Category: Education
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Why ASUU Will Have No Reason To Embark On Strike Again, Minister
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige has assured University students and other stakeholders that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would have no reason to embark on industrial action. Ngige let this out on Wednesday night during a Television programme ”Politics Today” on Channels Television. The Minister said, he would ensure that…
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Unilag Loses €40 million research grants during 3-month crisis, Vice Chancellor
The recently reinstated University of Lagos, Unilag, Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said the university lost about £40 million in research grants by faculty members during the crisis that ravaged the citadel of learning for almost three months, August to November, 2020. He stated this on Monday during an interactive session with newsmen in Akoka,…
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Meet Nigerian Girl, Amarachi Who Was Offered Admission In 3 Foreign Varsities
A Nigerian girl AMARACHI NWAMBA who lives in North West London made the best result in her College by scoring A* in all her 4 subjects (Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics and Spanish). She received offers to study Medicine from University of Oxford, University College London (UCL) and Birmingham University. She accepted the offer from University of…
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How ASUU Strike Turns Me To Emergency Newspaper Vendor, Final Year Student
A 400 level Computer Science Student of the Federal University Lokoja, Thomas Kehinde has decried the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), insisting that both the union and the government are playing games with the lives and future of Nigerian youths. Kehinde, in an exclusive interview with DAILY POST on…
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Strike: NANS To Shut Down Private Varsities, President
The new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Asefon, has vowed to shut down all private universities in the country should the nine-month strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities continue. The NANS president said this while speaking on a PUNCH Online interview programme, The Roundtable. He…
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Meeting Between FG, ASUU Postponed Indefinitely
The meeting slated to hold today, Wednesday between representatives of Federal Government and the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has been postponed Indefinitely. The postponement was contained in a message from Mr. Charles Akpan, Deputy Director, Ministry of Labour and Employment. According to the message, “The Meeting between ASUU and the Federal…
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FG Berates ASUU For ‘Breaching’ Last Meeting Agreement, Set To Meet Wednesday
The Federal Government through the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has berated the leadership of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of breaching a ‘gentleman agreement’ reached at their last meeting which held November 27 over the suspension of the nine-month-old strike. This is as the minister scheduled another meeting for Wednesday with…
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FEDPOFFA Commences Examination with Full Compliance To COVID-19 Protocols
The Federal Polytechnic Offa, Kwara State has commenced the second semester examination for 2019/2020 academic session. The Polytechnic commenced the second semester examination on 7th December, 2020 with strict adherence to preventive guidelines as directed by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Federal Ministry of Education. Subsequent upon the Federal Government’s directive that all…
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NANS Makes Fresh Ten Demands From Government
National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South West Zone , has urged the Federal Government to meet the demands of ASUU, and others workers’ unions on campuses, as the body also made fresh 10 demands from government . Kowe Odunayo Amos, NANS Zone D Coordinator, made the call during a peaceful protest staged at Nigeria…
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SHOULD WE WATCH NANS GO TOTALLY INSANE?
By Kazeem Olalekan Israel, Outgoing NANS PRO, Zone ‘D’ The essence of an association includeI. To protect the interest of its membersII. To promote the identity of its membersIII. To foster unity and enhance the progress of membersIV. To seek to resolve conflicts that may arise in the interactions of its members with the general…