Education
2020 admissions: tertiary institutions set June 15 deadline
Heads of tertiary institutions in Nigeria have set June 15, 2021 as deadline for all admissions into tertiary institutions for the 2020/2021 Academic Session.
Authorities of the institutions collectively took the decision during a virtual meeting of Heads of Tertiary Institutions in the country [...]
JAMB: Why UTME scammers are flooding North
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, says fraudulent Computer Based Test, CBT, centres are flooding some parts of the north, having been put out of their unwholesome business in the South through i [...]
One year after, UniCal lecturer still in captivity
One year after he was abducted from his home, a lecturer with the University of Calabar, Dr David Ugwu, is still in captivity.
Ugwu was abducted on the 14th of February 2020 from the comfort of his home in Calabar, Cross River State.
The plight of the kidnapped lecturer was brought to th [...]
Kagara school abductions: UNICEF, NUT worry over enrollment
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has strongly condemned the attack on Government Science College in Kagara, which led to the dead of one student and at least 27 others kidnapped.
UNICEF Nigeria Representative, Peter Hawkins, in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja, called f [...]
Kagara school abductions: UNICEF, NUT worry over enrollment
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF, has strongly condemned the attack on Government Science College in Kagara, which led to the dead of one student and at least 27 others kidnapped.
UNICEF Nigeria Representative, Peter Hawkins, in a statement released to newsmen in Abuja, called f [...]
We’re re-strategizing basic education in North East- UBEC
The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, says it is adopting new strategies on the delivery of basic education in Nigeria’s North East.
The commission said instead of constructing big structures, it is now consulting with the Alarammas to identify their essential needs in order for [...]
Bobboyi harps on importance of girl-child education
The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Dr Hamid Bobboyi has stressed the importance of girls’ education to national development.
Bobboyi stated this over the weekend while commissioning a girl-child community centre in Gafia Village, in Kaita Local Government [...]
SSANU, NASU to begin indefinite strike Feb 5
Nigerian universities are bracing for another bout of industrial action as the non-teaching staff of the institutions say they are proceeding on a total strike on February 5, 2021.
The non-academic staff unions under the aegis of Joint Action Committee, JAC, said the action has become necessary [...]
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