The Federal government on Tuesday, accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), of not “showing good cause” in the pursuit of its suit before the National Industrial Court. Mr J.U.K Igwe SAN, counsel to the Minister of Labour and Employment and Minister of Education who are the claimants in the suit made the accusation when ASUU’s counsel Mr Marshall Abubakar informed the court that he had filed processes at the court’s registry. The processes according to Abubakar would be ready before the next adjourned date of Wednesday. The p
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…Says results to be released soon The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board says about 947,000 candidates have so far sat for this year’s Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination within the last two days. The head of public affairs of the board, Dr Fabian Benjamin made this known after monitoring the ongoing UTME alongside the Registrar of JAMB, Professor Is-haq Oloyede and others, on Thursday in Abuja. Fabian, who assured that everyone registered for the exam would be given the opportunity to take part in the exercise, said the Board h
Read MoreThe Federal Government, on Wednesday, in Abuja said it has spent $1.2m to deploy 40 buses to evacuate at least 2,400 stranded Nigerians out of Sudan. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this to State House correspondents shortly after this week’s Federal Executive Council meeting presided over by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd.), at the Council Chambers of Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Onyeama said the high cost of the evacuation was to provide security cover for the eight-hour journey from Luxol to Cairo
Read MoreThe Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, has disclosed that the country has concluded arrangements to evacuate over 5,500 Nigerians stranded in Sudan by road. The development is coming one week after intense fighting broke out between two rival forces in the North Eastern African country, which shares its border with seven namely Libya, Egypt, Chad, the Central African Republic, South Sudan, Ethiopia, and Eritrea. As of Sunday, Saudi Arabia has evacuated 91 of its citizens along with 66 nationals from 12 other countries which incl
Read MoreUniversity Of Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo Holds 2nd Matriculation Ceremony
The University of Agriculture and Environmental Science, Umuagwo, in Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State held its 2nd matriculation ceremony on Friday, April 14, 2023 in grand style. The event where a total of 462 new intakes were administered with the oath of matriculation, while reminding them of the need to focus on their studies and shun unnecessary distractions that will jeopardize their future was witnessed by students, parents, guardians and staff of the institution. The event which started with a colourful procession of th
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