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The Management of Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, in Adamawa State has postponed the reopening of the institution scheduled for Oct. 26 till further notice. This is contained in a statement issued by Medan Ndodi, a Deputy Registrar, and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Yola. ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka (UNIZIK) chapter, has urged the federal government to quickly address their demands including testing and deployment of University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS) for paying their emoluments before they would resume normal academic activities. The Union, ... Read more

The Federal Government has directed that all victims and casualties of the ongoing protest across the country, who arrive at Federal Tertiary Hospitals with injuries should be treated immediately and free. The Minister of Health, Dr Osagie Ehanire, has therefore informed all the Chief Executive Officers of all Federal Tertiary Hospitals to ... Read more

Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto Worried by the level of street begging amongst children in Almajiri learning system, Sokoto State Arabic and Islamic board have brainstormed with relevant stakeholders how best to formulate system that will discourage street begging in the State. This was contained in a communique issued at the end of 3- day workshop ... Read more

Over 100 staff of the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State are participating in ongoing training in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), being conducted by ICT giants, Tenece Professional Services Limited. The five-day training which is sponsored by TETFund need today. Addressing participants during the opening ceremony, Director of TETFund at the institution, Dr. Chioma Awuzie ... Read more

Edward Nnachi, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Government on Thursday announced the proscription of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Non-Academic Staff Union and others at the Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki. The only body currently allowed to exist in the university is the Students’ Union Government. The Ebonyi State Governor, ... Read more

Stakeholders in the education sector have urged government to restore history class and allow educationists draft curriculum. An educationist, Niyi Atobatele-Obaloja, who commented on an online platform on ways government could revamp the education sector, said, “Bring History class back and allow real educationists draft school curriculum ... Read more

Artificial Intelligence expert, Mr Olusola Amusan, has urged parents and teachers to expose children to the learning of Artificial Intelligence. Amusan, in an interview with our correspondent, said it was unfortunate that Nigeria had not developed strategies to become a power player in artificial intelligence. “As someone passionate about ... Read more

PUBLIC and private schools across the country have been closed indefinitely due to the #EndSARS protests which later turned bloody and riotous. Most of schools had just spent four weeks in studies after the six month coronavirus lockdown. Schools were closed for about six months so as to prevent the spread of COVID-19 after which they ... Read more

PolytechnicThe management of Abubakar Tatari-Ali Polytechnic, Bauchi, has fixed Nov. 2 for the commencement of normal academic activities. The Registrar of the institution, Malam Abdullahi Adamu, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Bauchi. ... Read more