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A serving member of the National Youths Service Corps (NYSC), simply identified as Samuel, slumped and d!ed while watching Nigeria’s Super Eagles clash with South Africa’s Bafana Bafana. According to the Nigerian Tribune, an eyewitness said that the corps member serving in Adamawa State died before the last shootout that progressed Nigeria to the final…

The Management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka wishes to inform the public and stakeholders that the matriculation ceremony for the 2023/2024 Academic Session has been rescheduled. The Matriculation ceremony, originally scheduled for February 16th, 2024, will now take place on Friday, March 14, 2024. All relevant stakeholders are kindly requested to take note of this…

The Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) and the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) have sent a notice of a 14-day national strike to the federal government. The unions said that the 16-point agreement that was reached on October 2, 2023, between them and the federal government, has not been implemented. The national leadership of the…

The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has said that the Federal Government has not implemented all the agreements it reached with the organised labour, particularly between ASUU, since the administration of President Bola Tinubu was inaugurated in May 2023. He stated this in an interactive session with…

We bring to your attention an important update from the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). In collaboration with the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), NYSC has mandated all serving corps members to link their National Identification Number (NIN) to their accounts. This directive is a significant step towards streamlining and enhancing the efficiency of various…

ASUU tells federal govt, ASUU Salary incrementTHE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has expressed displeasure over the state of the nation. It urges the federal and other levels of governments to wake up and provide governance that will alleviate the suffering of the masses in the new year. The national president of the union,…

Following the suspension of accreditation and evaluation of degree certificates from Benin Republic and Togo, the Federal Government has said the sanction would be extended to more countries like Uganda, Kenya and Niger Republic. “We are not going to stop at just Benin and Togo,” Education Minister Tahir Mamman said on Channels Television’s Politics Today…

Two months after President Bola Tinubu approved the release of withheld four months’ salaries for Nigerian lecturers, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said its members are yet to receive the salaries.ASUU President, Emmanuel Osodeke, a professor of soil science, also said most of its demands that the Nigerian government claimed to have met…

The House of Representatives, on Wednesday, rejected a motion urging members to adopt at least one public school in their localities for the purpose of paying registration fees for students sitting for the West African Examination Council, National Examination Council and Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board examinations in public schools. Trouble started when a member…