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The Academic Staff Union of Universities, popularly known as ASUU will commence her warning strike come 2nd of October, 2016.     Reporters gathered information from the ASUU Chairman University of Abuja Chapter, Dr. Ben on the 7th Day of September, 2016.     Speaking with Dr. Ben in his office, he said”We have tried to dialogue with the Federal Government but they have been playing games with us, we will start with a warning strike to show them we are not jokers” He stressed ASUU has being trying to get the attention of the Federal Government to intervene into the academic system of universities across Nigeria but it has all been abortive. However, ASUU will give a warning strike which will start on the 2nd day of October, 2016.     “The strike will last for one week, and if they do not give us listening ears we will start the indefinite strike come November 2016” The Chairman concluded. http:// dailyschoolgist.bl...

The streets of Bayelsa State got more than vehicles and pedestrians as secondary school teachers took over major roads to press home their demands before marching to the state secretariat in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital in south-south Nigeria. They claimed that while other workers in the state have received half month payment three times, they have not received anything. The teachers also rejected government’s proposition to give them half pay for the month of August on Thursday, insisting that the government must pay them as the other workers. The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS) in Bayelsa State, Mr Oyiemi Ebiredeni, said that members of the union had been battling to survive, as a result of unpaid salaries. The representative of the government, Commissioner of Education, Mr Markson Fefegha after addressing the protesters, told reporters that the executives of ASUSS and the state government had different understanding of the outcome of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked 17 Chief Executives of Parastatals and Agencies under the Federal Ministry of Education. Consequently, he has approved the appointment of replacements just as he retained four Chief Executives. A statement by the Federal Ministry of education said the appointments are with effect from Monday, august 01, 2016.The 17 agencies affected and the new Chief Executives are: National Universities Commission (NUC)– Prof Abubakar adamu Rasheed Nigerian Institute for education Planning and Administration – Pro, Mrs. Lilian Salami Universal Basic Education – Dr. Hameed Bobboyi National library of Nigeria – Prof Lanre Aina National Examinations Council – Prof Charles Uwakwe National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal education – Prof Abba Aladu Nomadic education Commission – Prof Bashir Usman National Business and technical Examinations Board – Prof Isioma Isiugo-Abanihe Teachers Registrati...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has withdrawn the list of recommended candidates for admission earlier sent to the tertiary institutions, the Board said in a statement on Sunday. “This is to ensure that the University Senate perform its statutory responsibility of conducting the selection of candidates and refer it to JAMB for confirmation in line with the admission criteria of merit, catchment and educationally disadvantaged states as directed by the Hon Minister of Education at the policy committee meeting,” Fabian Benjamin, the organisation’s head of media, said in a statement sent to PREMIUM TIMES. “The earlier list was sent to help fast track the process of admission so as to allow other tiers of institutions also conduct their admission.“Candidates should not panic because this is part of the process of the 2016 admission exercise. JAMB regrets any inconvenience this decision would have caused the tertiary institutions“The ...

By Daniel R. Ogidiagba MSc. Decision making is defined as the selection of a course of action from among alternatives.  Decision making is at the central of planning (core of planning). A plan cannot be said to exist unless a decision –commitment of resources, direction or reputation has been made. It is therefore pertinent to note that decision making is, however, only a step in planning. Even when it is done rapidly and with the least minute thought or when it influences action for only a few minutes, it is a part of planning. It is also a part of everyone’s daily life. It is expected of a manager to take rational decisions, but a manager must on the other hand, settle for limited or bounded rationality. Even if a manager tries with a fixed determination to be completely rational, he must on the other hand settle for limited or bounded rationality. In other words, limitations of Information, Time, and Certainty inhibit rationality. Since managers cannot be com...

A bill for a law which prescribes five-year jail term for lecturers who engage in sexual relationship with students was passed for first reading in the Senate on Wednesday. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege (Labour-Delta Central) and co-sponsored by 46 other senators, seeks to completely prohibit any form of sexual relationship between lecturers and their students. Briefing newsmen after plenary, Omo-Agege said that the nation’s institutions of higher learning must be sanitised to rid them of lecturers who saw female students as “prize’’.According to him, when the bill is passed and signed into law, any lecturer found guilty will be liable to a jail term of up to five years but not less than two years with no option of fine. “When passed into law, it makes it a criminal offence for any educator in a university, polytechnic or any other tertiary educational institution to violate or exploit the student-lecturer fiduciary relationship for sexual pl...

Protest turned violent in the university Of Portharcourt after police who were supposed to bring law and order fired bullets at the protesting students killing one student Peter Ofurum by name in the faculty of management sciences as can be seen in the pics below. The student didn't survive as as much as 3 bullet holes was found in his body. The students carried out a protest this morning over hike in school fees and no fees no exam policy in the school. After his death the protest became more violent as students are said to have mounted road blocks to major school routs and started burning school properties and that of resident lecturers. See photos:

The Muhammadu Buhari administration, through the Bank of Industry, on Thursday formally launched a N10 billion Youths Entrepreneurship Support (YES) project to empower youth with loans to start businesses. Speaking at the launch of the project in Abuja, the Minister for Industry, Trade and investment, Okechukwu Enelamah, said his ministry would partner all agencies of government to create new jobs. He said more than 40 per cent of Nigerian graduates had no jobs and that an average of eight million Nigerians entered the job market annually. The minister said that the ‘YES’ project of BoI was part of the Federal Government’s youth employment scheme, saying that about 36,000 jobs would be created annually through ‘YES’. He appealed to prospective beneficiaries to repay the loans for the success and sustenance of the project. Waheed Olagunju, the acting Managing Director of BoI, said that a participant under the scheme could access up to N10million loan with...

So students took to the streets to protest and pour out their anger and frustration over their failure in Jamb. Although some students are already celebrating their success in the UTME exams, many students complain about the new computer system of conducting the exams. Some blame faulty computer systems, poor and inadequate time frame given to them and so on, but who is ready to listen to these aggrieved students and give them what they want. They will have to wait for another year to sit for the exams unless Jamb listens and do something about their plight.

According to Naijaloaded.com.ng from a reporter in Abia State Nigeria. A heated battle is currently going as 2 Cultist group clashes in the State university. Read what he sent to us below:- Cult battle is currently going on in Abia State University between Mafia and Bukina Faso Confraternity. Two members of the mafia group where last night killed. I was told that mafia on 22 feb kill a member of bukinafaso confraternity. They are currently counting the Scores, The University ABSU gate is presently shut down till further notice. You can checkout photos from the Ugly incident below. Source : http://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/2016/03/13/shocking-photos-students-head-cut-off-cult-clashes-abia-state-university-viewers-discretion/ 

After students write Jamb, it is a normal phenomenon that some will pass, scoring 180 and above and some will fail, scoring below 180. It if left for the unlucky candidate/s to buckle up, wait for another year to sit for the exams again, but for this fellow it is not to be so as he feels it is the end of the world for him. In a time where there are millions of jobless graduates parading the streets with little or no hope of getting good jobs, some even regret why they didnt learn a trade instead of going to the University, this young boy who just wrote jamb for the first time after checking his result, found out he score 159 which is below the cut off mark decides the best thing to do is to take his life by hanging himself. See graphic pic below :

After long protests from students in the university (mainly engineering students) the school authorities have closed all activities in the school as the protest which started as a peaceful one had become violent. The reason however for the protests is that over 200 students final year students from engineering faculty were asked to repeat 200 level in a new faculty, reason being that a new law was enacted and implemented which states that any student who fail the three main courses in Engineering will be withdrawn from the faculty. The law which has affected many students who were asked to start 200 level afresh had triggered the protest which had become violent and as can be seen from the photos below students parking out of the school as a résult of the indefinite closure of the university by the authorities. .

UNIVERSITIES CUT OFF MARKAmbrose Alli University,Ekpoma (AAU) 180Adekunle AjasinUniversity Anyingba(AAUA) 180Abia state polytechnic(AbiaPoly) 150Abia State UniversityUturu (ABSU) 180Ahmadu BelloUniversity (ABU) Zaria 180Afe Babalola UniversityAdo-Ekiti (ABUAD) Not Specified.Akwa-Ibom StateUniversity (AKSU) 180Alvan Ikoku FederalCollege of Education 180Anambra StateUniversity Uli (ANSU) 180Auchi Polytrchnic 150Benson IdahosaUniversity Not Specified.Bauchi State University 180Bells University ofTechnology, Ota Not Specified.Bowen University Not Specified.Benue State University 180Bayero University Kano 180covenant university Not Specified.Cross River University(CRUTECH) 180Delta State University,Abraka (DELSU) 180Dental School Enugu 150Ebonyi State University(EBSU) 180Ekiti State University,Ado Ekiti (EKSU) 200Enugu State Universityof Science Technology(ESUT) 180Federal PolytechnicNekede 150Federal PolytechnicAdo-Ekiti 170Federal Polytechnic,Bida 150Federal Poly Ede 150Federal Polytechni...