World Teachers Day: Abiodun showers cash, house gifts on teachers, administrators, schools

As part of activities marking the 2022 World Teachers Day, the Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun, has rewarded teachers, school administrators and schools that have excelled in academics with houses and cash gifts. He also offered employment to the wife of departed Mr Sunday Ogunjimi, a teacher in Odeda Local Government Area who slumped and […]

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Maiden edition of Fasakin’s inter-school football competition ends 4 – 0

Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Ile Oluji, Ondo State, Prof Adedayo Fasakin, presenting the golden cup to the Captain of the winning team from School of Business & Management Studies at the maiden edition of the Prof. Emmanuel Adedayo Fasakin’s Inter-School Football Competition on Tuesday 4th October, 2022 The maiden edition of the Prof. Emmanuel […]

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FG cautions ASUU over disobeying National Industrial Court order

The Federal Government has cautioned the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over disobeying the order of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) to call off its ongoing strike. Dr Chris Ngige, the Minister of Labour and Employment, gave the advice in a statement signed by Mr Olajide Oshundun, the Deputy Director, Press and […]

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Lagos fixes October 6 for BECE resit

Lagos State Examinations Board has fixed October 6, as the new date for the 2022 Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE) resit. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Orunsolu Adebayo, Director, Lagos State Examinations Board, on Wednesday in Lagos. The statement noted that the examination earlier scheduled for September 28, had been postponed […]

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Afe Babalola warns: Dearth of quality teachers endangers education

Seeks proper funding for teacher training colleges Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has warned that the dearth of quality teachers in the country posed a great danger to functional education. Babalola, who cited the anomalies noticed in Kaduna, Kwara and Sokoto states where teachers failed examinations meant for their […]

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FG reverses varsities’ reopening order, ASUU adamant

The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission, on Monday, withdrew its circular which ordered vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and governing councils to re-open federal universities. A circular, tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135, was earlier addressed to all vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors, and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities, ordering them to re-open universities. However, in another circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/136, which […]

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ASUU: FG makes U-turn, withdraws order to reopen varsities

The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission, Monday afternoon, withdrew its circular which ordered vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and governing councils to re-open federal universities. It had had been reported earlier that a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 was addressed to all vice-chancellors; pro-chancellors and chairmen of governing councils of federal universities ordering them to re-open universities. But […]

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Resumption order: Strike is total, comprehensive — ASUU spits fire

Says members will not be in classes but… The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Monday, said the Federal Government owned her Universities and can decide when to close and open the institutions. ASUU Chairman, University of Ibadan, Prof Ayoola Akinwole, who stated this in Ibadan, said that the Union never shut down the […]

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ASUU resumption: VCs succumb to FG, open attendance register for varsity lecturers

To advertise positions of lecturers who fail to resume after one week Govt plans to source for lecturers from private varieties, engage vibrant qualified retired civil servants, others The federal government may further direct university management to open an attendance register for lecturers of all public universities in the country upon resumption of universities as […]

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OYOSUBEB warns job seekers to beware of scammers, says no recruitment yet

Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, (OYOSUBEB) on Friday warned the public against an online advertisement suggesting that it has commenced recruitment exercises for the year 2022. A statement by Olamide Adeniji, the Head, Media Team, said that the board’s Executive Chairman, Dr. Nureni Adeniran, described the advertisement as a scam. It said the chairman […]

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