EDUCATION

Strike: ASUU Promises To Cover Lost Ground

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2017

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday promised to cover the academic period lost to its strike. The ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos. NAN reports that lecturers in public

EDUCATION

Research on Ebola virus: FG owes Redeemer’s varsity $375,000 – vice-chancellor

Daily Dispatch September 26, 2017

The Vice-Chancellor of the Redeemer’s University, Ede, Prof. Zacheus Adeyewa, has said that the Federal Government is owing the institution the sum of $375,000, said to have been spent on research aimed at preventing the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in the country in 2014. The VC said this at a pre-convocation press conference […]

EDUCATION

Ekiti Reps members hail Fayose, teachers over state’s first position in NECO

Daily Dispatch September 25, 2017

Members of the House of Representatives from Ekiti State have hailed the State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose for making sure that the State retained its first position in the National Examinations Council secondary leaving examinations conducted by the body for 2017, describing the feat as further confirmation of the governor’s total commitment to education in […]

EDUCATION

School feeding programme: FG feeds 3million children

Daily Dispatch September 25, 2017

3 million School kids benefit from Buhari’s feeding programme Over 19,000 schools and about three million pupils  have so far been covered under the National Home Grown School Feeding Programme of the Muhammadu Buhari administration. According to figures released by the Vice President’s Office,  2,918,842 schoolchildren from 19,881 schools in the 14 pilot states of […]

EDUCATION

ECOWAS moves to harmonise educational system

Daily Dispatch September 25, 2017

Member states of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) have planned to review strategies for the strengthening of human capital. The strategies, which are based on knowledge-economy, are expected to be approved by the ministers of education in the region. At the opening of the meeting in Abuja at the weekend, the ECOWAS […]

EDUCATION

ASUU describes UNILORIN as a terrorist organisation

Daily Dispatch September 25, 2017

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has described the University of Ilorin as a terrorist organisation after the institution reportedly sacked the ASUU chairman in the school, Dr. Kayode Afolayan, for allegedly exposing corrupt practices of the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abdulganiyu Ambali. PUNCH reports that a letter signed on behalf of the union by the […]