University Professor Suspended Over Harassment Of Female Students

Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the Dean of the Faculty of Law University of Calabar (UNICAL) has been suspended following allegations of violating the institution’s established laws and policies. In a letter, signed by the University Registrar, Mr. Gabriel Egbe, the suspension takes effect from Friday August 17, 2023. The suspension of Prof. Cyril Ndifon was as a result of the Vice Chancellor’s dissatisfaction response to a query issued to Prof. Ndifon by the University Management. The...

Wikimedia group trains Anambra CSOs on digital literacy

The Anambra State ICT Agency, in partnership with Wikimedia Nigeria User Group, the Anambra Network, has successfully hosted digital literacy training for members of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) in the state to increase their relevance in the 21st-century technology-driven world. The training workshop tagged ‘Building Tech-Forward Change makers’ which was held at the Agency’s conference room, at the State Government House, Awka, on Tuesday, was designed to empower participants with the fundamental digital skills they...

University of Ibadan reduces working days to three over high transportation cost

The University of Ibadan, UI, has announced the reduction of working days from five to three for staff of the institution to alleviate the burden of the hike in transportation fares to and fro work occasioned by the removal of the petrol subsidy. The university’s registrar and secretary to the council, Ganiyu Oke Saliu who made this known in a statement on Monday, however, noted that the new work schedule does not apply to those...

UNICAL law students accuse faculty dean, Ndifon of sexual harassment, demand suspension

…Ndifon says claims were meant to tarnish his image. “Ndifon must go”, was the chant of law students of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, who stood outside the Vice-Chancellor’s office on Monday, demanding the suspension of the faculty dean, Prof. Cyril Ndifon. The protesting students carried placards with inscriptions suggesting that their demand was based on the dean’s unbridled sexual harassment of female students. Some of the inscriptions read “Professor Ndifon, let the girls with...

38 Inmates In Kano Completes 2023 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination

38 inmates at the Medium Security Custodial Centre, Kurmawa, Kano have successfully completed the 2023 NECO Senior School Certificate Examination. The inmates also graduated from the National Board for Arabic and Islamic Studies examination. At the graduation ceremony on Thursday, Controller of Corrections at the Kano Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Suleiman Inuwa, appreciated the Service for preparing the inmates for better future which is in line with the Correctional Service Act 2019. He...

UNIZIK to deploy human resource management software for administrative duties

Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK) Awka has advanced plans to deploy the use of Human Resource Management Software towards enhancing daily administrative duties in the institution. Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Administration in the university, Prof. Joseph Ikechebelu disclosed this during a chat with newsmen in his office.  Prof Ikechebelu stated that the institution is set for digitalization of most of its administrative processes to enhance service delivery, seamless transition and improvement of work output all...

Teaching in mother tongue improves literacy in North East Nigeria

Learning is no longer difficult for thousands of Kanuri-speaking elementary school kids in North East Nigeria as they now get to receive instructions in their mother tongue rather than Hausa, the widely-spoken language in the region, and the English language. Children in Nigeria are failing to master basic literacy and numeracy skills. Nigeria accounts for one in five out-of-school children globally. And although most of these children are in the northern states where barriers to...

Fuel subsidy removal: Private schools suspend bus services to reduce transportation cost

Some private schools across the country have suspended transportation services for students due to the spike in the price of fuel, the President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, Abayomi Otubela has said. Otubela, who spoke on Monday in Abuja, advised parents to devise alternative means of transporting their wards to school. “Many of our member schools have parked their school buses because of the huge cost of running them,” the...

WAEC releases 2023 WASSCE results 44 days after the examination

…withholds results of candidates from eight states The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the results of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. The Head of the National Office, HNO, WAEC Nigeria, Patrick Areghan gave a breakdown of the results at a press briefing in Lagos on Monday. Areghan said that of a total of 1,613,733 candidates that sat for the examination, 794,280 were males, while 819,453 were females, representing 49.22...

Inadequate Teachers Hit Bauchi State as One Teacher Teaches all Subjects

In Misau Local Government Area of Bauchi State, it was found that in more than 79 schools across the LGA, only one teacher each, teaching all subjects. Korijo Umar, Director of School Services, Bauchi State Universal Basic Education Board, disclosed this during a media chat organized by the United Nations Children Fund UNICEF on the enrollment drive of out-of-school children in Misau and Alkaleri LGAs. Usman stated that many schools in the Misau LGA and...

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