THE National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the results of the 2024 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for Unity Schools. The Minister of State for Education, Dr. Yusuf Sununu, made this known during a press briefing on the outcome of the examination on Tuesday. Recall that this year’s examination was …
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THE Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says it will embark on industrial action, if government fails to suspend the new Scheme of Service in Nigeria Polytechnics, which took effect, June 7. The Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State chapter of the union stated this after at an emergency congress in Auchi …
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VICE President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Kashim Shettima, has restated the government’s unvarnished commitment to deepening economic and financial inclusion in line with President Bola Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda, noting that financial inclusion is a core component and the government is making a lot of efforts to …
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THE University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has announced implementation of its policy on sexual harassment across all campuses. Prof. Owunari Georgewill, the Vice Chancellor of the institution, made this known at a news conference organised by the Youths Friendly Centre (YFC) in Port Harcourt on Tuesday. He said that the …
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Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has warned tertiary institutions especially universities to stop admissions of underage describing it as “illegal “. He said that illegal admission such as admitting underage needed to be aborted. Oloyede made the assertion at the opening of the …
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Commissioners for Education in the country will engage with the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) in Abuja to strategise on the best way to address the pervasive issue of sexual harassment in tertiary institutions. The meeting, which is expected to focus on sexual harassment in tertiary …
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Students of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in the Edo State capital, on Wednesday, July 3, 2024, took to the streets and blocked the ever-busy Benin-Ore Highway to protest weeks of power outage on campus. The UNIBEN students, who have only two weeks until their first semester examinations, said the …
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The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has called for immediate action regarding the plight of 1,800 teachers employed in Federal Government Unity Schools who have reportedly been unpaid for 36 months. HURIWA expressed profound dismay and indignation that despite the Federal Ministry of Education’s significant personnel budget expenditure, …
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The Senate of the University has elected Professor Aisha Sani Maikudi as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the University pending the inauguration of the University Council and the appointment of a substantive Vice-Chancellor. This followed the end of the tenure of Professor AbdulRasheed Na’Allah as the 6th Vice Chancellor …
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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has postponed the commencement of the loan application process for students in state-owned tertiary institutions in the country. The application window which was supposed to have opened on Tuesday, June 25, would now commence on July 10, 2024, barring any other unforeseen circumstances. The …
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