Category: Education

Vow to shut down Abuja over unkept agreements Non-teaching staff in the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO) on Thursday concluded a three-day nationwide protests to press home their demands which centred on the controversial Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System(IPPIS) and sharing formula of the N40 billion Earned Academic allowances. The placard-carrying protesters, under […]

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has announced January 25, 2021 as resumption date for online classes. The date is contained in the revised academic calendar for the first semester of the 2019/2020 academic session released by the university. The semester is expected to run until April 1, 2021. The Nation

Results of the National Examinations Council (NECO) 2020 were released on Wednesday. NECO released the internal Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE) results with a two per cent increase of candidates who made five credits and above in all subjects. Candidates are advised to get the result checking token from NECO website. Here is a quick […]

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), yesterday, threatened to ground universities in the country should the Federal Government fail to fulfil its demands, including a N40 billion payment. To show seriousness, the two unions have begun a three-day nationwide warning protest in response […]

urges compliance with protocols The National Youth Service Corps has directed its state coordinators, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), to ensure strict compliance with COVID-19 Prevention and Safety Protocols ahead of camp reopening next Tuesday. The scheme will continue its three weeks orientation programme for Batch “B” Stream II on January 19, amidst increase […]

University of Jos has announced January 22 for resumption of the 2019/2020 academic session. Deputy Registrar, Information and Publications of the university, Abdullahi Abdullahi, announced this in a statement on Tuesday, in Jos. The statement said the decision was reached and approved by the Senate of the university at its 4th special meeting on the […]

Schools across the nation will resume on January 18 except the Ministry of Education announces otherwise, the Federal Government stated on Tuesday. National Coordinator of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr Sani Aliyu, said this during a television programme. Aliyu said: “As regards schools, I just want to make a clarification, what the minister […]

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said it will work with security agencies to prosecute any institution or candidate found breaching its admission code of operations. The board announced this in its latest Weekly Bulletin, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. It stressed that henceforth, stringent […]