By Our Correspondent The National Teachers Institute (NTI), Kaduna says it will establish an additional study centre for the degree programmes in the Numan Local Government Area of Adamawa State. NTI Coordinator in the state, Hajiya Aishatu Usman, announced this to newsmen in Yola on Wednesday. The centre is designed to admit over 60 students, […]
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised Nigerian students to use the electronic naira (eNaira) platform to pay school fees and make other payments. Mrs Rakiya Muhammed, the Director of the Information Technology Department at the CBN and Coordinator of Technical Working Committee, eNaira Secretariat, gave the advice during a sensitisation on eNaira at […]
By Our Correspondent The Lagos State Government, through its Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency (DSVA), has inducted 210 students from Education District-5 into the Queen’s and King’s Club, after weeks of orientation. Speaking during the induction at Agboju, a Lagos suburb, on Monday, the Executive Secretary of DSVA, Mrs TitiLola Vivour-Adeniyi, said that the students […]
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) head office in Yaba, Lagos was on Wednesday cordoned off following a morning fire in the premises. Although the cause of the fire remains unknown, WAEC management assures that sensitive documents are intact. The NewsZenith crew, who visited the scene around 11.00 a.m. after the fire was put out, […]
The 74th Frankfurt Book Fair, the largest of its kind in the world, concluded on Sunday on the Frankfurt exhibition grounds in Germany. This year’s book fair attracted around 90,000 trade visitors from over 100 countries and regions, surpassing expectations, according to Juergen Boos, president and CEO of the Frankfurt Book Fair. He expects further […]
No fewer than eight public primary schools have been closed intwo local government areas of Plateau State over attacks and killings by bandits. Investigations revealed that the schools affected include the LEA Primary School, Pinau community; LEA Primary School, Gumbi; LEA Primary School in Bangalala community and the LEA Primary School in New Zak community, […]
The Senate of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) announced the resumption of academic activities on Monday, Oct. 24, following the suspension of the eight-month industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The decision to reopen the university was a sequel to the ratification of the amended academic calendar by the University Senate […]
The Polytechnic, Ibadan has expelled one student and suspended two others for alleged kidnapping and armed robbery. Mrs Modupe Fawale, Registrar of the institution, said in a statement on Wednesday in Ibadan that two students of the institution, ND -2 Mass Communication and HND-2 Local Government Development Studies, were suspended indefinitely, while an HND-1 Public […]
Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, says all hands must be on deck to ensure academic strikes in universities become a thing of the past. Gbajabiamila made the remarks in a statement issued after the Acadenic Staff Union of Universities announced the suspension of their eight-month-old industrial action. “It is time […]
From Our Correspondent The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action. Although the suspension of the strike is with a condition, a member of the union’s National Executive Committee hinted in the early hour of Friday. The NewsZenith gathered that the decision was taken at the end of the National […]