NIMASA donates instructional material to Okene school By Oyibo Salihu Lokoja The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has donated computer hardwares, textbooks and other instructional material to Abdulazeez Atta Memorial College in Okene local government area of Kogi state. Presenting the materials to the school principal in Lokoja, the Kogi Commissioner for Education, […]
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Arms network: Foundation partners on children’s education
Arms network: Foundation partners on children’s education By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The first vice president, West African Action Network on Small Arms (WAANSA), Mr Dickson Orji, Wednesday stressed the need to educate children on problems associated with small arms. Orji said this in Abuja at a speak-out session organised by WAANSA in partnership with […]
Nigeria’s higher education sector over populated –Atiku
Atiku Nigeria’s higher education sector over populated –Atiku By Uji Abdullahi Ilyasu Abuja Former Vice President and presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the February general elections, Atiku Abubakar has said that Nigeria’s higher education sector was over weighed by population explosion, and therefore suggested the establishment of more tertiary institutions across […]
IPPIS: You’re a frustrated account clerk – UI blasts AGF
Ogunyemi IPPIS: You’re a frustrated account clerk – UI blasts AGF By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF) Mr Ahmed Idris, as a frustrated ‘account clerk’. This is coming as ASUU members have refused to enroll into the Integrated payroll and Personnel […]
OAU to honour Rwandan president, 3 others
Kagame OAU to honour Rwandan president, 3 others By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja Rwandan President, Paul Kagame, and three other eminent Africans are to be honoured at the 44th convocation of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife. A statement issued Wednesday in Ile-Ife by the public relations officer of the university, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, and posted to Campuses, […]
TETFund rebukes non-performing institutions, retrieves N10bn
Prof Bogoro TETFund rebukes non-performing institutions, retrieves N10bn By Uji Abdullahi Iliyasu Abuja The Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Professor Elias Suleiman Bogoro, said the agency has retrieved N10bn for projects awarded, but not executed by beneficiary institutions. Bogoro stated this Friday in Jos when he inaugurated the new University of Jos […]
IPPIS: ASUU, AGF, national service
Prof Ogunyemi IPPIS: ASUU, AGF, national service As the battle between Federal Government and ASUU on the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) rages on, UJI ABDULLAHI ILIYASU reports that the battle is turning personal and must be checked for good of democracy. Background The federal government, through its Accountant general of the federation […]
IPPIS: FG’s corruption fight and ASUU’s fears
ASUU chairman, Ogunyemi IPPIS: FG’s corruption fight and ASUU’s fears The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is worried that the federal government is planning to force lecturers into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). ASUU’s fears are that the scheme will erode their hard-earned university autonomy, UJI ABDULLAHI ILIYASU reports. Background The IPPIS is an Information […]
The wealthy and conditional adoption for the street child
Almajiri boys The wealthy and conditional adoption for the street child Poverty and want in Nigeria is on the rise on a daily basis despite federal government’s claim to progressive ideology, I dare say. Poor parents are daily finding it difficulty to give the traditional education legacy and security to their children and wards. The […]
Oprah Winfrey buys iPhone for Nigerian boy to replace his broken phone
Oprah Oprah Winfrey buys iPhone for Nigerian boy to replace his broken phone Oprah Winfrey, the queen of modern media, has just made a Nigerian boy, Olufemi, happy by buying him a new phone. Recall that Winfrey visited Morehouse College to renew her scholarship donation to the school even as she was appreciated by the […]