Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has said the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, contradicted the law by facilitating the payment of withheld salaries of some lecturers at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (also called UNIZIK), Awka. Ngige is a former governor of Anambra State. ugamatv had reported that contrary to claims made by...
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ASUU re-elects Professor Emmanuel Osodeke unopposed as National President
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Monday, May 22 re-elected Professor Emmanuel Osodeke unopposed as their National President . The union members also re-elected Chris Piwuna, a Consultant Psychiatrist and Associate Professor in the College of Medicine, University of Jos, as Vice President. Their tenure will last from 2023 to 2025. READ...
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NECO shifts entrance exam for ‘gifted pupils’
Entrance examination into the Federal Government Academy, Suleja, Niger State, has been rescheduled for June 10. The examination was earlier slated for May 13. The academy is a training ground for gifted and talented children to help them develop their potentials in the interest of nation-building and technological development. A statement by the Head (Information...
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NANS Enugu Gets New Executives, Commends Ugwuanyi, Pledges Support for Mbah
The National Association of Nigerian Students, NAN Enugu State Chapter have elected new executives to pilot her affairs for 2023/2024 academic session. According to the communique made available to UgamaTv after its first convention, the convention Chairman, Comr. Aneke Chukwudubem, said that the exercise was in line with NANS constitution and Charter of demand as...
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Mop-up UTME: JAMB releases results of 80,000 candidates
The results of the 80,000 candidates who participated in the mop-up Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Saturday, May 6, 2023, have been released, The PUNCH can confirm. Ugamatv had earlier reported how the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board following an emergency board meeting held in Abuja on May 1, 2023, arranged a mop-up UTME for...
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Our exam will begin May 8, says WAEC
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has announced May 8 as the start of the 2023 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination,WASSCE, for school candidates. The Council through her Nigerian Head of National Office, Mr. Patrick Areghan, also said the examination, which will end on June 23, will take into consideration the safety of...
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Poly students ask Buhari to end HND-BSc dichotomy before May 29
The National Association of Polytechnic Students has urged the President, Major General Muhammadu (retd.), to make efforts to end the dichotomy between the Higher National Diploma and Bachelor of Science holders before leaving office on May 29, 2023. NAPS deputy Senate President, Adeniji Temitope, in a statement made available to Journalist on Monday, said it was...
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Stanley Ezediuto Bags Doctorate Degree in HRM , calls for State of Emergency in the Nigeria Educational Sector.
Dr. Stanley Ezediuto has lamented the poor state of the Nigeria educational sector, noting that educational institutions are in a sorry state, with their human and material drivers left in a decrepit condition. Dr. Ezediuto stated this while stressing the importance of acquiring knowledge in its diverse forms, when he bagged Doctorate Degree in Human...
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NYSC fixes date for Batch A stream 2 registration
The National Youth Service Corps has announced the dates for the 2023 Batch A Stream II online registration exercise. This was announced in a post on the Corps official Twitter page on Saturday. The scheme announced that the registration would commence on Tuesday April 11, until Monday, April 17, 2023. READ ALSO Labour Party State...
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Pay owed salaries or risk shutdown, ASUP tells govs
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has warned state governments owing lecturers several months of salaries to pay up immediately or face industrial action. The President of the union, Anderson Ezeibe, at the 106th meeting of the National Executive Council held in Abuja on Wednesday, vowed to ensure that all members owed by the government...