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All Nigerian Peoples' Party (ANPP), Education, Party Politics, Raw Politics
Monday, September 19th, 2011
The All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) has called on the Federal Government to implement its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in order to avoid disruption of academic activities in the tertiary institutions. The party said in a statement signed by its National Chairman, Dr. Ogbonnaya Onu, that the country’s educational standards […]
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Education, General Politics, Headlines, Niger, State News
Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
Niger State governor, Dr Mua’zu Babangida Aliyu, took a critical look at the nation’s education sector on Tuesday and concluded that the entire sector needs a total revolution. Aliyu, who played host to the one-week executive council meeting of the All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools (ANCOPSS) in Minna, the state capital, decried […]
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Africa & World Politics, Education, Headlines
Sunday, September 11th, 2011
“Top 100 Universities and Colleges in Africa Top 100 Universities and Colleges in Africa by the 4icu.org University Web Ranking: 1 University of Cape Town South Africa 2 Cairo University Egypt 3 University of Pretoria South Africa 4 Universiteit Stellenbosch South Africa 5 University of the Witwatersrand South Africa 6 University of KwaZulu-Natal South Africa […]
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Education, General Politics, Headlines
Wednesday, September 7th, 2011
The chairman of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Mr Sampson Akpabi, has said that out of 1.5 million candidates who sat for the examination this year, only 350,000 would be admitted. He made this clarification on the occasion of the 2011 combined technical committee meeting for the Unified Tertiary Institution Matriculation Examinations (UTME) admission […]
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Cross River, Education, Headlines, State News
Sunday, August 28th, 2011
University of Calabar (UNICAL) was yesterday shut after students violently protested alleged death of three colleagues on campus as a result of insecurity. The authorities closed the institution for two weeks, asking the students to vacate the campus immediately. According to the students, insecurity in the university led to the killing of two of their […]
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Education, Top Stories
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
For the fourth year running candidates who wrote the May/June 2011 West African Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) conducted by the West Africa Examinations (WAEC) recorded mass failure as only 31 per cent made five credits including English Language and Mathematics. The Head of National Office (HNO), Dr. Iyi Uwadiae disclosed the figure in Abeokuta, […]
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Education, Headlines
Friday, July 15th, 2011
As the labour unions in the country threaten to embark on a three day -warning strike over the non implementation of the new minimum wage, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has threatened to down tools due to what the union described as unwillingness of government to sign the amended bill on the retirement […]
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Articles, Columnists, Education, NNP Columnists, Odimegwu Onwumere, Rivers, State News
Monday, June 20th, 2011
By Odimegwu Onwumere, Rivers, Nigeria – June 20, 2011 – On 29th May 2011, Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers State was overwhelmed. On this day, he was inaugurated for a second term in office. Among his promises, he avowed that his leadership would take qualitative education in the state seriously. He said that the ongoing […]
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Education, Headlines
Saturday, June 18th, 2011
A total of 1, 493, 603 candidates who registered for the 2011 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, will be sitting for the examination across the country today. However, Vanguard gathered that due to acute shortage of spaces, only about 20 per cent of qualified candidates will be offered admission, into the about 117 universities in the […]
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Education, Ministries, Top Stories, Women Politics
Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
There were indications on Tuesday that President Goodluck Jonathan was under pressure from many members of the cabinet, which he dissolved on Monday. THE PUNCH learnt of this just as Jonathan held a closed door meeting with the former ministers and senior aides at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Investigations showed that many of the ex-ministers […]
