Category: Education

Nigerian Academy Of Medicine celebrates 2022 Annual Lecture

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… health security blueprint for Nigeria –Prof Nimi Briggs …inducts 59 fellows By Mandy Park As part of its responsibility to the nation, the Nigerian Academy of Medicine (NAMed) on Thursday, September 29, 2022, facilitated another of its series of developmental annual lectures in Abuja. Part of this year’s activities was to also mark the induction of its 59 new fellows and awards ceremony. The annual lecture titled “2023 AND BEYOND – Setting The Health Agenda For Nigeria” was delivered by erudite Emeritus Professor of Medicine and a Foundation Fellow…

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ASUU strike: CAPPA kick against govt’s recourse to Industrial Court

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…says taking the striking lecturers to court is a frivolous, ill-thought step By Mandy Park The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA) has condemned the position of the Nigerian government on the lingering Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. This is as the group appealed to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led APC government to urgently honour its agreements with ASUU to ensure the immediate reopening of the public universities rather than the resort to the National Industrial Court. CAPPA noted that resorting to the National Industrial Court by the…

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ASCETA Provost warns staff against strike

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By Mandy Park The Provost of Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu, Dr Phillips Nto has declared that there is no basis for the staff to contemplate any industrial action since the government was diligently addressing their welfare. He also warned that the management will strictly enforce the no work,no pay rule should any staff embark on any strike against the directive of the institution. Dr Nto who spoke at a meeting he held with Deans and Directors of the college frowned at a situation where the academic staff…

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JAMB releases cut-off mark
…peggs admission to Dec

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By Mandy Park THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday pegged the deadline for the 2022 admissions for December 31, 2022,. This is as the board also stated that it would no longer accept A’Level results by the National Business and Technical Education Board for Direct Entry admissions. These were disclosed during the 2022 policy meeting organised by the board in Abuja. The JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede, said, “The Minister of Education has approved that the NABTEB A’Level GCE will no longer be recognised as a qualification for…

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2023: Labour Party will win the presidency with 100m Nigerians as its structure—- Peter Obi

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By Omocho Kalu Presidential candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, who is among the top three presidential contenders, said the elderly, our mothers, fathers, as well as the old ones dying of being owed gratuity/pension will be the structure to facilitate his victory. Obi, is confident in winning the presidential election with the over 100 million human structure on which the party stands. . The former Anambra State governor, via his Twitter handle today, Sunday, June 12, noted that his structure would be about human beings United on one purpose……

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ASUU strike protest: Soldiers fire live ammunition to disperse students

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By Mandy Park Military personnel on Tuesday dispersed students of various universities in Ondo State who were protesting the prolonged strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.The soldiers were said to have opened fire to chase the students away from the Ilesha/Akure highway on Tuesday. The students who were drawn from the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, and Olusegun Agagu University of Technology, Okitipupa, OAUSTECH, had since on Monday barricaded the highway disrupting vehicular movement. The protesting students who bemoaned the attitude…

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Strike: FG, NASU Meeting Ends In Deadlock

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By Mandy Park The meeting between the Federal Government and the striking members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU), called to iron out grey areas relating to their agreements made since 2009 in the Universities and Inter-University Centres, has ended without any resolution. It would be recall that the Federal Government had called a meeting of the Renegotiation Committee to iron out grey areas relating to their agreements made since 2009, in the Universities and Inter-University Centres. The meeting was scheduled to hold Friday, 22nd…

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