World Teachers’ Day: Bayelsa NUT bemoans neglect of teachers’ welfare

The Bayelsa chapter of Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) on Saturday bemoaned the neglect of teachers’ welfare in the Bayelsa government’s policy on education. The teachers noted that the myriad of challenges bedeviling the teaching profession and the education sector in the state

Matthew Onyiuke JAMB saga: Anambra lawyers threaten to sue JAMB

Anambra State lawyers under the aegis of Anambra State Indigenes Lawyers Forum (ASILF) has called on the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board(JAMB) to with immediate effect release the result of Master Akachukwu Matthew Onyiuke, or face legal action. Speaking at a press conference

Madonna Varsity face off: Parents of detained students to Proprietor, we can’t apologise for ruining our children’s career, future

  By Pamela Eboh, Awka Parents of the six Madonna University, Okija Anambra State, students who were imprisoned for seven months on Thursday said that they will never apologise to the university authority for taking the institution to court. The proprietor of the institution,

NIPR, Microsoft to organise ICT training for university undergraduates

  By Emmanuel Afonne The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has concluded plans to partner with Microsoft, to develop the capacity of communication arts undergraduates in the area of ICT. Mr. Franklyn Ginger-Eke, Chairman, NIPR’s 2019 Annual General Meeting and Conference planning

Varsity post-graduate students in court for raping woman in nightclub’

Two university students were seen high-fiving after raping a drunk young woman in a nightclub maintenance room, a court has heard. Ferdinando Orlando, 25, and Lorenzo Costanzo, 26, were caught laughing and making sexual gestures on CCTV, after leading her out of the

Modern slavery: Kaduna govt unites 140 victims with families

  The Kaduna State Government has taken custody of the over 300 rescued inmates of an Illegal Islamic school in Rigasa area of the state. The Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development in the state, Hafsat Baba, said of the figure, 140

OAU to build own airport soon, says VC

  The Management of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, on Monday disclosed plans to build an airport within the campus of the institution soon. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Prof Eyitope Ogunbodede,  hinted this during the 2019 Faculty of Technology International Conference,