UgamatvUPDATED: Lagos orders public, private schools to vacate Friday
The Lagos State Government has asked public and private schools in the state to vacate on Friday. This was contained in a statement, on Thursday, titled ‘LASG directs schools to…
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- Culture , Education , News , Politics
- December 16, 2020
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ENUGU SCHOOL WINS LARGE IN CULTURAL TOURNAMENT ATTRACTED BY REP DEPUTY MINORITY LEADER
An Enugu School, Rosary High School, Awgu has secured a massive win in the just Concluded Cultural awareness programme attracted by the Deputy Minority Leader, house of Representatives, Rt. Hon.…
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- December 16, 2020
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16-year-old pupil becomes Lagos one-day governor
A 16-year-old pupil of Angus Memorial Senior High School, Jemimah Marcus, who won the Lagos State Spelling Bee competition, will become a one-day governor. Marcus emerged winner on Tuesday after…
Strike: FG, ASUU meeting postponed again
A meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities was cancelled by the Ministry of Labour and Employment, on Monday. This was the second time in…
Boko Haram claims responsibility for Katsina schoolboys abduction
Jihadist group Boko Haram on Tuesday claimed responsibility for the abduction of hundreds of school students in northwest Nigeria. “I am Abubakar Shekau and our brothers are behind the kidnapping…
- Education , News
- December 15, 2020
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AAUA workers allegedly demand pounded yam to supervise students
THE management of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba, Akoko, Ondo State, has said it would investigate the allegation that some members of staff of the institution were fond of demanding…
UN demands ‘immediate, unconditional’ release of abducted Katsina schoolboys
The United Nations has condemned the mass abduction of students at the Government Science School at Kankara, Kastina State. The organisation expressed its concern in a statement by the Spokesperson…
547 schoolgirls pregnant during COVID-19 lockdown in Benin
More than 500 pregnancies were recorded in secondary schools at Benin’s northeastern department of Borgou during the 2019-2020 school year, the Beninese news agency (ABP) reported from Cotonou. “Altogether, 547…
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- December 11, 2020
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ASUU spent 1,500 days on strike in 21 years
THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has spent 1,500 days or 4.09 years on strike since the return to democracy in1999, findings by this newspaper suggest. This implies that about…
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- December 10, 2020
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Govt lied, no agreement on strike suspension date – ASUU
THE National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, said on Tuesday the union did not reach any agreement with the Federal Government that it would suspend the…
