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New York Learning Hub: Teaching You The Skills For Success

New York Learning Hub: Teaching You The Skills For Success

August 30, 2022 6:30 am

Many people today have not fully understood that they cannot give what they don’t have in life, it simply means, one cannot offer value when they are yet to fully equip themselves. One of the excuses many people give today in several climes for not living up to their full potential is the dearth of innovative learning centres and educational institutes that provide modern solutions to learning needs and objectives, well, all those excuses can now be trashed following the birth of an amazing learning centre known as New York Learning Hub.

One of the quotes ascribed to the German-born …

Strke FG’s Recent Offer, Miserable - ASUU

Strke: Why We Turned Down FG’s Latest Offer – ASUU

August 19, 2022 5:43 am

Amid the ongoing industrial action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has revealed that it rejected the Federal Government’s latest offer because it is ‘miserable’.

The President of the union, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke made this known in a statement on Thursday which was obtained by Africa Daily News, New York.

The statement was titled, ‘Why ASUU rejects government’s award of salary’.

Osodeke called on the Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, to return to the New Draft Agreement of the 2009 FGN/ASUU Renegotiation Committee whose work spanned a total of five and half years as a …

Strike ASUU To Hold Key Meeting With FG On Tuesday

Strike: ASUU To Hold Key Meeting With FG On Tuesday

August 16, 2022 7:05 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is will today hold a strategic meeting with representatives of the Federal Government over its prolonged strike action.

Speaking during an interview which was monitored by Africa Daily News, New York the President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke revealed that the meeting was to deliberate one of seven issues ASUU is protesting over,

‘That is the issue of renegotiation,’ Osodeke said, ‘the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement.

‘It is not just about wages. It has to do with the system, funding, the structure, the autonomy and other issues; and how to fund universities.…

'Return To The Classrooms', Buhari Appeals To ASUU

‘Return To The Classrooms’, Buhari Appeals To ASUU

August 13, 2022 3:04 am
The President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari has once more urged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the current strike and return to the classrooms in the interest of the nation.
On Friday, Buhari made the statement in Maiduguri at the maiden Special Convocation Ceremony and conferment of Honourary Degree of Doctor of Letters issued by the University of Maiduguri on Alhaji Muhammadu Indimi, Chairman, Oriental Energy Resources Ltd.
Chief of Staff, Alhaji Ibrahim Gambari represented the president
‘It’s more appropriate that we say something about this ASUU strike because we are celebrating Alhaji Indimi who is celebrated
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Best Nurture Academy: The Home Of Revitalised Education

Best Nurture Academy: The Home Of Revitalised Education

June 27, 2022 4:53 am

Quality education can never be watered down and compromised on for the growth of a child which is why it is paramount for any parent or guardian to ensure that their children and wards get the best of quality education that they can lay their hands on. Quality education, on the other hand, involves a standard institution with a good structure and a well-experienced administrative team of instructors and Best Nurture Academy has proven to be one of the best primary education providers in Nigeria as at today.

Best Nurture Academy is a trailblazer in terms of educational excellence with …

ASUU Kicks As NASS Moves To Establish 186 Universities

ASUU Kicks As NASS Moves To Establish 186 Universities

March 19, 2022 6:07 am

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has tackled the national assembly over the initiation of new bills for the creation of new universities in Nigeria.

ASUU wondered why the government would push for the creation of new universities while ignoring the existing ones currently in dilapidated states.

Africa Daily News, New York reports that the National Universities Commission, the regulatory body of universities in Nigeria, puts the total number of federal universities at 49; state-owned universities, 55, and private-owned universities, 99.

Though the NUC had earlier argued that the number of universities and lecturers in the country might not …

FG Moves To Meet ASUU’s Demands, Constitutes White Paper Panel

FG Moves To Meet ASUU’s Demands, Constitutes White Paper Panel

February 18, 2022 1:43 am

The Federal Ministry of Education has announced the commencement of a move to meet one of the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) after the university lecturers embarked on a one-month warning strike earlier in the week.

The Education ministry made this disclosure in a press statement issued by its Director of Press and Media Relations, Ben Goong, on Thursday which was sighted by Africa Daily News, New York.

Recall that the move by the government to inaugurate a white paper drafting panel coming almost a year after the visiting panels to tertiary institutions constituted by the …

Ortom To Spend ₦5.6bn On Basic Education

January 26, 2020 5:25 pm

The Benue State Government yesterday disclosed that it had concluded plan to invest over N5.6 billion in its basic education.

The state governor, Dr Samuel Ortom said this yesterday at a meeting with staff and management of the State Universal Basic Education Board (SUBEB) in Makurdi, the Benue capital.

He explained that N609 million from the 2018 Universal Basic Education Board, UBEC intervention woukd be matched with same amount by SUBEB to access N1.218 billion for use by SUBEB.

He said the state government had also accessed additional N2.2 billion from a bank to pay as counterpart to access same …

Benue Upgrades State Colleges Of Education To Polytechnics

January 21, 2020 4:43 am

The Benue State Executive Council on Monday approved the conversion of Akawe Torkula College of Advanced and Professional Studies, ATCAPS, Makurdi to Akawe Torkula Polytechnic, ATP, Makurdi.

The Council made this known in a statement signed by the Permanent Secretary of Ministry of Information, Culture and Tourism, James Agbo.

It also approved the conversion of Akperan Orshi College of Agriculture, Yandev, AOCAY, to Akperan Orshi Polytechnic, Yandev, AOPY, Yandev.

Agbo said Governor Samuel Ortom, who presided over the meeting gave the two approvals on Monday at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi.

According to the council, the decision to convert the

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The Challenges Of University Education In Nigeria

January 8, 2020 11:32 pm

The quest for higher education in Nigeria is ever on the increase. Earlier on in the life of the Nigerian republic, university education was thought fit only for men while ladies were considered to be equipped only with housekeeping skills. The primary six school leaving certificate was considered the most appropriate for women and was considered a feat for a woman to attain secondary school education. Today, the number of candidates aspiring to gain admission into Nigerian Universities regardless of sex is greatly on the rise by many fold. However, attaining a University Education in Nigeria comes with significant huddles

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FG Approves 6 New Federal Colleges Of Education

December 30, 2019 2:38 pm

In order to increase the number of quality of teachers in the country, the federal government has approved an establishment and immediate take-off of new six Federal Colleges of Education in each of the geo-political zone in the country.

According to the public relations officer of National Commission for Colleges of Education, Mr Ameh Isaac, the newly approved institutions would be situated in Bauchi, Benue, Ebonyi, Osun, Sokoto, and Edo states, where there were no presence of Federal Colleges of Education.

Mr Ameh noted that details on the take-off of the institutions would be made published through the committee set …

Technical Education, Best Antidote To Joblessness

December 30, 2019 4:59 am
The Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, Dr. Hephzibar Oladebeye, has stressed the need for the country to encourage technical education through proper funding of polytechnics as well as other Science and Technology schools to train Nigerians in skills and vocations that can guarantee self employment.

Oladebeye said acquisition of skills remains the greatest antidote to unemployment and insecurity caused by youth restiveness and other forms of crimes in the Nigerian society.

The Polytechnic administrator lauded Governor Kayode Fayemi’s huge investment in education, saying the transformation under the knowledge economy , will definitely make Ekiti a fastest growing state in the country

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