ABUJA — Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on media, Mallam Garba Shehu, says Nigerian universities are as good as and even better than foreign institutions. Shehu stated this on Saturday at the graduation ceremony of his son at the Glisten International Academy, Abuja. According to him, though foreign institutions extend invitations to Nigerians to study in their countries at a discounted rate, Nigerian universities are not inferior to them. He noted that the federal...
ABUJA — The Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to the President, Mallam Garba Shehu has called on parents to join the federal government in begging the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end its ongoing strike. ASUU had on February 14 declared a one-month warning strike to protest the non-implementation of its demands—the replacement of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) with the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) for the payment...
By Anastasia Mbabie (Staff Reporter) AWKA — Primate, Church of Nigeria, Anglican Communion, His Grace, Most Rev. Henry Ndukuba at the weekend commissioned Law faculty building of Paul University, Awka, Anambra State. This came as staff members of the University used the occasion to protest the nonpayment of their salaries for about 28 months. The law building, named after Archbishop of Niger Province, His Grace Rt Rev. Alexander Ibezim was inaugurated by the Primate...
…Keyamo Tells Parents To Beg ASUU …NANS demands the sack of the Minister of Education President Muhammadu Buhari on 19 July 2022 gave the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, two weeks to resolve the over five-month-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as well as other university unions that later downed tools. The news elicited jubilation from Nigerians, especially parents who believed that the end of the lingering strike might be...
By Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent) JOS — In an effort to provide quality education in Plateau State, the government had withdrawn operating licenses of all private schools in Plateau state, following the proliferation of illegal private schools in the state. Mrs. Elizabeth P Wapmuk, Commissioner for Education (Secondary) while briefing Journalists in Jos on the government decision, directed proprietors to obtain fresh operation licenses in an effort to checkmate the proliferation of illegal...
Students in public Universities in Nigeria will spend another month at home following the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extension. President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, announced in a statement on Monday in Abuja, said the four weeks extension would give the government more time to resolve all the outstanding issues. The statement read in part: “Following extensive deliberations and taking cognizance of government’s past failures to abide by its...
By Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent) ABUJA — The Nigeria Law School in conjunction with the Body of Benchers has called 1,507 new lawyers into the legal profession in Nigeria. The occasion was held at the Secretariat of the Body of Benchers behind the headquarters of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) along Airport Road in Abuja. The venue from the school’s headquarters in Bwari was changed as was announced by the director...
ABUJA — Following security breaches in Sheda and Lambata Villages, suburbs of Kwali Area Council, in The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered the immediate closure of the Federal Government College Kwali due to security breaches in Sheda and Lambata Villages, suburbs of Kwali Area Council of the FCT. Director, Press and Public Relations of the Ministry, Ben. Bem Goong in a statement quoted the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu as saying that the...
The National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) has confirmed that it would join Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on a nationwide protest in support of ASUU on July 26 and 27. This is contained in a memo with ref. NUEE/NS/2022/008, signed by General Secretary, Joe Ajaero while communicating the decision of the body after a meeting of the central working committee and national working committee. The union directed all members to “massively mobilize and actively participate...
By Anastasia Mbabie and Handel Patrick (Staff Reporter) Anambra State government has revealed that about 1,075 unapproved primary and secondary schools in the state would be shut down. The notice which listed all the 1,075 schools and their locations was posted on the website of the Anambra State ministry of education on Thursday. The notice read: “The list of unapproved schools in Anambra State has been made public by the Ministry of Education. The...
