committee of the Federal Government on Aug. 16 ended in deadlock. The union explained that the deadlock came into being because of a certain …

An association of alumni of Abia State University, Zenith Environmental and Social Protection Network (ZESPRONET), has started raising funds for more corporate social responsibility projects, with its international President, Dr. Boris Emeka Oji, saying that his members have a blueprint for the transformation of the South-East geo-political zone of the …

[email protected] 0807 552 5533 Last week we featured the intervention of the immediate past vice-chancellor of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Professor Eyitope Ogunbodede, on the lingering crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government, which began on February 14 this year. As an insider, Ogunbodede, …

Governor Hope Uzodimma’s determination to turn around the fortunes of Imo State was taken to another level on Friday when he got President Muhammadu Buhari’s approval for the federal government to build a teaching hospital for the Federal University of Technology Owerri. The National Universities Commission recently approved the commencement of …

By Emmanuel Acha Enugu, Aug. 13, 2022 The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, has donated a 12-classroom block and lockup plastic desks and seats to St. Paul’s College, Eke in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State. Onyeama, who made the donation on Saturday, also said that plans …

  By Gami Tadanyigbe Abuja, Aug. 10, 2022 Prof. Sydney Uchenna Osuji of the Faculty of Education, the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), has called on the Federal Government to initiate curricular reforms to redirect educational focus to the changing world of works and life. Osuji, who is a …

… Candidates now access results  … Zulum approved N1.5 Billion in 3 years Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, has approved the release of over three hundred million naira to offset fees owed the West African Examination Council (WAEC) by 21,827 students of public secondary schools who wrote this …

By Funmilayo Adeyemi Abuja, Aug. 10, 2022 The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the recently conducted mop-up examination for 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME). JAMB released the results in a statement by the board’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Dr Fabian Benjamin, …

[email protected] 0807 552 5533 Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Started on February 14, 2022, the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) is six months old – and with no end in sight yet! Last week, the union further extended the strike by another four weeks. …

Professor Uchenna Sydney Ajunwa Osuji, KSC will on Wednesday, August 10, 2022 deliver the 20th Inaugural Lecture Series of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). Osuji is a Professor of Measurement and Evaluation in the NOUN’s Department of Educational Foundations, Faculty of Education. The Vice Chancellor of the University, …

The Governing Council of Shehu Shagari College of Education, has at its 79th meeting, held Friday, approved the reopening of the College on Monday, August 8, 2022. The College was shut down indefinitely by Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal about 87 days ago after a mob killed and set ablaze Ms. …

Young Kelechi Ibe has done it! He has passed out of the University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom in flying colours. The youngster studied Sports Management and is ready to hit the ground running. The United Kingdom-based Nigerian-born parents of Kelechi, Henry and Uzoma Victoria Ibe, as well as all …