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Nigerian govt launches 2017/2018 annual school census February 13, 2018 Agency Report The Minister of education, Adamu Adamu. The Ministry of Education on Tuesday launched the 2017/2018 Annual School Census, aimed at solving the problem of out-of-school children. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said at the ceremony in Abuja that the census was designed to obtain the accurate number of schools and validate the figures. The theme of the launch is “Making Every Learner’s Environment Count: A Panacea for the Dearth of Empirical Education Data and as a way of solving the problem of out-of-school Children Syndrome in Nigeria”. The minister said that five states had already been mapped and placed on the website www.nemis.gov.ng for accessibility by all. “Imo, Edo, Ondo, Kogi and Taraba states have keyed into this initiative and we hope all states will key into this exercise and link up so that our data could be validated promptly.’’ He said the launch signalled the...

The non-academic staff strike in universities By   Editorial Board 18 February 2018   |   4:00 am Education Minister, Adamu Adamu All three non-academic staff unions – Non-academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), and National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) – which form an umbrella for junior and senior non-academic staff in the nation’s universities and research centres are currently on strike. Indeed they have been on strike since December 4 last year over what they termed Government’s failure to pay their earned allowances. By and large the proprietor of the universities and research institutes, the Federal Government, has ignored the striking workers. As a result, the Bursary and Administrative sections, technicians/engineers in the Works and Services Unit, and Hospital/Health centres of the university system have withdrawn their services. Perhaps because the strike has not to...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Sunday said the much anticipated conduct of the 2018 mock unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) would now hold on Feb.26. JAMB-CBT-Centre The boards Head, Media and Information,Dr Fabian Benjamin said this in an interview in Lagos. According to him, a total of245,753 of the 1,652,795 candidates that registered for this years UTME are expected to write the test. “We are happy to announce to the public that the board has concluded arrangement for the conduct of the mock UTME, slated for Monday, February 26 “This is irrespective of the ongoing strike embarked upon by members of non-academic unions of federal universities nationwide. “Candidates will soon be informed on when to print notifications for the examination and in addition, notifications will be sent through e- mails and text messages on the schedules of their examination,” Benjamin said. He explained that the examination was expected to be hitch free ...

These are the top 10 universities in Nigeria according to Webometrics According to the ranking site, the followings are the top 10 universities in the country. 1. University of Ibadan 2. Covenant University, Ota (CU) 3. Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife (OAU) 4. University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) 5. University of Lagos, Akoka (UNILAG) 6. Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria (ABU)  7. Federal University of Technology, Minna 8. University of Ilorin, Ilorin (UNILORIN) 9. Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA) 10.University of Benin, Benin City, (UNIBEN). 

The Federal Government has renamed Federal University Ndufu Alike, in Ebonyi State, to Alex Ekwueme Federal University. Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, made the announcement on Friday, during the funeral service of the late elder statesman, Dr Alex Ekwueme. Family, friends, and well-wishers – including government officials among other dignitaries were present at the event which is ongoing in his hometown in Oko, Anambra State. Former President, Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Mrs Patience, as well as former Vice President, Namadi Sambo are among those present at the event. Other state governors in attendance included: Willie Obiano (Anambra), Rochas Okorocha (Imo), Ifeanyi Okowa (Delta), Okezie Ikpeazu (Abia), and Akinwunmi Ambode (Lagos) among others.