ASUU Suspends Nine-Month Strike, Promise to Return to Strike If Gov’t fails Its Promises

EducationLabourNewsASUU Suspends Nine-Month Strike, Promise to Return to Strike If Gov’t fails Its Promises

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 23, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), has suspended its strike on Wednesday, ending the industrial action it started in March 2020. This was disclosed by the ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, during a media briefing of the union in Abuja. He added that the suspension of the strike will take place from Thursday, December 24th, 2020. On Tuesday, the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, had assured Nigerians that the prolonged strike...

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ASUU Suspends 9-month Old Strike

EducationLabourNewsNigeriaASUU Suspends 9-month Old Strike

PilotnewsDecember 23, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has suspended its nine months old strike conditionally. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU President, said this during a news conference at the end of its emergence National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on Wednesday in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that ASUU had embarked on strike since March 23 to press home its demands which include funding for the Revitalization of Public Universities, payment of...

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Media Scholar, Prof. Pate Emerges VC Federal University, Kashere

EducationNewsNigeriaMedia Scholar, Prof. Pate Emerges VC Federal University, Kashere

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 18, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ The Adamawa born  and one of Nigeria’s most celebrated communications scholar  Professor Umaru Pate has been elected Vice Chancellor, Federal University, Kashere Gombe State. Professor Umaru Pate is currently Dean Post graduate School, Bayero University Kano, A well credentialed scholar, academic of international repute, Pate is the pioneer Dean, Faculty of Communication, Bayero University Kano. A Professor of Media and Society and an advocate of investigative journalism, Pate has...

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Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaBREAKING NEWS: Boko Haram Claims Responsibility for Abduction of Kankara School Boys

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 15, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ The Boko Haram terrorists have claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of schoolboys of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in Katsina State. In a 4:30 audio message sent to Daily Nigerian, the leader of Boko Haram, Abubakar Shekau, said his group abducted the schoolboys because Western education is against the tenets of Islam. “What happened in Katsina was done to promote Islam and discourage un-Islamic practices as Western education...

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Protest in Katsina Over the Abduction of Schoolboys

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaProtest in Katsina Over the Abduction of Schoolboys

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 14, 2020

There was a protest in Katsina State on Sunday over the abduction of many schoolboys from the Government Science Secondary School, Kankara in the Kankara Local Government Area of the state. According to The Punch, the protesters demanded the prompt rescue of the students abducted by bandits on Friday night. The protest was led by a woman who was identified as one of the mothers of the abducted students. The protesters went round the school...

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“Bring Back Our Children” – Kastina Residents Protest Abduction of School Boys

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeria“Bring Back Our Children” – Kastina Residents Protest Abduction of School Boys

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 14, 2020

On Sunday, residents of Katsina state took their displeasure and agitation over the abduction of an unspecified number of secondary school students in Kankara LGA, Kastina state. The West African Pilot (WAP) had reported how an outlaw gang had stormed a government science secondary school in the council area on Friday and attacked the students. The protesters carried placards with inscriptions, such as ‘Government Must Speak Out’, ‘We Want our Children Back’, and ‘We Want...

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Banditry: Police Confirm Attack On School in Katsina State

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaBanditry: Police Confirm Attack On School in Katsina State

PilotnewsDecember 12, 2020

The Police Command in Katsina, on Saturday confirmed an attack by gunmen on Government Science Secondary School (GSSS) Kankara,  on Friday night. This is contained in a statement issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO),  SP Gambo Isah, and made available to newsmen in Katsina. “Yesterday, at about 9:40 p.m., bandits in their numbers, shooting sporadically with AK 47 rifles, attacked GSSS Kankara, Kankara Local Government Area. “The policemen on duty also responded...

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FCE Yola Commission Six Projects Executed By TETFund

EducationInfrastructureFCE Yola Commission Six Projects Executed By TETFund

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 11, 2020

The Federal College of Education, F.C.E Yola has commissioned six projects executed under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund TETFund as facilitated by the Office of Secretary to the Government of the Federation SGF. The project includes Bappa Aliyu Muhammad Sports Hall, 1000 Capacity sports Hall, School of early childhood care and primary education, Aminu Ahmad Chiroma Auditorium Directorate of I.C.T as well as Arts and social science complex. Speaking at the event, the Provost of...

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NICO Trains 80 People In Indigenous Languages In Adamawa

Culture & TraditionEducationNewsNigeriaNICO Trains 80 People In Indigenous Languages In Adamawa

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 10, 2020

As part of its mandate to ensure the preservation of cultural practices, the National Institute for Cultural Orientation (NICO) in Adamawa has trained 80 people in different indigenous languages from January to November 2020. Mrs. Jane Anigala, NICO Director in Adamawa told newsmen on Tuesday in Yola that the institute has the mandate of orienting Nigerians on cultural values. “Some of our languages are going into extinction and we want to encourage people to come...

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EducationLabourNewsNigeriaWe Have Kept Our Promises to ASUU – FG

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 9, 2020

The Federal Government has said that it has delivered on it promises made to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). This was in a reaction to the union’s claim that the government had failed to deliver on offers made to the union. The President of the union, Prof. biodun Ogunyemi made this claim last week. The academics blamed the FG for the union’s failure to call off the strike, adding that the lecturers would...

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