History has been reintroduced as a stand-alone subject in the basic education curriculum by the federal government, 13 years after it was abolished. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, who spoke at the flag-off ceremony of the reintroduction of the teaching of history and training of history teachers at basic education level in Abuja on Thursday, November 23, said 3,700...
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UTME: JAMB advises against indecent dressing
Ahead of the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry Examination, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has issued advisories against the use of henna otherwise known as “laali”, bogus jewelry, outrageous outfits among others, The PUNCHhas learnt. Our correspondent also gathered that the board took the decision following observations that such mode of dressings...
Buhari Appoints Christy Uba As Acting Director Of Nigerian Youths Service Scheme, NYSC
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Mrs Christy Uba as the Acting Director of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) pending the appointment of a substantive director by the government. Ugamatv earlier reported that Buhari had sacked the Director-General of the scheme, Brigadier-General Mohammed Fadah. Fadah’s removal came only six months after he was appointed NYSC...
ASUU Knocks Buhari For Retaining Education Minister, Adamu, After Admitting Failure
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Tuesday expressed displeasure that the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, still retains his job despite admitting he has failed. On November 4, Adamu Adamu was widely quoted in the media as saying “I failed as Minister of Education.” ASUU accordingly described President Muhammadu Buhari’s inaction against the...
ASUU threatens to skip sessions missed during strike over ‘no-work, no-pay’
ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to skip backlog of academic sessions halted by their seven months strike if federal government persists on the no work no pay rule. ASUU members, mainly of University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) Chapter, Rivers state, after a special congress and protest rally on Monday argued that the...
I laugh when I hear people say I bought my law certificate – Amaechi
FORMER Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, has said he went back to school to study Law just to fulfill his father’s wish to be a lawyer. But the former governor of Rivers State, who hinted that he would go a step further by going to Law School to be called to bar, said he had...
World’s oldest pupil dies in Kenya aged 99
The world’s oldest primary school student, Priscilla Sitieni, whose resolve to acquire an education in her 90s inspired a French film and won praise from UNESCO, has died in Kenya aged 99, local media reported. Her grandson, Sammy Chepsiror, told The Standard newspaper that Gogo Priscilla (Granny Priscilla), as she was fondly known, died at...
UNILAG student slumps and dies while playing football
A 100-level student of the Department of Social Work, Faculty of Social Science, Simon Adokwu, slumped and died while playing football on the premises of the school in Akoka, Lagos State last Sunday, November 13. Late Simon who was a budding football star had gone to the field near the University’s Human Resource Development Centre to play...
President Buhari reportedly sacks NYSC DG six months after his appointment
Less than six months after assuming office as the Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, President Buhari has reportedly approved the immediate removal of Brigadier-General Muhammad Kukah Fadah, from office as the Scheme’s DG. Although the reasons for the removal have not been provided by the presidency for the sacking of Gen. Fadah, credible...
Some presidential candidates are planning to sell federal universities – ASUU president
The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has alleged that some presidential candidates are planning to sell federal universities. Speaking in Makurdi at the special congress of ASUU of Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, JOSTUM chapter in honour of the outgoing Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Richard Kimbir, held...