EDUCATION

Benue, Ogun, Kogi 10 other states owes teachers salary- NUT

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2017

The Nigeria Union of Teachers, on Tuesday said 13 State governments were still owing primary and secondary school teachers various months of salary arrears and urged them to pay. The Acting Secretary-General of the union, Dr Mike Ike-Ene, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja that

EDUCATION

ASUU gives FG October ultimatum to fulfill its promises, suspends strike

Daily Dispatch September 19, 2017

The meeting between the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Federal Government has ended. The meeting ended at about 8:30pm on Monday. ASUU at the end of the meeting initially said it would announce its position on the strike action in a few hours. The President of ASUU, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, stated he position […]

EDUCATION

ASUU may call off strike this week

Daily Dispatch September 17, 2017

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may call off its one-month old strike this week. Its president, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, told The NATION on phone the union has not called off the strike because it was still ironing out some grey areas in the agreement with federal government. He assured the strike would be called […]

EDUCATION

Pupil threatens to sue JAMB for withholding his result

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2017

A 16-year-old Bayelsa State pupil, Nengimote Loko, has threatened to sue the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board over the alleged seizure of his May 2017 examinations result conducted by the board. Loko is a former pupil of Nembe National Grammar School, Bayelsa. The pupil is said to be brilliant and boasts of various awards, including […]

EDUCATION

GOVERNOR AMOSUN CALL‎ ON OGUN POLYTECHNIC HOST COMMUNITY TO ADJUST TRADITIONAL WORSHIPPING TIME TABLE FOR STUDENTS SAFETY

Daily Dispatch September 16, 2017

Governor of Ogun State ,Senator Ibikunle Amosun has appealed to host community of the newly established Ogun State Polytechnic located in Ipokia local government to consider the students welfare and safety in the cause of traditional worshipping. ‎ He  made the appeal on Friday while laying foundation of the just approved National‎ Board for Technical […]

EDUCATION

FG, university workers reach agreement over strike

Daily Dispatch September 15, 2017

Nigerian Government and the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the non-teaching staff of Nigerian Universities have reached an agreement over the ongoing strike by the workers. Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris Ngige, said this at a meeting with the leadership of the JAC of the unions and other officials of the Ministry of […]