Chidimma UCHEGBU The Federal government has said that civil servants found to have colluded with unscrupulous elements to foster the presence of illegal universities and award of fraudulent degrees to secure graduate jobs in Nigeria, will be penalized. It said such penalties would, however, be administered in accordance with the…
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Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu A lot has been said, and argued, about the recent document of the Catholic Church titled Fiducia Supplicans (Supplicating Trust) and the seeming approval it gave to non-liturgical blessing of persons in “irregular relationships” especially persons engaged in same-sex relationships. For me, however, none of the arguments, either…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU), has sided with President Bola Tinubu in ordering the payment of salaries to civil servants who were denied for not being captured in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). COEASU President, Dr. Smart Olugbeko, made the commendation in…
Chidimma UCHEGBU Confluence University of Science and Technology, Osara, Kogi State, has commenced the process of admitting candidates into over 35 undergraduate programmes approved by the National Universities Commission (NUC) at the school. The university, in a statement by its Registrar, Mrs Olufunke Hudson, said also that it has released…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said there is no truth in claims that it has increased the registration fee for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) across the country. Speaking in a statement signed by JAMB’s Public Communication Advisor (PCA), Fabian Benjamin, the board said…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has called on the country’s budgeting agencies to separate the budget of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), from Nigeria’s annual budget to enable effective implementation. ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodoke, made the call at the TETFund Alliance for Innovative Research…
Chidimma UCHEGBU No fewer than 74,819 candidates have registered to participate in the 2023 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) for external candidates nationwide. The Registrar/Chief Executive of NECO, Prof. Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi disclosed this on Saturday while monitoring the examination at Government Science Secondary School Gombe, Gombe State. Prof. Wushishi…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to qualify students for admission into universities across the country in 2024 will hold in the month of April. Specifically, it said the examination will hold between April 19 and April 29,…
Chidimma UCHEGBU The Universal Basic Education Commission, UBEC, Monday, disclosed that Nigeria has over 45 million children currently enrolled in its basic education system. Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr Hamid Boboyyi, disclosed this at a One-Day Meeting on Promoting Partnership with the Organised Private Sector, in Abuja. Boboyyi said despite…
Chidimma UCHEGBU No fewer than 15,750 teachers have sat for the November Diet of the Professional Qualifying Examination for teachers across the country. The examination is conducted by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) to test the professional knowledge of those in the teaching profession. Speaking with newsmen during…