EDUCATION

Hope Dims As FG, ASUU Meeting Deadlocks

Daily Dispatch August 17, 2017

Hope of an early truce between the Federal Government and university lecturers has been dashed as a meeting today, to resolve the face-off that is in its fourth day ended in a deadlock. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had down tools over intractable issues surrounding its 2009

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ASUU Strike: FG asks for forensic audit of N30billion given to the association in 2010

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the meeting held on Tuesday at the Minister’s Conference Room, Ministry of Labour, Abuja, took significant steps toward the resolution of the issues raised by ASUU. According to the Deputy Director, Press, Ministry of Labour, Samuel Olowookere, the meeting agreed on the forensic audit of N30 billion earlier […]

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NABTEB Exam: 31,712 Candidates Record Credit Pass in English, Maths

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

The National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB) on Tuesday said a total of 31,712 out of 58,448 candidates that sat for its National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical Certificate (NTC) examinations recorded credit pass in English Language and Mathematics. NABTEB Registrar, Prof. Ifeoma Mercy Isuigo-Abanihe disclosed this while announcing the

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EDHA Impeachments Saga: State APC Chair says No Cause for Alarm

Daily Dispatch August 16, 2017

Barely twenty four hours after the sudden change of leadership at the Edo State House of Assembly, Chairman, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Edo State chapter, Hon. Anslem Ojezua has said that there was no cause for alarm over the impeachment and subsequent elections that ushered in a new speaker and deputy speaker in […]

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NANS wants dialogue between government, Universities union

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has pleaded with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to seek alternative avenues to resolve its dispute with the Federal Government. Comrade Bestman Okereafor, the National Public Relations Officer of NANS, made the appeal in a statement issued in Enugu on Monday. Okereafor said that the looming […]

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ASUU declares indefinite nationwide strike

Daily Dispatch August 14, 2017

The Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria (ASUU) has commenced an indefinite nationwide strike due to the Federal Government’s failure to fulfil the terms of the  2009 agreement made with the union. Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, President of the union disclosed this at a news conference on Monday in Abuja. Ogunyemi said the decision to embark on […]