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ASUU Disagrees With FG Over Payment of Bursary Allowances To Varsity, College of Education Students
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has strongly disagreed with the Federal Government’s plan to make the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) responsible for payment of the proposed N75,000 and N50, 000 bursary allowances per semester to students who are studying education courses in public universities and colleges of education in the country, respectively.…
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Armed Soldiers Detain Sudanese President, Ministers in Likely Coup Attempt
Some yet to be identified soldiers in Sudan have launched an offensive against members of the country’s caretaker government, raising fears of yet another military coup in a country long beset by political turmoil. Reports have it that the Prime Minister, Abdalla Hamdok has been taken into custody by soldiers on Monday morning after an…
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Why Lawmakers Must End Dichotomy Between Bsc, HND, ASUP President
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), has called on the House of Representatives to without further delay pass into law a bill before it aiming at abolishing the existing dichotomy between first degree (BSc/B.Ed) and the Higher National Diploma (HND) holders, adding that, the gap was in the interest of growth and development of…
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Flash: Police Arrest 13 Oyo Fleeing Inmates in Osun
Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of thirteen inmates who escaped from Abolongo Custodial Centre of the Nigeria Correctional Service, Oyo State on Friday night. According to the Nation, It was gathered that the police, with the help of residents, arrested the fleeing inmates in the communities in the Ejigbo Local Government Area…
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Ebonyi: Inspector Killed, Gunman Shot Dead as Police Repel Attack on Station (Graphic Photos)
Police inspector has been killed while another was injured when gunmen attacked Unwana Divisional Headquarters station in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State. The yet to be identified gunmen numbering about 35 attacked the police station at about 3am on Sunday, October 24. Spokesperson of the State Police Command, DSP Odah Loveth Obianuju,…
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Man Surrenders Self To Police After Stabbing Female Medical Student To Death
A 27-year-old man has surrendered himself to police in Oloitoktok, Kajiado County, Kenya and confessed to killing his girlfriend after an argument. The man, who identified himself as an IT intern, admitted to stabbing his girlfriend, a 22-year-old Kenya Medical Training College (KMTC) student, Miriam Chepchirchir, to death on Friday, October 22. The suspect told…
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Two Lecturers Dismissed Over Alleged Sexual Harassment
The Governing Council of the Federal Polytechnic, Bauchi has approved the dismissal of two lecturers, Abubakar Baba and Adebusoye Sunday, accused of allegedly sexually harassing their students. The rector, Sunusi Gumau, stated this while briefing newsmen at the end of the 98th meeting of the council, on Sunday in Bauchi. Mr Gumau said that the…
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Varsity Expels 3 Postgraduate Students Over Exam Malpractices
Authorities of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education, Port Harcourt, have expelled three post graduates students for engaging in various forms of examination malpractices. Vice Chancellor of Ignatius Ajuru University, Professor Ozo-Mekuri Ndimele disclosed the disciplinary action taken against the students involved in examination malpractices by the management of the institution in a post on his…
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How DSS Brought Herbalists, Killed 5 Cats During July Invasion, Freed Igboho’s Aides Opens Can of Worms
By Punch Onaolapo Ademola is one of the 12 associates of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, aka Sunday Igboho, who were recently released on bail from the custody of the Department of State Services. In this interview with KAYODE OYERO, Ademola narrates how the secret police raided the Ibadan residence of Igboho in a Gestapo…
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President Buhari Sends Vital Message To ASUU Leadership
President Muhammadu Buhari has urged the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to always embrace dialogue in the quest to better education in the country. Buhari stated this while delivering his address during the 36th Convocation Ceremony of the University of Ilorin on Saturday. The President, who was represented by the Prof.…
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