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By Joy Mbachi The Ministry of Basic Education in Anambra has approved gradual reopening of schools in the state, in line with the ministry’s approved timetable for the completion of the 2019/2020 academic session. The Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr Nwabueze Nwankwo, announced this on Monday in a statement in Awka. Nwankwo stated ... Read more

By Ifeanyi Nwoko In a bid to continue to strengthen the protection of Education from Attack, the United Nations will on Wednesday, hold an inaugural commemoration of the International Day for the Protection of Education from Attack. The day which is set aside to draw the attention of key stakeholders to their responsibilities at ensuring ... Read more

The federal government and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) have expressed commitment to stop all forms of attack on educational facilities in Nigeria. The commitment towards ending violence in schools is coming on the heels of the country securing $20 million for accelerated emergencies funding for the North-east region from ... Read more

Nigeria’s polytechnic lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff of Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have warned the federal government against reopening tertiary institutions. The union corroborated the position of its sister union, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), that there are no provisions to meet COVID-19 precautionary guidelines in universities, polytechnics and ... Read more

The College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has said that its members are not ready to return to school anytime soon except the Federal Government upgrades institutions for conducive learning. The president of COEASU, Nuhu Ogirima, made this known to PREMIUM TIMES in an interview on Wednesday. The union’s position comes a day ... Read more

The Polytechnic Ibadan on Tuesday said that it has constituted a 15-man task force committee to enforce compliance with COVID-19 safety protocols in the institution. Rector of the institution, Kazeem Adebiyi, made the disclosure when the management of the institution met some representatives of neighbouring communities around the ... Read more

The Federal Government has approved the sum of N400 million for the building of a perimeter fence around the University of Abuja. Vice-Chancellor of University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul- Rasheed Na’Allah, made this known while appealing to the Federal Government to protect the University from bandits whom he said were encroaching on its ... Read more

Association of Nigeria Universities Alumni has urged the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) to shift grounds on the ongoing indefinite strike embarked upon by the ASUU members. ANUA made the appeal in a statement made available to journalists on Wednesday in Ibadan on the registration of the association ... Read more

Hundreds of placard-carrying members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Calabar branch, on Wednesday, protested the unpaid local entitlements spanning over six years. ASUU UNICAL Chairman, Dr. John Edor, led the protest from the main campus in Calabar to the main gate of the university, where he addressed the ... Read more

Ada Wodu, Calabar Hundreds of placard-carrying members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Calabar branch, on Wednesday, protested their unpaid local entitlements spanning over six years. The Chairman, ASUU UNICAL, Dr John Edor, led the protest from the main campus in Calabar to the main gate of the university, where he ... Read more