University teachers have criticised as unworkable the directive by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, that Nigerian tertiary institutions should resume their academic activities, which were truncated by the coronavirus pandemic, with online teaching. They faulted the directive in a leaflet issued by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Ibadan, Publicity Committee, […]
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Unsure of how soon the Corona Virus pandemic will end, Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu has directed vice-chancellors, rectors and provosts to reopen using virtual learning. But experts have argued that the nation’s education sector is not prepared for such. Worried about the continued closure of the nation’s higher educational institutions over the CoronaVirus […]
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Osun State Government has announced the commencement of School-on-air for primary and secondary school students and pupils of the State. In a statement by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education, Mr. Jamiu Olawumi on Monday, government stated that the on-air education programme is to complement teaching and learning in the state. Jamiu said […]
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The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned candidates who sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to be wary of fraudsters calling them for the upgrade of scores. The board, in its weekly bulletin on Sunday in Abuja, warned that such calls for the doctoring of their outcomes were a scam.It […]
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Authorities of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, have expressed grief over the sudden death of one of the institution’s erudite Professors, Christopher Olumuyiwa Aboluwoye, who died on Thursday April 9 after an illness. The Acting Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Olugbenga Ige, who visited the family of the late scholar on Friday alongside […]
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The Rector of Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Prof Adedayo Fasakin, on Friday greeted Christians within the Polytechnic community and across the Country, Nigeria at large on the celebration of Easter. In a message which he signed, he said that despite the lockdown occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic and an imminent gloomy economy, he said that […]
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Polytechnics teachers under the umbrella of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has shelved its proposed strike to support the fight against the spread of COVID-19 pandemic across the country. The union’s President, Mr Anderson Ezeibe, said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. He said that the union’s 97th National Executive Council (NEC) […]
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• Nigerians should join hands to win piracy war insists copyright commission The desperate movement of legs and vehicles on the road to Lawanson told Helen Irozuru something was wrong. It was either officials of Vehicles Inspectorate Unit or Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) were operating. Whenever officials from any of these agencies came out, everybody […]
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The Parents Teachers Association, PTA, in Ondo State has called on parents to ensure that their children and wards are well taken care of by obeying government laid down rules in the stay at home directive in support of the fight against the deadly Covid-19 pandemic. Its chairman in the state, Chief Abimbola Omoloja gave […]
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By Malcolm Little Black In vain man tries to fathom,With the aid of his crown of clay,The content of the tidings i bring,And the extent of what is at play. From the desk of revered scienceCame such a sweetened lie;Beyond certain degrees i’m numbed,Half truth is worse than half baked pie. He knows not whence […]
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