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FG offers ASUU N65bn as earned allowances, revitalisation fund
In a bid to fast track return of academic activities to universities, the Federal Government has offered to pay a cumulative sum of N65 billion to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to address earned academic allowances and…
Borno to get university’s teaching hospital, medical college
The Borno State Government has disclosed that plans are being concluded to start medical courses especially medicine and that it has begun construction of a teaching hospital and a college of medical sciences in the state.
It explained…
100 school children test COVID-19 positive in Zimbabwe
Atleast 100 pupils have tested positive for coronavirus pandemic in Zimbabwe and had been placed under quarantine in line with the government measures to curb further spread of the virus.
As gathered, the high school in…
Chibok Sec. school students may return to classrooms
Students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14, 2014, may be returning to classrooms soon following the rehabilitation approval given by the…
NECO releases 2020 common entrance examination results, national cut-off mark
In a bid to fast track admission into unity schools across the country, the National Examinations Council has released the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination results and national cut off marks for return of academic activities after…
Bayelsa Govt. orders first-term fees waiver for private school pupils
In recognition of present economic effects across Nigeria, the Bayelsa State Government has approved Monday 16th November, 2020, for full reopening of schools and directed private schools proprietors to waive first-term fees for pupils.…
ASUU advises undergraduates to embrace vocational training, traveling indefinitely
Nigerian undergraduate students hoping to resume for academic session may have to wait longer after the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) advised students to forget immediate resumption and begin to either settle for vocational…
Just In: Buhari reinstates UNILAG suspended Vice-chancellor, dissolves governing council,
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reinstatement of the suspended University of Lagos (UNILAG) Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, and affirmed the dissolution of the governing council led by Dr. Wale Babalakin.
Buhari…
Kogi Govt. gets approval to establish Nigeria’s 50th state varsity
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has granted Kogi State Government permission to establish another state tertiary institution, increasing number of state-owned varsities in the country to 50.
NUC added that the approval was…
Osun Govt. hands off from Pry., secondary schools uniforms’ sales
The Osun State Government has announced that it would not be rescinding its decision to revert back to uniforms formerly adopted by public primary and secondary schools across the state, saying the decision had been taken to boost…