Education
Why we suspended 3-month old strike- ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it suspended its three-month-old strike conditionally after carefully reviewing its engagement with the federal government.
ASUU National President, Comrade Biodun Ogunyemi, who spoke at a Press Conference in Abuja, said the union’s [...]
NECO releases Nov/DEC 2018 examination results
The National Examinations Council, NECO, has announced the release of the 2018 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination, SSSCE, for external candidates.
Acting Registrar of NECO, Mr Abubakar Gana, who made the announcement in a statement available to newsmen in Abuja, said 59,963 [...]
Buhari flags off oil drilling in Gongola basin
The search for commercial hydrocarbon deposits in Nigeria’s frontier explorations basin commenced last Saturday with the official flag-off of drilling activities in the Kolmani River II Oil Well in the Gongola basin of Benue Trough by President Muhammadu Buhari.
TETFund: varsities, others get N727b in four years
The Federal Government has said it allocated a total of N727, 225,862,128.86 to universities, polytechnics and colleges of education through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, between 2015 and 2018.
JAMB: UNIBEN must apologise over shady CBT centre
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has said the University of Benin shall be required to apologise to the Board and the nation at large, if evidence is adduced to prove the infraction committed on the ground of a highly respected institution as UNIBEN.
JAMB’s remarks foll [...]
TETFund: Bogoro promises to improve staff welfare
The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, has assured staff of the agency of his commitment to improve their welfare.
While addressing TETFund staff, in his first meeting with them, Bogoro said his re-instatement was unprecedented in Nigeria’ [...]
Dickson blames Nigerian elites for cheap universities
Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has blamed the country’s leadership for the cheap fees charged by public universities.
Dickson, who spoke in Abuja when he led a high-powered delegation from the state to secure the approval of the National Universities Commission, NUC, for the est [...]
JAMB slams UNIBEN over suspension remarks
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has refuted a statement by the University of Benin that the suspension of its CBT centre was done hastily and without proper investigation.
JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, in a statement issued in Abuja, [...]
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