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Veteran actress, Sola Sobowale, has stated that the persistent strike in Nigerian universities is the reason her children schooled abroad. In an interview with media personality, Chude Jideonwo, published on Sunday, a teary Sobowale revealed the sacrifices she had to make for her children. She noted that she had to leave Nigeria and her career to go monitor her children’s education in London. Sobowale said, “I left the shores of Nigeria for a purpose. Children are not asked to be born. The moment you decide that you want to have children, then you must be ready to take full responsibility for those children. “They’re beautiful creatures. You don’t bring them to this world to suffer; you don’t. “You don’t bring them to this world for anybody to take care of them. You brought them, then stay with them and do the work. “My father was a retired principal, my mother, a retired headmistress. May their souls rest In peace. “I know what they did for me and for my siblings and I kno

This is to inform the general public especially JAMB candidates that the 2022 mop-up examination has been scheduled for August 6th, 2022; further information would be sent through emails and SMS to the affected candidates

The University of Port Harcourt hereby invites candidates who chose the University as first choice in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and obtained a minimum score of 150, to apply for Post-UTME Screening Exercise for admission into the University. REGISTRATION PROCEDURE Candidates are expected to log in to www.uniport.edu.ng for the registration procedure. Eligible candidates are to input UTME Registration Number and confirm pre-loaded UTME details. Generate Remita code for payment with your master, visa or verve card, etc or Print out Payment Slip and proceed to any of the following Banks with Remita platform (ACCESS BANK PLC, ECOBANK LTD, FIDELITY BANK PLC, FIRST BANK PLC, FCMB, UBA PLC AND UNIPORT- CHOBA MICROFINANCE BANK) and make payment of N2, 000.00 0nly. Obtain a Remita receipt showing an Access Code from the Bank Teller confirming the payment. Proceed back online and Login with your UTME Registration Number and the Access Code on the paym

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is advocating for the creation of a bill that would govern the process by which the children of public servants enrol in schools located outside of Nigeria. Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island chapter of the union, stated this at the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) solidarity rally on Tuesday in Yenagoa. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the NLC has launched a statewide protest in solidarity with the ASUU and other affiliate unions over the ongoing strike in Nigeria. "If this is done, it will help to establish a better society by creating formidable educational institutions and improving university funding in Nigeria.” “This is a struggle for the working class against the ruling class, not against the government, and we are totally devoted to it.” “I don’t think the strike will happen again if rich and poor students attend the same university or institution.” “If

The Governing Board of the National Youth Service Corps, led by its Chairperson, Ambassador Fatima Balla Abubakar on Wednesday appealed to the Nigerian Army to deploy more soldiers for the protection of NYSC Orientations Camps spread across the 36 states of the country and Abuja in view of the security situation in the country. Speaking when the board paid a visit to the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Faruk Yahaya at Army headquarters in Abuja, Mrs. Abubakar said, “Sir, as you are aware, the NYSC has Orientation Camps which houses a minimum of 1,500 Corps members in all the States of the Federation, and given the incidences of insecurity in the Country, we are concerned about the safety of the young men and women under our care. “We are not unaware of the security situation in the Country and the many areas that require the attention of the Nigerian Army. However, we have come to you for more support, bearing in mind that the NYSC is the baby of the Nigerian Army. “We theref

An Abuja-based private varsity, Veritas University, on Wednesday announced the end of its 2021/2022 academic session amidst security threats in the capital city. A statement released by the media and public relations officer of the school, Evelyn Obekpa, stated that the examination for first-year students has been postponed due to the directive by the minister of the Federal Capital Territory on the security tension in the capital city. “The Management of Veritas University wishes to notify the general public that the University has successfully completed the 2021/2022 academic session. “However, due to the current security tension and the directives of the Minister of the FCT for the closure of schools in Abuja, examinations for our 100-level students shall be conducted at a date to be announced later. “Candidates seeking admission into Veritas University for the 2022/2023 academic session are encouraged to visit the University or the university’s website – www.veritas.edu

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue state, Monday, threatened to stop paying the salaries of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Benue State University, BSU, branch if they fail to call off the ongoing sympathy strike with the national body. He noted that the sympathy strike had gone beyond the allowed three days and appealed to the lecturers to return back to the classroom in the interest of Benue children. The Governor who spoke in Makurdi while reacting to appeals by parents and students on the striking lectures to call off the sympathy strike noted that he had ensured the prompt payment of the salaries of the striking lecturers despite their action lamenting that their action was already taking its toll on the students and parents. The Governor said: “I have been paying their salaries; I don’t know why the lecturers are extending their sympathy strike beyond the allowed days. Even at that I am still paying them. “Ordinarily there shouldn’t be any strik

Striking Academic Staff Union of Universities and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities on Sunday said the Federal Government had yet to reach out to them since the Nigeria Labour Congress announced plan to hold nationwide solidarity protests on Tuesday and Wednesday. They also said they were still awaiting official communication from the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, days after the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), directed the minister and other government officials to resolve the ongoing strike by the unions. The PUNCH reports that the NLC had last week announced that it would embark on a joint protest with other affiliate unions to protest the lingering strike of university workers in the country since February 14, 2022. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, had however declared the planned protest illegal while his Labour and Employment counterpart, Chris Ngige, claimed that a report by the Department of State Service

With the industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, entering its fifth month, some public universities in the country may consider cancelling an academic session and merging 2021 and 2022 admission exercises. Also, investigation by Vanguard showed that more candidates did well in this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, than last year. Checks across some universities also showed that most of them are waiting for the industrial actions by various staff unions to be called off before deciding the next line of action.The situation may make admission into public universities a serious battle for applicants this year.How strike may affect session/admission Recall that during the COVID-19 lockdown and the nine-month strike by ASUU in 2020, the University of Ibadan had to cancel an academic session, while the University of Lagos merged the 2020 and 2021 admissions. Checks by Vanguard showed that at the University of Jos, fo

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic (SSANIP) has directed its members to join the Nigerian Labour Congress (NLC) on its proposed nationwide protest over the unresolved Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. In a letter signed by the National Secretary of SSANIP, Comrade, Hussaini Yusuf Gwandu, the Association said the nationwide protest would not have been necessary if the political class had placed any value on Education and the Development of the Nation. The letter reads: “The Leadership of our great union heartily commend the display of solidarity by the organized labour in ensuring a lasting solution to the serial industrial crises bedevilling the Nigerian Education Sector “It is very sad to state that this nationwide protest would not have been necessary if the political class had placed any value on education and the development of our nation. “We use this medium to also advise the Government to address all grey areas, putting in perspecti

Tertiary institutions have been allowed to determine the deadline for the 2022 admissions due to the status of 2021 admissions. The decision was reached at the end the 2022 Policy meeting and 2020 National Tertiary Admissions Performance-Merit Award programme organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) in Abuja. Speaking in an interview with newsmen, some Vice Chancellors suggested that each university should be made to determine the closing date for the 2022 admissions into the institution, giving opportunities for universities yet to conclude 2021 admissions to end the process. The Vice Chancellor, University of Jos, Prof. Ishaya Tanko, said that in spite of the fact that ASUU strike might soon end, there was need to make plans that would accommodate and address pending admissions in some universities. Tanko said that some tertiary institutions had not done admission for year 2021 and students waiting for these admissions, adding that the 2022 admissi

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), after a meeting with heads of tertiary institutions in the country, has pegged the cut-off mark for admissions in the 2022/2023 academic session. The cut-off marks for universities is 140, polytechnics 100 and colleges of education-100. The cut off marks were made known at the ongoing Policy Meeting on Admissions presided over by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja . JAMB’s registrar, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, who announced the cut-off marks after deliberations by vice chancellors of universities, rectors of polytechnics and provosts of colleges of education, said the implication was that every institution had the right to fix its own cut-off mark even up to 220 but no one would be allowed to go less than the agreed minimum marks of 100 for colleges of education, 100 for polytechnics and 140 for universities. The meeting also called for the review of admission criteria to give 10per cent discretional power o

The Minister Of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, has dismissed the media report insinuating that President Muhammadu Buhari ordered him on Tuesday to hand off negotiations with the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing it falseHe made the clarification Wednesday while speaking with State House reporters.Ngige said “the truth of the matter is, there is no such thing. It’s just a categorical untruth. There is nothing like hands off.” On the whether the two weeks directive by the President to resolve the issue was realistic, the labour minister said he proposed one week to resolve the issue but the Minister of Education Adamu Adamu volunteered to resolve the issues with ASUU in two weeks.Ngige, who said he hoped the issue would be resolved at the stipulated time, advised the unions to table their case before the Ministry of Education whom the President had directed to resolve the issue.

President Muhammadu Buhari has reportedly directed the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, to resolve the ongoing strike by university lecturers, ASUU, and other university staffers President Buhari reportedly gave the directive on Tuesday after he received briefings from the relevant government ministries, departments and agencies involved in resolving the face-off with the university unions. ASUU has been on strike since February while other workers’ unions in the universities later commenced their own strike. Apart from ASUU, the other university unions on strike are the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Educational Institutions (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT). Apart from demanding better welfare conditions and improved university funding, the unions accuse the federal government of reneging on previous agreements with them. Tuesday’s meeting at the Presidential Villa

The Federal Government on Monday was locked in a series of meetings as part of the last-ditch effort to end the five monthly old strikes embarked upon by the Academic Staff of University Union (ASUU).While the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu and Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Rasheed held a meeting with the Vice-Chancellors of Universities at NUC, Abuja, another high-level meeting of Goverment officials was also held at a different location. Rasheed speaking during the 2022 retreat for Vice-chancellors of Nigerian Universities and Directors of Inter-university centres, said some of the Vice-Chancellors were to go with him for another meeting on ways to resolve the ongoing ASUU strike. Nigerian Tribune also gathered that the leadership of ASUU would be meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday. Rasheed said: “Some Vice-Chancellors and I will go for a meeting later today in an effort to resolve the linge

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Sunday, once again, took a jab at the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over his failure to resolve the ongoing crisis in the tertiary education sector in Nigeria. According to a statement jointly signed by the branch Chairperson of ASUU, Usman Danfodio University, Sokoto, M.N Al-Mustapha and the branch Secretary, S.A, Sadiku, Ngige’s tenure recorded the highest number of strike actions. The union also called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd.), to call the minister to order “before his lies further plunge this nation into serious crisis.” While referencing an interview granted to Arise Television by the minister, ASUU-UDUS questioned some of the facts dished out by the minister as regards the state of medical lecturers at UDUS who according to the minister, did not join the ongoing strike by ASUU. The statement partly read, “The attention of ASUU, Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto Branch, has

The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has revolved to protest on Tuesday and Wednesday next week over the continued closure of the public universities in Nigeria. This came as it faulted the Federal Government purported rejection of the Nimi-Briggs Committee on the premise of alleged disparity between the pay rise allocated to academic and non-academic staff of universities. NLC in a circular to its state councils and affiliates dated July 15, 2022 and signed by its President and General Secretary, Ayuba Wabba and Emma Ugboaja, respectively, said the protest is to take place in all the state capitals and Abuja, starting from NLC’s secretariats. Among others, the protest is aimed at pressurizing the Federal Government to conclude negotiations with striking universities unions and ensure that public universities resume for normal activities. Details later

Prospective students that put in for the National Diploma Programme in Nursing of the College of Nursing, University of Benin Teaching Hospital for the 2021/2022 Academic Session should on or before 12pm of Saturday 16 July, 2022 visit the Central Admissions Processing System (CAPS) site of JAMB to upload their secondary school certificates (SSCE/GCE/NECO) or its equivalent. This is necessary for JAMB to provide an offer of admission for your choice of programme. Failure to do so before the stipulated time, will make your admission not to be granted. Signed: Management

The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Chief Sunday Dare, has urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities to make compromises, so as to resolve the current nationwide strike by varsity lecturers. Dare made the call when he met with a delegation of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in Abuja. According to him, the prolonged strike by lecturers was undermining the credibility of graduates produced by universities in the country. He, therefore, called on them to reach a middle ground with the Federal Government for an immediate resolution of the current trade dispute. The Minister also noted that the five months old strike had caused untold hardships to both students and parents, saying with the recent intervention of President Muhammadu Buhari in the matter; a permanent solution to the problems was at hand. “It is unfortunate that resolution of the crisis has taken longer than expected with its attendant adverse effects on hundreds of thousands of

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, on Thursday, blasted the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, over his attitude toward the strike embarked by university lecturers. “What the Minister of Labour has done is a complete insult to the character of people like Professor Nimi Briggs, Senator Chris Adighije, Professor Olu Obafemi,” Professor Osodeke, said during an appearance on Sunrise Daily. “The minister instead of looking for how to resolve the problem is busy abusing his colleagues, abusing even the Minister of Education.” The ASUU President’s comments mark the latest development in the impasse between the Federal Government and the union over its strike which has kept university students at home since February 14.   In the months since the strike commenced, efforts to resolve it including protests by students have yielded no results with the Minister of Labour and Employment and the union engaging in a wa

The Federal Government on Wednesday stated that there was no Collective Bargaining Agreement (CBA) between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) awaiting the signature of President Muhammadu Buhari. Minister of Labour and Employment Senator Chris Ngige said this in a statement by the Deputy Director Press and Public Relations in the Ministry, Olajide Oshundun on Wednesday. Ngige noted that even when such a CBA was produced between unions and the Federal Government, it was not the President that would sign but the government side, MDAs led by the direct employer with the conciliating ministry witnessing. The Minister accused ASUU of fixing its salaries and allowances through the Nimi Briggs Committee to the exclusion of the statutory government ministries and agencies that manage the entire annual finances of government, budget and fiscal policies and the Office of the Head of Service in charge of ensuring that public service rules and regulations are not und

Former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, has suggested a way to end the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Sani said money spent on politics in Nigeria can easily meet the demands of ASUU. ASUU had been on strike since February 2022 over the Federal Government’s inability to meet a 2019 agreement. The Federal Government had refused to allow ASUU to use their own generated payment platform, University Transparency Accountability Solution, UTAS, among other demands. Amid the prolonged strike, President Muhammadu Buhari had urged ASUU to call off its industrial action. In a statement issued by his spokesman, Malam Garba Shehu, Buhari had said “truly, enough is enough” for keeping Nigerian students at home. Reacting, Sani tweeted: “If you can calculate what is spent on politics,you will realise that this country can easily afford to meet the financial demands of ASUU with regards to our public university system.”

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has failed to reply to inquiries on the plans by the Federal Government to end the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. It was reported that Ngige, who has been at the front of negotiations between the striking university lecturers has always described himself as the reconciliatory minister between trade unions and their employer ministries. ASUU had on Monday, February 14, 2022, embarked on industrial action over the alleged failure of the government to attend to its lingering demands. Some of the demands include the release of revitalisation funds for universities, renegotiation of the ASUU-FGN 2009 agreement, deployment of the University Transparency Accountability System for the payment of salaries and allowances of lecturers, the release of the white paper report of the visitation panels to universities among others. The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari had on Monday told the str

Amidst the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) 2023 Presidential candidate, former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar has stressed that investment in education pays the best dividend than any other investment. Atiku who also urged the Federal Government and ASUU to urgently resolve all disputes so that Nigerian students can return to their campuses pledged that if elected President, education will be a priority for him. Atiku according to a statement by his Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, Wednesday made the assertions on the sidelines of the graduation ceremony of the Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) in Cambridge, United Kingdom. The ARU Awards Board on the 12th of November, 2021 conferred the award of Master of Arts in International Relations on Atiku Abubakar following the successful completion of his Master’s degree programme at the university. The statement said the former Vice President was n

Applications are hereby invited from suitably qualified candidates for admission into the Nursing programme of Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Eleyele, Ibadan. Closing Date For Basic General Nursing: Sale of forms start from Monday, 11th July, 2022, online application must be completed on or before Friday, 19th August, 2022. Date of Entrance Examination (CBT): Monday, 29th August – Friday, 2nd September, 2022. Date of Interview: Monday, 12th – Friday, 16th September, 2022. Venue: Oyo State College of Nursing and Midwifery, Eleyele, Ibadan Time: 8.00 am prompt

The West African Examination Council (WAEC) has commenced marking of examination scripts for the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The board will also host coordination meetings for chief examiners and team leaders today. According to WAEC Nigeria, marking of examination scripts will take at 85 venues in Nigeria. This, the board explained, will foster the practice of releasing candidates’ results 45 days after the conduct of the last paper. At the recently concluded WASSCE, over 1.6m candidates from 20,221 schools sat for the 2022 examination and about 30,000 teachers took the role of supervisors at the various examination centres. “Coordination meetings for chief examiners and team leaders will be held in the morning of Wednesday, July 13, while assistant examiners‘ coordination meetings will commence in the afternoon of the same day. “The coordination meetings would span three days – from Wednesday, July 13 – to Friday, July 15,” the board

President Muhammadu Buhari has called on members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to reconsider their position on the prolonged strike and resume work for negotiations to continue. The president made the call while receiving some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), legislators and political leaders at his residence in Daura, He assured that the government understood their position and that negotiations would continue with students in lecture halls. ASUU has been on strike since February to protest the federal government’s refusal to fulfill the agreements with the union since 2009. Parts of the demand include the replacement of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) with the University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS); the release of the reports of visitation panels to federal universities; and improved funding for the revitalisation of public universities and others. Buhari, in a statement issued by his sp

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, lampooned the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for being adamant and not calling off the lingering strike, saying enough is enough of keeping students at home. President Buhari, who said he hoped ASUU will sympathise with the people, advised the university lecturers not to hurt the next generation. The President stated this when he received some governors of the All Progressives Congress (APC), legislators and political leaders at his residence in Daura, Katsina State, called on ASUU, to reconsider its position on the prolonged strike, expressing worry that the hiatus will have generational consequences on families, the educational system and future development of the country. The President, said the strike had already taken a toll on the psychology of parents, students and other stakeholders, throwing up many moral issues that already beg for attention.   He noted that the future of the country rests on the quality