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GOUNI VC urges graduating students to shun materialism

Angel Ojonugwa July 17, 2024

ENUGU (Sundiata Scholar) – , The Vice Chancellor of Godfrey Okoye University (GOUNI), Enugu, Rev Fr Christian Anieke, has counseled outgoing students of the university to show exemplary performance in their future endeavours. Anieke made the call during the Thanksgiving Mass organised by

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2022 strike:;CONUA demands payment of outstanding salaries, other benefits

Angel Ojonugwa July 17, 2024

BENIN (Sundiata Scholar) – The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has called on the Federal Government to pay outstanding salaries, promotion arrears, and other benefits owed to its members.The congress made the call in its communiqué read at the end of its Second National Executive Council meeting on Sunday in Benin. The communique read by […]

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Stakeholders seek improved welfare for teachers in Borno

Angel Ojonugwa July 17, 2024

MAIDUGURI (Sundiata Scholar) – Stakeholders in Borno have urged the State Government to improve welfare and incentives for public school teachers to boost their morale in the ongoing revival of education in the state after the insurgency. The call was part of recommendations by the stakeholders after a town hall meeting on inclusivity and accountability […]

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200 students receive NDDC scholarship for post-graduate studies abroad

Angel Ojonugwa July 17, 2024

PORTHARCOURT (Sundiata Scholar) – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has presented post-graduate foreign scholarship letters to 200 scholars from the Niger Delta region. Mr Chiedu Ebie, the Chairman of the NDDC Governing Board, handed over the letters to the beneficiaries during a pre-departure ceremony in Port Harcourt on Saturday. Ebie, in a statement

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Dangote pledges infrastructure dev’t at Aliko Dangote varsity

Angel Ojonugwa July 16, 2024

DANGOTE (Sundiata Scholar) – pledges infrastructure dev’t at Aliko Dangote varsity Dangote pledges infrastructure dev’t at Aliko Dangote varsityInfrastructure By Aminu GarkoKano, July 11,2024 Alhaji Aliko Dangote, Chancellor of Aliko Dangote University of Science and Technology, Wudil, has pledged to construct a Senate building and 10 senior academic staff residences

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Adamawa, UNICEF begin distribution of learning materials to 343,942 children

Angel Ojonugwa July 16, 2024

YOLA ( Sundiata  Scholar) – Adamawa State Universal Basic Education Board (ADSUBEB) with support from United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has inaugurated the distribution of learning materials to 343,942 children across 931 public primary schools in the state. Speaking at the ceremony in Yola on Thursday, UNICEF Chief of Bauchi Field office, Dr Tusha Rane,

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Teachers recruitment: Oyo SUBEB receives 52,423 applications.

Angel Ojonugwa July 16, 2024

IBADAN (Sundiata Scholar) – The State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Oyo State, says no fewer than 52,423 people have submitted applications through its job application portal.The Executive Chairman, SUBEB, Dr Nureni Adeniran, disclosed this on Thursday while speaking with newsmen in Ibadan. Adeniran, however, said that the job application portal had been

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Transportation varsity Daura improves staff’s capacity on discipline

Angel Ojonugwa July 16, 2024

KATSINA (Sundiata Scholar) – The Federal University of Transportation Daura (FUTD), in Katsina State has organized a two-day capacity building workshop for its pioneer staff on handling disciplinary cases. The workshop was titled: ‘’The Role of Management in the Prevention of Avoidable Litigations in courts Arising from Poor Handling of Disciplinary Cases in Nigeria

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ASUP threatens strike over new scheme of service

Angel Ojonugwa July 16, 2024

AUCHI ( Sundiata Scholar) -The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says it will embark on industrial action, if government fails to suspend the new Scheme of Service in Nigeria Polytechnics, which took effect, June 7.The Auchi Polytechnic, Edo State chapter of the union stated this after at an emergency congress in Auchi on Friday. […]

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Zamfara govt commits to AGILE project’s implementation

Angel Ojonugwa July 16, 2024

GUSAU (Sundiata Scholar) – The Zamfara Government on Friday restated commitment towards ensuring the success of the ‘Adolescent Girls Initiative Learning and Empowerment (AGILE)’ project in the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Alhaji Wadatau Madawaki stated this in Gusau at the quarterly meeting of the State Project Steering

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Don urges Nigerian Universities to diversify funding sources

Angel Ojonugwa July 11, 2024

SOKOTO (Sundiata Scholar) – Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, former Vice Chancellor, University of Lagos, has charged managements of Nigerian Universities to diversify sources of funding and redouble efforts on productive researches. Ogundipe gave the charge on Wednesday in Sokoto at a lecture titled ” University Governance and Traditions in Nigeria; Issues, Challenges and

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Kano govt reitrates commitment to quality education

Angel Ojonugwa July 11, 2024

KANO (Sundiata Scholar) – Gov. Abba Kabir-Yusuf of Kano State, has reaffirmed his administration commitment to enhance access to free quality education for all.Kabir-Yusuf stated this at the inauguration of the Education Recovery Conference on Wednesday in Kano. The conference was being organised by the state government in collaboration with the PLANE Nigeria and

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LASG seeks corps members’ collaboration to curb drug abuse

Angel Ojonugwa July 11, 2024

LAGOS (Sundiata Scholar) – Lagos State Government has called for collaboration of corps members in its efforts at curbing substance abuse through the War Against Drug Abuse in Lagos State project. The Wife of Lagos State Governor, Dr Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, made the call on Wednesday while addressing the 2024 Batch ‘B’ Stream 1 corps members […]

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Enugu Govt. begins construction of 8 Science, Vocational Schools

Angel Ojonugwa July 11, 2024

ENUGU (Sundiata Scholar) – The Enugu State Government has commenced the construction of eight Science, Technical, and Vocational (STV) Schools in the state, starting with the Government Technical College (GTC), Enugu. The Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ndubueze Mbah, said this during the inspection of work at the GTC, on Wednesday. He revealed that there would

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Rector assures Kogi Poly staff, students of improved welfare, conducive environment

Angel Ojonugwa July 11, 2024

LOKOJA (Sundiata Scholar) – The Rector, Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja, Prof. Salisu Usman, has assured of improved welfare and conducive environment for members of staff and students of the institution. Usman gave the assurance when members of Correspondents’ chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ), Kogi council, paid a courtesy visit to his office […]

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OAU SSANU joins nationwide protest over withheld salaries

Angel Ojonugwa July 11, 2024

ILE IFE (Sundiata Scholar) – Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) branch, on Tuesday staged a protest over non-payment of their four months withheld salaries. The Chairman of the branch, Dr Taiwo Arobadi, while addressing members during a one-day protest at the university Campus in Ile-Ife, said

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Withheld salaries: SSANU members protest at Nigeria French Language Village Badagry

Angel Ojonugwa July 10, 2024

BADAGRY (Sundiata Scholar) – Language Village, Badagry, Lagos State chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), on Tuesday staged a protest against non-payment of withheld salaries by the Federal Government. reports that the protesters carried placards with different inscriptions such as, “Pay us our arrears of 25 to 35 per cent salary

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Withheld salaries: SSANU, NASU holds protest in Lokoja varsity

Angel Ojonugwa July 10, 2024

LOKOJA (Sundiata Scholar) – Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Federal University Lokoja (FUL), on Tuesday, staged a protest in demand for withheld four months salaries. reports that the protest staged by the two unions at FUL’d Felele New Campus, was in solidarity with […]

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SSANU, NASU protest: Fed. varsity Gusau seeks FG’s intervention

Angel Ojonugwa July 10, 2024

GUSAU (Sundiata Scholar) – The Management of the Federal University Gusau has appealed to the Federal Government for an urgent intervention concerning the demands of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU). The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Administration) of the uUniversity, Prof. Ahmed

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Unilorin SSANU, NASU members stage protest over withheld salariesStrike

Angel Ojonugwa July 10, 2024

ILLORIN (Sundiata Scholar) – A Members of Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), University of Ilorin chapter, on Tuesday, staged a protest over non-payment of their withheld salaries. reports that the protest was in response to the directive of the national leadership