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ABSU Alumni students reunite in Abuja, celebrate friendship, achievements Ex-students of Abia State University (ABSU), at the weekend, gathered in Abuja to celebrate friendship, achievement, and brotherhood as part of their end of year dinner/reunion. It was a moment of free for all dance, food, drinks and other merriment for…
The Kebbi State Government, has constituted a panel of enquiry of nine members on the recent protest by the students of College of Health Sciences and Technology Jega. The panel to be headed by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Higher Education, Hussaini Abdullahi Zuru, is to identify the courses of…
In a bid to find a lasting solution to the lingering crisis with university-based unions, the Federal government has inaugurated its newly constituted renegotiation committee on the 2009 Agreements with the Unions. At the event in Abuja, The Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman charged members to renegotiate realistic and…
An NGO, Mentel Global Educational Services in collaboration with the FCT Secondary Education Board and Solarhub have Organized a Programme tagged ‘The Solar Innovators Team (S.I.T)’ and Launched the “Train the-trainer” Seminar for Teachers of FCT Government Secondary in Abuja. During the event at the FCT Solarhub , Technology Incubation…
The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun has ordered the Homicide section of the Force Criminal Investigation Dept (FCID) Abuja, to embark on a detailed and comprehensive investigation into the alleged killing of Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola, a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Kwara State. Abdulyekeen was killed on…
The Federal Government has signed a $1bn iron ore steel deal project with China. This was revealed in a statement by Special Adviser to the Minister of Solid Minerals Development Minister Dr Oladele Alake, Kehinde Bamigbetan. The deal was signed for Kogi State as a breakthrough in the Federal Government’s…
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has started implementing the directive issued earlier that it will no longer accept graduates of polytechnics and monotechnics who cannot provide evidence of completing the mandatory one-year Industrial Training (IT) program. In July 2024, a circular signed by the Director, Corps Mob, Isah Walida…
The Federal Government, through the Federal Ministry of Education, has set up a sub-committee to review the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. This is as both parties agreed to reconvene by September 6, 2024. These decisions were taken at the end of a closed-door meeting, held at…
The Nigeria Union of Teachers has condemned the Federal Government’snn decision to ban under-18 candidates from sitting for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination and the National Examination Council, even as the Academic Staff Union of Universities backed the policy, The PUNCH reports. The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir…
A student of the Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State, Abdulafatai Abdulsalam, has passed away. It was gathered that the 200-level student of the Department of Mathematics slumped and d!ed while jogging. The Student Union Government, SUG, President-Elect, Divine Prince Daniel, confirmed the incident in a statement on Wednesday,…
