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The Vice-Chancellor, Federal University of Technology, Akure, Prof. Joseph Afuwape and chairman of the board of FUTA Secondary School, Prof. Deji Ogunsemi, have said a case of withheld pensions of some retired teachers at the FUTA secondary school predated their assumption of office. Recently, four retirees of FUTA Secondary School, Ondo ... Read more

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has charged Teachers in the state to be dynamic and innovative in a way that their students will have interest in whatever they teach them. Abdulrazaq made this call at a two-day seminar organised for teachers of English and Mathematics in public secondary schools by Cambridge University Press in ... Read more

Students in Ogun state have raised the alarm over the influx of illegal fire arms into Nigeria through the borders in Ogun state. The students alleged that, the upsurge of smuggling activities and the influx of illegal fire arms into Nigeria through the borders in Ogun state had further worsened insecurity in the country. The students ... Read more

The House of Representatives Committee on Finance has demanded an increment in the N7.5m being charged by the Nigerian College of Aviation Technology, Zaria as school fees, to N14m. The committee argued that the fees should be increased considering the fact that its competitor in Ilorin, Kwara State, charges N22.5m. The panel held an interactive session on the Medium Term Expenditure ... Read more

As the 48-year-old National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) mobilised an estimated 300, 000 young graduates for mandatory national service, it has continued to evolve measures geared towards critically engaging corps members constructively during their service year. Stakeholders, however, say the Corps should reset its skill acquisition programme in ... Read more

The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has appealed to the Federal Government to help rescue the remaining school children still trapped in the capacity of the kidnappers and bandits in the Northeast geo-political zone. The UNICEF Representative in Nigeria Peter Hawkins, lamented that over 200 out of 1000, school children kidnapped by ... Read more

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed its readiness to embark on another round of industrial action following what it called the failure of the Federal Government to implement an agreement signed with the union. The union is giving the government till month end (Tuesday) to reach out or it will activate the procedure of ... Read more

The Federal Government will clear the arrears on the consequential adjustment on minimum wage owed to members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational an Associated Institutions (NASU), by end of October. Dr Chris Ngige, Minister for Labour and Employment, made the disclosure ... Read more

For students of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Umunze, Anambra State, the acquisition and training of Information Communication Technology (ICT) skill is compulsory as part of prerequisite for their graduation. The Provost, Dr. Tessy Okoli, who declared this and noted that ICT programme for all students in the institution, would ... Read more

The Federal Government, on Monday, explained why it had not paid the University Revitalisation Fund and met other demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The Minister of State for Education, Emeka Nwajiuba, who stated this in an interview with The PUNCH, said the government was working hard to ensure the release of the ... Read more