EDUCATION

ASUU Strike: Factional NANS President drags ministers, lecturers to court

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2022

The factional president of the National Association of Nigerian Students has sued some ministers and striking university lecturers over the industrial action. University lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities have been on strike for seven months. In a document

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Buhari meets pro-chancellors, vows further consultations

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2022

 ……Pro-chancellors ask FG to rethink no-work-no-pay policy The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Friday, promised to extend the ongoing consultations between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end the seven-month strike. “I will make further consultations, and I’ll get back to you,” Buhari said to the

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We’ll call off strike if FG respects agreements – ASUU

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2022

The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said that the union is wiling to end its seven-month old strike. Osodeke, however, said this could only be achieved if concrete agreements were reached with the Federal Government. Osodeke gave the assurance in Abuja on Thursday at a National Town Hall Meeting […]

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WAEC clears air over withheld WASSCE results

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2022

The West African Examinations Council has restated that all withheld results in its examinations were as a result of alleged malpractices. The Head, National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Lagos. Areghan was speaking against the backdrop of reports in some sections of […]

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Makinde appoints Onijo as Oke Ogun Polytechnic’s governing council chair

Daily Dispatch September 13, 2022

Oyo State Governor, ‘Seyi Makinde, has appointed Barr. Lateef Sarafadeen Abiola, as the chairman of the Governing Council of The Oke Ogun Polytechnic, Saki.The appointment, according to a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Mrs. Olubamiwo Adeosun, takes effect from September 13, 2022.A statement by the Special Assistant (Print Media) to the […]

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UTME: No biometric, no examination – JAMB

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2022

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has resolved that, henceforth, no candidate would be allowed to sit the Board’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, if they are not verified biometrically. The move was said to have been designed to further tighten the noose around examination cheats and their collaborators. According to a report from […]