Year: 2024
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Polytechnic Lecturers Reject New Scheme of Service Released by NBTE
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic, ASUP, has turned-down the release and immediate implementation of the new scheme of service by the Head of Service of the Federation, HOSF, through the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE). Addressing newsmen on Friday at the Plateau State Polytechnic, the Zone B Coordinator of the union, Comrade Simji…
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Just In: President Tinubu Announces Minimum Wage
The Nation Newspaper President Tinubu has approved a N70,000 minimum wage for Nigerian workers with a promise to review the national minimum wage law every three years. The Nation reports the leadership of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) are at the Presidential Villa, Abuja for a scheduled meeting with…
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JAMB Announces Categories of Candidates Excluded From Post UTME
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Thursday announced categories of candidates to be excluded from the post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, popularly known as Post-UTME. The Registrar, JAMB, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, disclosed the set of candidates to be excluded as follows, “Candidates from outside Nigeria who applied through UTME/DE modes are exempted from…
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JAMB Announces Cut-Off Mark For Admission Into Varsity,Poly, Colleges of Education
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has set 140 as minimum admissible scores for 2024 admissions into universities across the country. The Registrar of the Board, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, disclosed this after the deliberations by stakeholders at the 2024 Policy Meeting on Admissions to Tertiary Institutions. The meeting held in Abuja, on Thursday. Oloyede…
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FG Pegs Minimum Age For Admission Seekers, Says it’s Now A Policy
The minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman says candidates seeking admission into higher institutions must now be 18 and above. The minister spoke on Wednesday at the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) 2024 policy meeting. During his address, Mamman pegged the minimum age for admission into universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education at 18.…
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Student Loan: FG Begins Disbursement, Gives Insight On Applications, Beneficiaries
Punch Newspaper The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund, Dr. Akintunde Sawyerr, says students of higher institutions based in Nigeria’s South are not applying for loans because they doubt the viability. Sawyerr said this when he briefed State House correspondents after the launch of the disbursement of loans to applicants by President Bola…
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Who is Didi Walson-Jack? 7 Facts About Nigeria’s New Civil Service Chief
President Bola Tinubu has approved the appointment of Mrs. Didi Esther Walson-Jack, OON, as Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, with effect from August 14, 2024. Here are seven things to know about Esther Walson-Jack: Things to know about Mrs. Didi Walson-JackExtensive Experience in Public ServiceMrs. Didi Walson-Jack has built a remarkable career…
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Final Year Student Student Murdered in Bayelsa Over N150
Some youths from Amassoma, the host community of Niger Delta University (NDU) located at the Wilberforce Island axis of the community have murdered a final-year student from the Social Science Education department of the institution, identified as Francis Palowei over N150 levy at a sand dump. A resident of the community who spoke on the…
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BREAKING: Senate sacks Ndume as Chief Whip
The Senate has removed Senator Mohamed Ali Ndume (Borno South) as Chief Whip, following his recent criticisms of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s government. Ndume’s removal was endorsed by members of the APC Senate Caucus during plenary, after a voice vote by Senate President Godswill Akpabio, on Wednesday. The national leadership of the ruling party, APC,…
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Just In: Court Orders Reinstatement of Impeached Edo Deputy Governor
A Federal High Court in Abuja has voided the impeachment of Phillip Shuaibu as the Deputy Governor of Edo State. Justice James Omotosho, in a judgment on Wednesday ordered his reinstatement to office on the grounds that the Edo State House of Assembly failed to comply with due process in purporting to impeach Shuaibu. Shuaibu,…