… Insist he is corrupt Ignatius Okpara, Enugu The three workers’ union at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, on Thursday described as laughable, plans by the out-going Vice Chancellor of the university Prof. Bartho Okolo to drag them to court. Addressing newsmen in Nsukka, chairmen of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Non-Academic […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Aba Tension and anxiety have enveloped the entire Umungasi area of the commercial city of Aba, Abia State, following Wednesday’s killing of a student of Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, by unknown gunmen. Our correspondent reports that the student, whose name could not be ascertained as at the time of filling this report was […]
Ignatius Okpara, Abakaliki The Ebonyi State Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, Mr Chris Anyanwu has confirmed the death of a middle aged man (names withheld), during a sex rumpus with a female student of the state owned university. According to the command spokesman, the said man died on Monday in Abakaliki while having marathon sex […]
Police Teargas Polytechnic Lecturers In Abuja The Nigerian police Tuesday fired tear gas canisters at protesting polytechnic lecturers who engaged in a peaceful protest to force the Nigerian government to have dialogue with the lecturers relating to their demands. The lecturers and some polytechnic students gathered at the federal Secretariat in Abuja to ask for […]
The University of Nigeria (UNN) College of Medicine Alumni Association says it has begun moves to build a state of the art ultra-modern College of Medicine estimated to cost a whopping sum of 6 billion naira for the university. National President of the association and former governor of Enugu State, Dr. Okwesilieze Nwodo, who disclosed […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu The old students affairs building at the University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN, has been gutted by mystery fire. However, the Nsukka division of the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, says it has commenced full-scale investigation into the inferno, which occurred on Tuesday. Confirming the incident to our Correspondent in Enugu, the state Police […]
Oyewale Oyelola The State of Osun government has alleged the striking lecturers in four higher institutions in the state of toying with future of students. Special Adviser to Governor Rauf Aregbesola on Education; Alhaja Mulikat Bello said this in an online interview with African Examiner correspondent on the ongoing strike. Her words: “We are worried […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Imo and Zamfara states emerged with highest cases of examination malpractice in the 2013 November/December Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) conducted by the National Examination Council (NECO). Registrar of NECO, Professor Promise Okpala, disclosed this Friday while releasing the 2013 NECO result in Minna, the Niger state capital. Professor Okpala, in a […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu A total of 44 (forty-four) graduating students of the University of Nigeria Nsukka UNN will on Friday smile home with 1st Class Honours of the institution, during its 2014 and 43rd convocation ceremony, Vice Chancellor of the school, Prof. Bartho Okolo has disclosed. Briefing newsmen Monday at the Enugu campus of the […]
Agabus Pwanagba, Jos The killing of a student of Solomon Lar University (Plateau State University), Bokkos, Plateau State by unknown gunmen led to a mass protest by student on Tuesday morning, which cause pandemonium in Bokkos town and environs. A source told African Examiner that three students were shot late Monday night around their hostel […]
Adewale Kupoluyi The just-concluded 20th Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja offered practical solutions on how the nation’s ailing education sector can be revamped and better repositioned to bring about the much-desired development. It was, no doubt, a rich platform for brainstorming, frank talk, exchange of ideas and passing of resolution to really make a difference […]
Ignatius Okpara, Enugu About a whopping N50 Billion naira Tertiary Education Fund TETFUND is still lying fallow in various commercial banks in Nigeria un-accessed, Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike has hinted. He said “Every year, these banks declare huge profits with the funds meant for tertiary institution’s education funding in the country simply because […]
100 million young girls and women are unable to read a single sentence, concludes the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, (UNESCO) report. UNESCO views this as a serious gender imbalance in global education to have left over 100 million young women in low and lower middle income countries unable to read a single sentence, […]
Ruth Bamidele, Lagos As part of its corporate social responsibility, Dana Airline in partnership with Bi-Courtney Aviation Services Limited (BASL) took pupils on an educational excursion of airport facilities, which includes a first hand experience of how an air plane works. The week long expedition programme saw the airline opening its aircraft doors to over […]
The American University of Nigeria has advanced to the regional finals of the Fifth annual Hult Prize. The winners will receive US$1,000,000. The Hult Prize is the world’s largest student competition for social good. This year there were more than 4,000 applications from which the AUN team emerged among the best 400 and were offered a […]
…As Students Destroyed N51 Million Properties Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, on Friday directed the re-opening of the Lagos State University (LASU) from Monday February 24, in the overriding best interest of the students. This is after the state government put the value of properties destroyed by the students during the last protest at […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Abakaliki At least about 20,000 applicants in Ebonyi state have besieged the state Secondary Education Board in Abakaliki to obtain recruitment forms for teaching jobs. Most of the applicants, who were scrambling to collect the forms from officials of the board, said they have been unemployed for several years since after graduation form […]
Kayode Adelowokan, Lagos Students of the Lagos State University (LASU) on Tuesday booed the Deputy Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Honourable Musibau Kolawole Taiwo, in an attempt to address hundreds of the aggrieved students. The students stormed the State House of Assembly during a joint protest with Joint Action Front (JAF) and Education Right […]
IGNATIUS OKPARA, Enugu Worried by the alarming negative effect of cigarette smoking in Enugu state especially among the youths, a non government organization, Life Advocacy Against Unhealthy Social Vices Initiative says it has concluded plans to set up anti tobacco clubs in primary and secondary schools in the state. Speaking to newsmen Thursday in Enugu […]
President Goodluck Jonathan has approved the appointment of Dr. Yakubu Gambo as Deputy Executive Secretary (Services) of Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). The appointment, according to a letter from the office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator Anyim Pius Anyim, took effect from January 30, 2014. Born in June 1960, Gambo […]
