Category: Education

Education

FG sets aside N15bn to secure school children – Zainab Ahmed

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has disclosed that the sum of N15 billion in the 2023 budget has been set aside to secure school children sequel to violent attacks and kidnapping of school children in various parts of the country. The outgoing Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Mrs. Zainab Ahmed made this known on Monday in Abuja, at the training of safe school administrators. She noted that to ensure the security of the children who are still in school, urgent steps have to be taken so as not to swell…

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School Fees Hike: NANS threatens to shut down Nigeria, all airports

Aminu Imam

The Federal and State Governments in the country have been put on notice, to either stop the increase in tuition fees in all tertiary institutions across the country or face the hardest-ever student uprising. The declaration was made by the National President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Comrade Usman Barambu while speaking at the 1st North-East Zonal Senate sitting of NANS, which was held yesterday at the Abubakar Tatari Ali Polytechnic, (ATAP), Bauchi.  He said that the increase in tuition fees has negatively affected students particularly those…

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Alleged Corruption: Crisis brews in Federal Teaching Hospitals, as Minister usurps CMDs appointment

Aminu Imam

Crisis is currently brewing in some Federal Teaching Hospitals over the decision of the Minister of Health to unilaterally appoint Chief Medical Directors, (CMDs). Affected hospitals include: Irua Specialist Teaching Hospital, Edo State, Lagos Teaching Hospital and Federal Teaching Hospital, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. It was gathered that contrary to the rules of appointing new Chief Medical Directors, the Minister, Dr. Osagie Ehanire has allegedly cornered the exercise to himself for alleged selfish interest. A source disclosed that rather than use the Boards of the hospital to interview and select from the…

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“Disregard NANS Sudan, stay indoors”, Embassy tells Nigerian students

Aminu Imam

The Federal Government has advised Nigerians studying in war-torn Sudan to disregard the National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), plans to evacuate them to Ethiopia. In an issued statement yesterday by the Charge D’ Affairs of the Nigerian Embassy in Khartoum, H .Y. Garko, the Federal Government urged the students to maintain their composure as preparations were being made to evacuate them from the North African country. The NANS had, in an issued statement by its media committee directed the students to gather in Gadarif for their evacuation to neighbouring…

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Zulum extends Borno teachers’ retirement age by 5 years

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State

Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno has extended the retirement age of teachers in the state by five years. This is contained in a circular from the Borno State Teaching Service Board signed by the Permanent Secretary, Malam Yusuf Garga. “The attention of all teachers is hereby drawn to the fact that Gov. Babagana Zulum, has approved the extension of years of service of all teachers in Borno from 35 to 40 and from 60 to 65 by age whichever comes first. “All interested teachers willing to enjoy this are expected…

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Incessant Faceoff with FG: ASUU gives condition to meet Tinubu

Aminu Imam

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has said it is ready to meet with the incoming administration of President-elect Bola Tinubu to find a permanent solution to its incessant faceoff with the government only on one condition – government must show determination to handle education issues with the seriousness they deserve. Speaking in an interview yesterday, the National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, however, said if the Tinubu administration would go the way of its predecessor, then the final nail would have been put on the coffin of tertiary education…

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Hijab: JAMB apologises to Muslim students delayed at Bishop Oyedepo’s Covenant University

Aminu Imam

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has spoken on the barring of Muslim students wearing hijab from writing the mock Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) at Covenant University, Ogun State. Recall that on Sunday, some Muslim candidates for the mock test were reportedly denied entry for some time at Covenant University in Canaanland for wearing the hijab. Canaanland is a private city in Ota, Ogun State, that hosts the headquarters of Winners’ Chapel (Living Faith Church), Covenant University and Faith Academy, all founded by Bishop David Oyedepo. In a…

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FG concludes CONUA registration

Aminu Imam

…Says lecturers liberated from ASUU bondage The Federal Government has concluded the registration process of the Congress of University Academics, (CONUA). The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who disclosed this to newsmen shortly after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of CONUA, led by its President, ‘Niyi Sunmonu, also warned the union not to “behave like the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU)”. The minister finalised the registration of the two newly registered unions by formally presenting the official gazette, the Trade Dispute Act, and the official certificate…

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NAPS decries poor infrastructures, neglect of Kaduna Polytechnic students

Aminu Imam

The leadership of the National Association of Polytechnic Students, (NAPS), has bemoaned the deplorable state of infrastructures and the neglect of students in Kaduna Polytechnic.  The Vice-President, External Affairs of NAPS, Lawal Muhammed, made this call during a press briefing at the weekend, with the theme: ‘State of Nigeria Polytechnic hostel facilities, Kaduna Polytechnic as a case study’, in Abuja. This was as the association also urged the federal government, including other relevant authorities, to wade into the issue to ensure that all basic amenities due to the students are…

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Kaduna teachers to protest on Monday over unpaid salary

Aminu Imam

The newly recruited secondary teachers by Kaduna state government are set to stage a peaceful protest on Monday 12th December 2022. According to them, the protest is as a result of the seven months salaries they are owed by the state government under Governor Nasiru el-Rufa’i. Recall that the teachers were handed letters of offer of provisional appointments on 19th July, 2021. According to them, they had to wait until 17th May, 2022 before they were deployed. Since their deployment, the government has allegedly not paid them their salaries despite…

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