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The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), has released the result of the of 2020 in-school National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical Certificate (NTC) examinations. The examinations were conducted nationwide from September 21 to October 15, 2020. This was disclosed by Prof. Ifeoma Mercy, the Registrar of ... Read more

Friday Olokor, Abuja About 11,487 candidates have passed the annual Professional Qualifying Examination of the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria conducted nationwide, its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, said on Friday. According to him, a total of 17,602 candidates sat the examination, while 3,650 teachers failed the ... Read more

The Governor of Imo state, Hope Uzodinma, has approved the recommendation for the sacking of the Vice Chancellor of Imo State University, Owerri, Prof Adaobi Obasi. Uzodinma’s Chief Press Secretary, Oguwike Nwachuku, in a statement on Friday, said the decision to sack the VC was reached during the executive council meeting chaired by ... Read more

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has given the Federal Government till January 5, 2021, to resolve its impasse with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Describing the ongoing strike action by ASUU as the longest so far, NANS said in Katsina at the weekend that it would mobilise its members to block all ... Read more

THE Nigeria Governor’s Forum, NGF, has said that it is committed to providing functional university education in Nigeria. Chairman of the NGF and governor of Ekiti State, Dr. John Kayode Fayemi made the pledge in a congratulatory letter to the President of Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, Comrade Mohammed Haruna ... Read more

The 1989 Forum of Bayero University, Kano (BUK) Alumni Association has appealed to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the future of Nigerian students and sheath their swords. The Chairman of the Forum, Dr. Kabiru Jinjiri Ringm, who spoke to journalists, expressed worry that the continued ... Read more

THE leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students has threatened a showdown with the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) should the ongoing strike not be suspended on or before January 5, 2021. NANS President, Comrade Sunday Asefon, warned that if by January 5, there is no resolution, the students ... Read more

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has ordered an investigation into the alleged maltreatment and abuse of a student in a Deeper Life School in the state. The Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Ini Ememobong disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Uyo entitled, “Akwa Ibom State Government Orders ... Read more

THE Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with two foreign universities for enhancing the quality of knowledge in the institution. Prof Muhammad-Bello Uthman, Director, Centre for Islamic Legal Studies, (CILS), ABU, stated this during the 21st Annual Judges Conference in Zaria on Sunday. Uthman ... Read more

The National Industrial Court, sitting in Akure, Ondo State has reinstated 32 out of over 900 workers disengaged by the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU) in December last year. The institution’s management had on December 5, 2019 disengaged over 900 of its workforce for alleged certificate forgery, irregular appointment, overage ... Read more