Education
ASUU Strike Imminent As Lecturers Give FG Fresh 14 Days Ultimatum.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has handed the Federal Government a fresh 14-day ultimatum, to resolve pending issues. ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this clear in a statement on Wednesday. Osodeke said they were frustrated with the government’s lack of commitment and delay tactics. Hence, it has given the President Bola Tinubu government […]
Schools In Abia State In Trouble For Ignoring Govt’s Order On Resumption Date.
Some schools in Abia State have resumed for the 2024/2025 academic session in Abia, thereby disobeying the State government’s directive that they should reopen on Monday, 23rd September. For this disobedience, the State government has said that its hammers of sanctions may fall on the schools and their principals. The Commissioner for Information, Okey Kanu […]
Six more abducted Kogi University students rescued
The Kogi State government says six more students kidnapped from the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Osara, Okene, have regained their freedom. The students were abducted by suspected bandits who invaded the school premises last Thursday, May 9. Fourteen students were earlier rescued by the state government. In an update given today […]
Abuse Of Social Media- Causing Mental Illness Amongst Students-UI Imam Warns Parents
The Chief Imam of the University of Ibadan, Professor Muftau Abdulrahman Oloyede has said that addiction and abuse of social media is causing mental illnesses among students of tertiary institutions. Oloyede made this declaration in his sermon shortly after he led the Muslim congregation to observe the two Rakah obligatorily Eld-Fitri prayers at the premises […]
Federal Government bans some foreign Universities for allegedly issuing half baked certificates.
EducationFG Suspends Accreditation Of Degree Certificates From Benin Republic, Togo.This move followed a report detailing how a journalist acquired a degree from a university in Benin Republic in under two months. The Federal Government has suspended the accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin. “This report lends credence to suspicions that some Nigerians deploy […]
School teacher, 30, is accused of instructing 14-year-old male student to send n*des via Snapchat to ‘arouse her’
An Arkansas middle school teacher has been accused of soliciting n*de photos from her 14-year-old male student through Snapchat. The teacher, Kaytlann Barnes, 30, from Booneville Junior High School, was arrested at her home in Fort Smith last week and charged with child sex felonies. The teacher is accused of sending the boy sexually explicit […]