The Federal Government has announced Wednesday 25th, Thursday 26th of December 2024, and Wednesday 1st of January, 2025 as public holidays for the celebration of Christmas, Boxing Day and New Year respectively. The Minister of Interior, Dr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, in a statement on Monday in Abuja, through the Ministry’s Permanent Secretary, Dr Magdalene Ajani, made…
The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Ahmed Usman Ododo, has signed a bill converting the state-of-the-art Reference Hospital, Okene into the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH) Teaching Hospital. This was announced in Lokoja on Tuesday by the State Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Kingsley Fanwo, during a press briefing. The move aligns with…
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund, an intervention agency set up by the Federal Government, has disbursed over N104bn to students in Nigerian tertiary institutions across the country since inception, data obtained from the Fund revealed on Tuesday. The disbursed funds encompasses institutional fees paid directly to the institutions of applicants and upkeep loans paid directly…
The Chairman of the Governing Council of Kwara State University, Malete, Professor Abdulganiyu Ambali, OON, has announced the approval of the payment of the new minimum wage of seventy thousand Naira to staff of the University from December 2024, as a measure to encourage industrial harmony and boost the commitment of staff to the vision…
The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, Comrade Abubakar J. Abdullah, says the union will shut down all polytechnics nationwide by December 2 due to the Federal Government’s failure to meet its members’ demands. According to him, on October 6, 2024, the union leadership issued a 15-day ultimatum to…
The World Bank has expressed interest in partnering with the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) as part of its effort to reduce the increasing number of unemployed youths in the country. The Country Director of the World Bank, Ndiame Diop, made this known on Tuesday when he led a team on a courtesy visit to…
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has instructed its members in states that have not yet started implementing the new minimum wage to initiate an indefinite strike, starting on December 1, 2024. The directive follows the decisions made during the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the NLC that took place over the weekend. The statement…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, among other academic unions, will meet the reconstituted committee on the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement with university-based unions, Saturday PUNCH can confirm. ASUU’s National President, Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known in an interview with our correspondent in Abuja. Though the ASUU leader didn’t…
The Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Dr. Akintunde Sawyerr, has said the agency disbursed N11 billion to 90,000 students within six months. Sawyerr announced this during an oversight visit by the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFUND, led by its chairman, Muntari Dandutse, yesterday in Abuja. The NELFUND boss said the fees and…
THE Joint Action Committee, JAC, of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has announced suspension of the ongoing nationwide indefinite strike over the four months withheld salaries. The suspension according to a circular to all branches of the two university based unions…
