ShareBy Aluta News June 30, 2021 Mrs Felicia Marinze, a 71-year-old PhD student of the University of Lagos, has emerged one of the best graduating students from the institution’s School of Postgraduate Studies (SPGS). The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe announced this at a news conferenceContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 30, 2021 Prof. Steve Nwokeocha of Sociology of Education, University of Calabar says plans are underway for teachers to bear the title “Distinguished” as borne by senators. Nwokeocha, who is Executive Director, Academics, Africa Federation of Teaching Regulatory Authorities, made this known in an interview withContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 29, 2021 The Minister of State, Education, Mr Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, said that Nigeria has the highest number of Out-of-School Children in sub-Saharan Africa. Nwajiuba stated this during the inauguration of “Better Education Service Delivery For All (BESDA)”, in Katsina on Monday. He announced that Nigeria hasContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 29, 2021 The Niger Government is collaborating with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) to engage traditional rulers to support the sustainability of the Girl Education Project (GEP III) in the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, smade tis known during a meeting withContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 28, 2021 The Nasarawa State House of Assembly Committee on Education, Science and Technology investigating students unrest at the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic, Lafia, has said that 38 facilities worth N21.5 million were destroyed by the students. Mr Daniel Ogazi, the Chairman of the committee, madeContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 27, 2021 The National Association of University Students (NAUS) on Sunday appealed to the Federal Government to urgently address ASUU demands to avert another strike. ASUU suspended a nine-month strike on Dec. 24, 2020, but threatened in March to go back on strike over alleged victimisationContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 21, 2021 The Federal Government has announced the establishment of two additional universities of technology in Jigawa and Akwa Ibom, while also upgrading and equipping four others. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the ministry, Mr SonnyContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 20, 2021 The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested one Emmanuel Madueke, the 62-year-old proprietor of Megland Comprehensive School, Lekki in Lagos State, for allegedly sexually assaulting and harassing a 14-year-old student of his school. This is contained in a statement issued and released onContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 20, 2021 A Traditional Birth Attendant in Calabar, Mrs Ekaete Udoffia, has called for unconditional end to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), practiced in many communities in the country. She made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Calabar on Saturday. FGMContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 20, 2021 The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on an industrial action if the 13 months’ salaries of over 1,000 of its members across the country were not paid. Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman, University of Jos chapter of the union, whoContinue Reading
