It is over a week since the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) went on strike nationwide over inability of the Federal Government to meet up with the agreement it had with the union. The union has said it opted for total, comprehensive and indefinite strike after exhausting all avenues …
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Mixed reactions on Wednesday trailed the decision of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), to peg the minimum cut-off mark for admissions into universities at 120. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that most Nigerians decried the reduction in the cut-off describing it as `too low a requirement …
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Acting President Yemi Osinbajo has directed that the online portal of the government’s job initiative, N-Power, be reopened June 17 to allow more unemployed Nigerians apply, Mrs. Ahmed advised youth to apply for the Federal Government’s National Social Investment Programme (N-SIP). N-SIP is a federal government program aimed at reducing …
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The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II has charged wealthy individuals in the society to use their wealth in sponsoring qualified youths to further their studies. Sanusi made the callon Tuesday at the 43rd Annual General Meeting and Scientific Conference of the Nigerian Society of Haematology and Blood Transfusion (NSHBT) held in Kano. …
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday said 569,395 of the 1.7 million candidates that wrote this year’s UTME scored over 200 marks. Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, Registrar, JAMB, disclosed this at the policy meeting of the stakeholders of Tertiary Institutions in Abuja. He said 23.8 per cent of …
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What does it take to run a school for blind children? Well, it is fun and also capital intensive. It entails a lot of work. The learning materials and structures are on the high side if we stick to international standard. But the way the third world countries address the …
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The Secretary to the Katsina State Government, Dr. Mustapha Inuwa, has said private schools in the state compliment government’s effort in proving quality education. He made the disclosure during the sixth Speech and Prize Giving Day celebration of Gobarau Academy. He said private school proprietors performed better job of providing …
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The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed, has said that most universities have no accurate and reliable data. Prof. Rasheed, who stated this at a meeting with directors of academic planning of universities in Abuja, said Nigeria was losing a lot because of lack of …
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Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has advocated the election of Vice President that would take over from incumbent President, rather than conducting presidential election. The former President stressed that the system adopted by the NSE is one where election is held into the office of deputy president, who takes over from …
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You recently resumed duties in the university, what is your assessment of the situation on ground? The institution, with all sense of responsibility, represents a tell-tale of disappointment. Yes, because it is unimaginable that the first specialised university of petroleum resources in Africa will suffer the gravity of neglect that …
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