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From Dan Amasingha, Minna The National Examinations council has for the second time within a week rescheduled its examination in the ongoing senior secondary certificate examination following the heightened security challenge occasioned by the #EndSARS protest. In a statement made available in Minna by Head information and publicity, Mallam Azeez Sanni, NECO
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From Joseph Amedu, Lokoja The Students of Kogi State Polytechnic in Lokoja on Wednesday took to the streets to protest the brutal killing of their Colleague by a commercial driver. The students who were on rampage over the incident, blocked the Felele end of the Okene – Lokoja -Abuja highway , causing
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By John Onah, Abuja A total of 92,591candidates, at the weekend wrote the 2019/2020 Common Entrance Examination of National Examination Council NECO in 639 centres across the country for admission into unity schools. With the above number of candidates, the Registrar of NECO, Professor Godswill Obioma, disclosed that Lagos state led
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The Federal Government has agreed to release N30 billion as part payment of the Earned Academic Allowances (EAA) to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Sen. Chris Ngige. Minister of Labour and Employment said this at the end of a meeting between the Federal Government and ASUU on Friday
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From Mohammed Muktar Umar, Bauchi A Muslim group, Jama’atul Izalatul Bidi’a Wa’ Ikamatus Sunnah (JIBWIS) has appealed to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconcile and allow students return to classes, especially now that COVID-19 lockdown is over. Deputy National President of the group, Sheikh
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By Ateed Yusuf, Abuja Primary School teachers under the umbrella of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in theFederal Capital Territory (FCT) have embarked on strike action to press home the implementation of the new national minimum wage. The strike has received tremendous compliance as teachers were absence in their places of primary
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From Beauty John, Lafia Nasarawa State First Lady, Hajiya Silifat Abdullahi Sule, has donated COVID-19 safety equipments worth millions of Naira to 248 government owned schools in the state as schools across the 13 local government areas in the state prepare to reopen. This, Hajiya Silifat Sule said was her personal contribution
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By John Onah, Abuja Amid widespread confusion by Nigerians over the implementation of the new teachers’ salary scale announced by the Federal Government recently, the Federal Ministry of Education said the detailed information to that effect will be given soon. The Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Arch Sonny Echono who disclosed this
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The Federal Government, on Tuesday, said it might consider adoption of University Transparency Account System (UTAS) presented by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). UTAS, proposed by ASUU to the Federal Government, is an alternative emoluments payment platform to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). The Labour Minister,
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The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has shut down seven examination centres in Bayelsa over alleged violation of rules and regulations guiding the examinations. JAMB coordinator in the state, Abdusalam Mohammed, announced the development on Tuesday in Yenagoa when he paid a courtesy call on the leadership of the
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