Strike Continues Until FG Pays Withheld Salaries – ASUU

EducationJobsNewsStrike Continues Until FG Pays Withheld Salaries – ASUU

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 7, 2020

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the strike will continue until the Federal Government paid all the salaries of its members it withheld. The ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, said this on Sunday in a telephone conversation with journalists in Lagos. He said government should not expect the lecturers to resume without paying the withheld salaries. On November 27, there was a report that the union had agreed to end its...

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EDUCATION: Adamawa Govt Set to Employ 2,000 Teachers, Open Recruitment Portal

EducationNewsNigeriaEDUCATION: Adamawa Govt Set to Employ 2,000 Teachers, Open Recruitment Portal

PilotnewsDecember 6, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent _____ The  Adamawa state government is  now set to recruit 2,000 post primary school teachers in a renewed efforts to bridge the dearth of teachers being faced in the state. Already the state Ministry of Education has since opened  an official recruitment  portal and will run for at least  two weeks,  for legible and perspective applicants  to apply. Mr Sunday Steven, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the  state Ministry of Education...

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Bille Mwoh Community In Adamawa Records First Professor

EducationNewsNigeriaPeopleBille Mwoh Community In Adamawa Records First Professor

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 6, 2020

By Hassan Umar Shallpella, News Correspondent ______ Bille Mwoh Community in Demsa local government area of Adamawa State who are predominately farmers was lucky to have one of their sons reached the peak of his academic career of Professor. Coincidently, Professor Michael Ubale Cyril of Modibbo Adamawa University of Technology (MAUTECH) Yola is the first Professor of Techno- Entrepreneurship in Northern Nigeria. To rejoice with the feat, the Bille Mwoh Development Association had organized a Civic Reception...

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American University Denies Appointing Ganduje Visiting Professor

EducationNewsNigeriaPoliticsAmerican University Denies Appointing Ganduje Visiting Professor

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)December 5, 2020

By Ibrahim Abdul’Aziz, Regional Correspondent ____ Amid controversy and mixed reactions, an American university, East Carolina University (ECU) has denied appointing the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, as a visiting professor. The university (ECU) said the letter Mr. Ganduje got from a member of its faculty was unauthorised by the appropriate officials. The university stated its official stance in a letter sent to the Kano governor. The spokesperson of the governor, Abba Anwar,  had earlier told...

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EducationNewsNigeriaKano Govt. Enrols Over 600,000 Out-of-School Children in 1 year

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Kano State Government says it has enrolled over 600,000 Out-of-School children into the formal school system in the 2019/2020 academic year. Alhaji Muhammad Ibn-Alhassan, Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Kano State Qur’anic and Islamiyya School Management Board, stated this in Kano. He disclosed this at the UNICEF 2020 End Year Review and 2021/2022 Annual Work Planning on Wednesday. Ibn-Alhassan said the number was part of the targeted 1.3 million Out-of-School children to be enrolled...

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Medical Director Tasks Doctors on Brain Drain

EducationJobsNewsNigeriaMedical Director Tasks Doctors on Brain Drain

PilotnewsDecember 2, 2020

The Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Abuja, Prof. Saad Ahmed, has advised medical practitioners who had benefited from government’s investment in the health sector to reconsider their decisions to leave Nigeria for practice in other countries. Ahmed gave the advice at the Annual General Meeting and scientific conference of the Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), FMC Jabi Chapter, in Abuja. He said that the rate at which the country was losing its professional healthcare...

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Education Minister Charges School Principals To Be Prudent In Resource Management

EducationNewsNigeriaEducation Minister Charges School Principals To Be Prudent In Resource Management

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 1, 2020

Nigeria Minister of Education Mallam Adamu Adamu has charged Principals of Junior Secondary Schools in the country to ensure accountability and prudent management of resources under their care for results oriented in the education system. The Minister gave the charge while declaring five day capacity development workshop for selected Principals of Junior Secondary Schools holding in twelve states including Adamawa on “Accountability and Responsibility for Effective School Management” organized by Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEB)...

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ADSUBEB Expended N46m To Fight COVID-19 In Schools

CoronavirusEducationNewsADSUBEB Expended N46m To Fight COVID-19 In Schools

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 27, 2020

The Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board (ADSUBEB) has expended forty-six million naira (N46m) for the procurement of face masks, sanitizers, and other items and distributed same across the 22 Local Government Areas for use in primary schools. The Executive Chairman of the Board Alhaji Salihi Ibrahim Ateequ disclosed this in an interview with West African Pilot News said the money was released to the board by Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri as part of a...

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WAEC Fees: Ondo Govt. Takes Over Payment in Public Schools

EducationNewsWAEC Fees: Ondo Govt. Takes Over Payment in Public Schools

PilotnewsNovember 27, 2020

Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State says the state government has concluded plans to pay the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examination fees for students in public schools in the state. Akeredolu disclosed this on Thursday in Akure during a courtesy visit by the national leaders of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN). The governor said the decision to pay the fees was part of his administration’s desire to alleviate the financial burden of parents...

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Sexual violence Reporting App to Be Launched in Nigerian Universities in January

Crime & SecurityEducationNigeriaTechnologySexual violence Reporting App to Be Launched in Nigerian Universities in January

PilotnewsNovember 27, 2020

Plans have been concluded for the launch of a sexual violence reporting app for use in various tertiary institutions in the country. Ms Omowumi Ogunrotimi, Executive Director and Founder, Gender Mobile Initiative (GMI), an NGO in forefront of campaign against sexual violence, disclosed this in Abuja, while signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Kogi State University. Ogunrotimi said when in use, the app popularly known as “Campus Pal”, would help individuals and tertiary institutions...

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