Abduction: Four Female Students Of Federal University Dutsinma Regain Freedom

After 73 days in captivity, the four remaining abducted female students of the Federal University Dutsinma in Katsina State have been rescued. Recall that five students of the University were abducted on October 3, when gunmen invaded their rented apartment in the Katsina metropolis at midnight. One of the students was rescued in November and has since been reunited with her family. The university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Armaya’u Bichi disclosed this to Journalists in Dutsinma...

Public universities, polytechnics are no longer part of IPPIS – FG

Government-owned tertiary institutions have been yanked off the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, which has slowed down staff remuneration and recruitment, among other things since 2006. The Minister of the Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, said on Wednesday that the development is to make room for greater autonomy. Minister Idris said the exemption of public tertiary institutions from the IPPIS was a joint decision of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, in response...

Yobe University holds workshop on significance of study, review of manuscripts

The Yobe State University has held a 2-Day workshop on the significance of study and review of manuscripts. The Chancellor of Yobe State University, Professor Mala Mohammed Daura declared the programme open with the theme: “Training of Postgraduate Students How to Handle the indigenous Manuscripts” at Good Luck Ebele Jonathan Library of the University. Daura highlighted the need for the students to concentrate on what the resource persons will put them through. He commended the efforts...

FULafia students protest rampant attacks and abductions by bandits

The students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Nasarawa State took to the streets on Thursday in protest over the increasing spate of bandits attacks and abductions. The school’s hostels have witnessed invasion by bandits in recent times with scores of students ferried away to an unknown destination. The latest attack on Wednesday night saw all the occupants of an off-campus hostel named Confidence Lodge, except two students, abducted. The two students who...

Kidnapping: Students Of Federal University of Lafia Stage Protest

Following the kidnapping of ten students of the Federal University of Lafia in Nasarawa State on Wednesday, their colleagues have staged a protest calling for the unconditional release of those abducted and the stoppage of the criminal act. The institution was established in 2012 along with others and the Gandu community is one of the student villages around the University that have continued to expand in population due to its proximity to campuses. Cases of...

Prof. Kate Azuka Omenugha Resumes as Acting VC

The second professor of Mass Communication in Nigeria, Prof. Kate Azuka Omenugha, has resumed as the 4th Vice Chancellor and the 1st female Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University, Igbariam. Her resumption on Tuesday as Acting Vice Chancellor of the University was marked by a smooth transition from the immediate past Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Greg Nwakoby, in the Vice Chancellor’s conference room at the University. The handover witnessed by the school management...

New Acting VC, Omenugha Assures of Increased ‘Visibility and Viability’

Prof. Kate Omenugha  was recently appointed as the Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University Ahead of her resumption on Tuesday as the first female Vice Chancellor of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu University, formerly Anambra State University, Prof. Kate Omenugha has said that her time as Vice Chancellor will be marked by increased visibility and viability of the university. The newly appointed vice chancellor who also emphasized building a new moral code for students of the university and...

Soludo suspends school principal for violating Anambra free education policy

The Principal of Metu Memorial Secondary School, Onitsha, Dr. Fidelia Ogili has been asked to step down as the principal of the school for going against the mandate of Governor Chukwuma Soludo on free and compulsory Education for JSS students of the school. This is contained in a release signed by the Chairman Post Primary Schools Service Commission, PPSSC Awka, Professor Nkechi Ikediugwu. According to the release it was gathered that on a PTA meeting...

FCTA trains over 3,000 staff on ICT, repositions workforce for digital age

To enhance productivity, the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is embracing digital transformation, aiming to align its workforce with global trends through a comprehensive digitization strategy. Mr  Samuel Atang, Director,  office of Permanent Secretary FCTA, stated that  over 3,000 staff have been trained in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to upgrade FCTA ICT to world class standards. He noted that the best cities in the world are technologically driven, which he called on the younger...

Labour readiness: ITF Trains 6,670 youths, women in 2023

The Industrial Training Fund (ITF) has disclosed it trained and equipped about 6,670 youths and women in various skills across Nigeria in 2023. Director General of ITF, Dr. Afiz Oluwatoyin Ogun disclosed this on Thursday at the graduation ceremony and distribution of start-up packs to beneficiaries of the 2023 National Industrial Skills Development Programmes (NISDP) in Abuja. Ogun who was represented by Olasupo James Abimbola, Director of Technical Vocational Skills Training Development Department in ITF,...

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