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Governor Godwin Obaseki yesterday said his administration is planning to hand over some government owned schools to Missions and other private persons that would be interested in developing such schools. The government gave this hint at the occasion of the 60th Founder’s day anniversary of Our Lady of Fatima College, Auchi (OLOFOBA) in ... Read more

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has shut down seven examination centres across Bayelsa State for violating its rules and regulations for examination. According to available data, the closure of the centres leaves Bayelsa state with only four centres to cater for ... Read more

The House of Representatives will today, meet with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU as part of efforts to end the ongoing strike by the body of University academics. The university teachers are in a battle with the Federal Government, over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS. ... Read more

In a fresh bid to avert a planned nationwide strike by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, the Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, and executive members of the union met Tuesday, in Abuja. ASUP delegation was led by its President, Anderson Ezeibe, who ... Read more

The Speaker, Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila and other members of the Body of Principal Officers in the House of Representatives will on Wednesday meet with the striking university lecturers under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) with a view to finding ways of resolving the six-month-old strike. Hon. Gbajabiamila who disclosed ... Read more

The Federal Government in a last-ditch effort to avert a planned nationwide strike met on Tuesday with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba at the meeting with the Executive members of ASUP, led by its President, Anderson Ezeibe, appealed to the lecturers to ... Read more

By Sanni Onogu and Tony Akowe, Abuja The Federal Government has said it is currently examining the University Transparency Account System (UTAS) payment platform developed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) as an alternative to the government’s Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The Minister of ... Read more

The Vice-Chancellor elect of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Banku Obi, has called on the general public and unsuspecting persons to disregard the fake Facebook account created in her name by fraudster’s to defraud them. The VC designate who told Vanguard Tuesday that ... Read more

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has appointed Professor Tor Joe Iorapuu as the new vice-chancellor of the Benue State University. According to a statement signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Anthony Ijoho, Governor Samuel Ortom said he had received the council report submitted by the Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the ... Read more

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics met on Tuesday in a fresh bid to avert a planned nationwide strike by the lecturers. ASUP had issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to implement the polytechnics NEEDS assessment, as well as correct the challenges of the Integrated Personnel Payroll and ... Read more