The Governing Council of University of Abuja has approved the promotion of six academic staff to the rank of professor and four others to the rank of Associate professors and backdated to 2018 and 2019 academic session. The Vice- Chancellor of the University, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’Allah, made this known in a statement, signed by Head of […]
Niger state House of Assembly has called for the establishment of the School of Medical Sciences at the Federal UniversityTechnology (FUT) Minna. This was the resolution of the house after a motion presented by Alhaji Yabagi Akote, Member, Representing Gbako Consistency in Minna on Thursday. The motion was seeking stakeholders interface for the establishment of […]
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, on Thursday in Abuja, charged the Nigerian Army Education Corps Officers on professionalism and dedication in the discharge of their duties. Buratai gave the advice at the end of a four-day training workshop for the Officers, organised by the Nigerian Army Resource Centre (NARC) in conjunction […]
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT), Jos East Chapter, on Wednesday decried the non-implementations of the new minimum wage in the state. Its Chairman, Mr Samuel Agwom, voiced the teachers’ concerns when he led other NUT officials on a courtesy visit to the Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Mr Abok Ayuba. Agwom appealed to the […]
The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), has pledged support to Kogi Government’s Confluence University of Science and Technology in Osara. TETFUND Executive Secretary, Prof. Elias Bogoro, made the pledge when he received Kogi Governor, Yahaya Bello, who was on a working visit to his office, in Abuja on Tuesday. A statement issued by the Chief […]
The Delta Government has sanctioned 41 teachers for examination malpractice during the 2019 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). This is contained in a statement by Mr Patrick Ukah, Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education. Ukah said that the decisions was based on the recommendations by the Examination Ethics Disciplinary Committee of the state. […]
The Lagos State Emergency Managment Agency (LASEMA) on Saturday in Lagos, confirmed the collapse of a three storey building, belonging to Excell College Ejigbo. The building is located at No. 15, Ansarudeen Str. Ile Epo Bus stop, Iyana Ejigbo. The Director General and Chief Executive Officer, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, told newsmen that the […]
The Ebonyi Government has announced that it will re-open schools in the state on Oct. 5, 2020 with the exception of kindergarten and crèches. The the Commissioner for Education, Dr Onyebuchi Chima, announced the plan on Thursday while briefing newsmen at the end of the state’s Executive Council meeting in Abakaliki. Chima described the executive […]
The National Economic Council (NEC) says 15 states have qualified to benefit from the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) funding for education as part of measures to cushion the impact of COVID-19 pandemic on the sector. Gov. Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State disclosed this while virtually briefing State House correspondents after the virtual NEC meeting […]
The Katsina State Government has spent more than N3 billion on payment of Senior School Certificate Examination fees for 320,058 candidates who sat for the examination between 2015 and 2019. The Commissioner of Education in the state, Prof. Badamasi Lawal, made this known during media briefing in Katsina on Thursday. He said that out of […]