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Nto, an asset to MOUAU, says VC

June 13, 2023June 13, 2023 admin

Mandy Park The Vice Chancellor of Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Prof Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe, CFS has described the immediate past Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu, Dr Philips Nto as a great asset to the institution. He said through his exemplary conduct and commitment to duty, Nto has set a record for other staff to emulate. Prof Iwe spoke when Nto paid him a courtesy call to inform him that he has resumed duty at MOUAU after his tour of service at Abia State College…

Nto demands apology from ex ASCETA staff over defamatory statements

January 8, 2023January 8, 2023 admin

By Ezekiel Njoku The Provost of Abia State College of Education, Technical Arochukwu,( ASCETA), Dr Phillips Nto has demanded an apology letter from a former staff of the institution for defamatory statements against him and his office. In a letter dated January 06,2023 and signed by his lawyer, K. I. Oleh Esq of Sanctum Chambers, Dr. Phillips Nto gave the former staff, Kelvin Egesi seven days to retract and apologize for the offensive and defamatory statements or face the legal consequences. The letter averred that Kelvin Egesi had on January…

UNICAL suspends four students over water ritual

January 7, 2023January 8, 2023 admin

Vice-chancellor of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Prof. Florence Obi has approved the suspension of four students of the institution identified in a viral video and found culpable of partaking in a water ritual on a fellow female student. The announcement of the suspension is contained in a release signed by the school’s registrar Gabriel Egbe on Saturday. Mr Egbe said that the unlawful act was carried out by the four students during the last matriculation ceremony of the institution on December 2, 2022. Egbe mentioned the affected students to…

ASCETA reorganization: Students back Ikpeazu, Provost, warn COEASU to steer clear

January 6, 2023January 8, 2023 admin

…Pass vote of confidence on provost By Mandy Park Students to of Abia State College of Education (Technical), Arochukwu have expressed support for Gov Okezie Victor Ikpeazu and the management on the going reorganization in the institution. They subsequently frowned at what they described as interference in the affairs of the college by the national body of College of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU). In a press conference addressed by the leadership of the students’ Union Government, they warned COEASU to desist from meddling in the internal affairs of ASCETA,…

Egesi: The trashing of a drowning man

January 3, 2023January 3, 2023 admin

By Uche Okoroafor It is inconceivable that a man with low IQ, low depth of knowledge and bereft of comprehension of basic grammar and usage of the English language which is the official communication medium in our schools was ever allowed to darken the four walls of an institution of higher learning like Abia State College of Education, Technical, Arochukwu,(ASCETA). But those who sought to help KELVIN EGESI by elevating him from a mere clerk to lecturer may not have known that one cannot give what one lacks. They failed…

Breaking: Many trapped as fire guts WAEC office in Lagos

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 admin

Pandemonium has broken out in the early hours of Wednesday, as fire gutted the West Africa Examination Council, WAEC building in Yaba area of Lagos State. According to reports, several people are still trapped in the building as the fire rages. The cause of the fire which started at about 6.50 am, was yet to be ascertained as of 7.15 am. The fire had broken out at the middle of the high-rise building as those trapped in the building were seen frantically calling for help. It was gathered that men…

Nigerian Academy Of Medicine celebrates 2022 Annual Lecture

October 6, 2022October 9, 2022 admin

… 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…

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

September 15, 2022September 18, 2022 admin

…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…

ASCETA Provost warns staff against strike

August 20, 2022August 22, 2022 admin

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…

JAMB releases cut-off mark
…peggs admission to Dec

July 25, 2022August 2, 2022 admin

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…