Senate prevents Maiduguri University from increasing School Fees

On Tuesday, the Senate asked the authorities at Maiduguri University to suspend its recent rate hike.

The Red Chamber has also asked its Higher Education Committee to consult with the Nigerian Universities Commission to develop an agreement to simplify tuition fees in all higher education institutions.

Senator Borno North's representative, Abubakar Kyari, drew the attention of his colleagues to the increase in fees.

He added that raising the rates from 40% to 400% could force young people to leave the institution to join the insurgents, which would worsen security conditions in the country.

He cited the example of a particular rate that was previously 25,000 N, but has now been increased to 125,000 N.

He said the action could affect education in the geopolitical zone of the northeast.

He said it was important to ensure the opening of schools in the north-east of the country, without crisis, to fight against insecurity, particularly in the state of Borno.

ASUU disagree with Government Plan to include university workers in the IPPIS

ASUU in Owerri on Monday rejected the federal government's plan to include university workers in the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS).

The union said it had offered the opportunity to develop an alternative to IPPIS.


Comrade Uzo Onyebinama, the union's zone coordinator in the Owerri region, said on Monday at a press conference at Imer State University (IMSU) in Owerri.

Nigeria News Agency (NAN) announced that the press conference was organized at the request of the presidents of five unions of ASUU of Chukwuemeka University Odimegwu Ojukwu in Igboaram and the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) .

The others are IMSU, Owerri, Nnamdi Asikiwe University, Awka and the University of Agriculture Michael Okpara, Umudike.


The press conference was convened to draw attention to topical issues that could lead to a violation of industrial harmony in universities and paralyze academic and research activities.

According to Onyebinama, IPPIS violates the autonomy of universities and the FGN / ASUU agreement and does not respond to the peculiarity inherent in the nature and structure of universities.

"In concrete terms, IPPIS violates and erodes the autonomy of universities inherent in the provisions of Section 2AA of the Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendments) Act 2003," he said.


The ASUU Zone Coordinator stated that university activities (teaching, research and community service) in universities involved specific steps with deadlines.

"Universities are structured so as to be independent and free from bureaucracy in the public service.

"As a result, the academic institution is not only flexible and dynamic, but also pragmatic with the main objectives of responding quickly to critical demands. IPPIS denies it.



"The union considers the statement of the general accountant of the federation (OAGF) that the ASUU's position against IPPIS is an acknowledgment of corruption as inexpensive blackmail.

"ASUU can not be blackmailed to evade its sacred responsibility to defend the autonomy of universities.

"ASUU's zero tolerance of corruption (individual and institutional) is widely applauded and the union has offered the opportunity to develop an alternative to IPPIS," he said.



Onyebinama said the union has long called for the establishment of statutory panels to visit federal universities, adding that they constitute a platform for investigating the conduct of the university's affairs.

He said that the fact that the federal government did not investigate university affairs through visitor group instruments was the real support for corruption.

In the 2009 FGN / ASUU agreement, he said the renegotiation attempt that should have been renegotiated in 2012 failed because of what he called the top hand of a government-trained team.



He asserted that the team acted from a script deliberately designed to thwart the renegotiation exercise.

"For 10 years, wages and staffing have remained constant, despite double-digit inflation and the devaluation of the naira.

"Therefore, we take this opportunity and the media to call well-intentioned Nigerians to engage in the GF to end mandatory university registration at IPPIS.



"This should also ensure that the renegotiation of the 2009 FGN / ASUU agreement is completed without further delay. A point in time clearly records nine.

"Our universities certainly need a break from the relentless industrial crisis provoked by the insensitivity of the government," he said.

Video: UNIBEN final Yeae Students celebrates in Style

On Friday, a group of engineering students from the University of Benin alerted the school while spraying money all over campus.

Emmy.ng deduced that the engineering boys were prepared in exotic cars to show their wealth on the occasion of the celebration of their last week.

In a video filmed by our correspondent, we could see other students struggling desperately to recover some of the money that was raining.

It is said that a student fainted when he saw the money raining down. Later, she was transported to the school's health center for treatment.

The University of Benin is currently preparing exams in the second semester, while law students have already graduated.

Just three days ago, accounting students from UNIBEN's accounting department reconstructed the famous La Casa De Papel film series "Money heist".

The students spent the day of costumes in their last week of the year at a whole new level, wearing costumes that represent the characters in the movies, surprising their colleagues.

UNIZIK uses e-voting in SUG elections (photos)

Unizik School Gate

The election of the 2019 Student Union Government, held on Friday, September 4, 2019, was conducted electronically. Elections began at 8:00. and finished today at 2 pm

Students voted in the comfort of their homes and classrooms, while the University provided free Wi-Fi access in the university library so that students could use and vote freely in the classroom. simply logging on the electoral portal with their registration number and a personalized Code sent to your numbers.

The members of the Electoral Council, the agents of the candidates, the security agents and the members of the press of the University supervised the conduct of the elections from the meeting room.

This is a new milestone in the SUG elections in Nigeria's higher education institutions and will likely be copied by other universities.

Do What you suppose to Do Or We Go On Strike, ASUU Threatens

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says that it will not relinquish its efforts to rehabilitate the university system in the country, especially in the welfare of its members.

The national union president, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, announced this in an interview with Nigeria news agency on Tuesday in Lagos.

In his opinion, no meaningful development will be achieved if the government fails to bring education issues to the front to achieve global accounting and competitiveness.

Ogunyemi said that the government's willingness to develop education in the country, especially the university system, is worrisome.


"We are very saddened by how the government is implementing the various agreements and memorandum of understanding (MoU) that it has concluded with us.

"We continued to focus and commit ourselves to keeping our own side, just as we were patient.

"Given all these things, we still discover that the government does not seem to care about what could happen, and so we categorically declare that we will not hesitate to take the necessary measures to get the government to us in our struggle to revitalize our universities.

"Under this premise, we call on the government to take immediate and active steps to restore the much-needed mental health in our university system and the process of renegotiating with the union to avert any action that might upset the academic calendar of Nigerian Universities, "he said.

He said that just like the Nigeria Labor Congress, the union could not be held accountable for any action if the government failed to take the necessary action.

According to him, the NLC had called on the government to improve the wages of Nigerian workers after making several agreements with him, which, he said, are similar to those of the ASUU. "

IMT Enugu Commences Degree Programmes In 6 Areas Of Discipline

The Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu, has announced that it has commenced a degree program in six areas of discipline, according to the Daily Sun.

The degree programs, according to the Rector, Prof. Austin Nweze, in a press statement through the Public Relations Officer of the institution, Mr. Mark Eze, is in affiliation with the University of Nigeria (UNN), Nsukka.

Prof. Nweze said that the National Universities Commission (NUC) gave the approval recently for the IMT to award Degrees in affiliation with UNN.

The statement reads, "The NUC during its meeting of Friday 31st August, 2018 considered and approved the affiliation arrangement and the establishment of the full-time model of the under-listed program (s) to be run on the campus of the Institute, effective from the 2018/2019 academic session.



"Marketing, B.Sc, Accounting, B.Sc, Banking and Finance B.Sc, Statistics B.Sc, Public Administration B.Sc and Business Administration B.Sc."

While appreciating God, the Rector, however, thanked Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State and all those who had worked tirelessly to ensured that the dream came through.

Elections Will Not Affect 2019 UTME – JAMB

The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, said that the 2019 general election would not affect the board's 2019/2020 exam.

He made this remark while answering questions from journalists shortly after the presentation of the 2018 annual Sobo Sowemimo lecture of the Abeokuta Club in Abeokuta.

Oloyede said that because the Independent National Election Commission had given the dates of the elections, the board should only adjust accordingly.

"I do not think there will be a change in the exam date due to the 2019 general election. I believe INEC did well by giving us a warning six months ago.

"They gave us the date of the election, so we have no excuse for not being adjusted, we've adjusted," he said.

NECO Announces The Release Of June/July 2018 Results

In a statement signed by NECO Acting Registrar Abubakar Gana, the National Examination Board (NECO) announced Monday that it has published the results of the June / July 2018 Junior High School Certificate Examination. .

The examination board revealed that of the 1,041,536 candidates who took the exams, only 742,455 of the candidates obtained at least five credits, including mathematics and English.

NECO added that a total of 20,181 candidates were involved in less exam malfeasance than those in 2017. #

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Student Who Scored 364 In JAMB, 9 Distinctions In WAEC Presented With N5m Cash

Borno governor Kashim Shettima awarded Israel Galadima a cash prize of $ 5 million for the highest score on the unified exam of 2018 (UTME).

Israel, a native of the local government district of Biu, in the southern part of Borno State, had a total score of 364 in the examination that had just ended and nine honors in its exam board. West in West Africa.

Shettima had previously promised Israel a full scholarship throughout his undergraduate studies when he hosted him and his family at Government House in Maiduguri to celebrate his achievement.

The Governor promised to give him N1 million to cover his annual tuition and other expenses during his university studies.

Presenting the check on behalf of the governor, Borno State Commissioner for Higher Education Usman Jaha urged the family of Israel to ensure that the money is used for the right purpose. He encouraged them to pay tuition fees rising future fees.

Israel has been admitted to Covenant University in Electronic Engineering.

Receiving the gift, his family congratulated the governor for his kind gesture.

"Governor Kashim Shettima was a university lecturer, very educated, very strong and visionary," Jaha said. "He is extremely passionate about education and we, from Borno State, know how he completely changes existing schools, modernizes them and builds many new schools."

The presentation was held at the Clerk's Office of Covenant University in Ota, Ogun State.

Also present were representatives of the students' family, the director of his high school, university officials and the Borno Liaison Office in Lagos.

Covenant University Graduates 238 First Class Honours Students

A total of 238 students of Covenant University in Ota, Ogun, on Friday graduated with first class honors degrees at the institution's 2017/2018 Convocation.

The institution Vice-Chancellor (V-C), Prof. Aaron Atayero, 13th Convocation, the Conference of Honorary Doctorate Degrees and presentation of preaching to its deserving students in Ota.

The News of the Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the university graduated 1,887 students for 2017/2018 Academic Session. They include: 238 first class honors, 746 second class upper honors, 452 second class lower, 86 third class and 365 post-graduate students.

NAN reports that Miss Salami Toluwani, from the Department of Industrial Chemistry, College of Science, graduated with a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 4.99.

Atayero said that the graduates were working, and they were expected to be employed by laborers.

"All over the world, our graduates are always breaking ground in many human endeavors," he said.

Atayero attributed the success and milestone achieved by the institution to the high quality of its teaching with high quality research.

He implored the graduating students to deploy the nation's problems: leadership, unemployment, poverty, wanton killings, infrastructure deficit and poor health services.

Also speaking, Dr. David Oyedepo, the Chancellor of the University, said there was a need to redefine democracy in the country so as to surmount its challenges.

He noted that leadership was not just about talking but taking the lead. Oyedepo said that leadership was not an endowment, but a product of outstanding accomplishments.

He said that the vision of the institution was to be raised to a new generation of leaders in every area of ​​human endeavor, which would be great in Nigeria, and the world at large.

"I implore you to start changing and confronting the nation," he said.

Oyedepo advised the graduating students to imbibe and uphold the core values ​​of the institution.

In a keynote address, Mrs. Ibukun Awosika, Chairman, First Bank of Nigeria PLC, advised the graduating students to identify each of these opportunities, especially those confronting the country.

Awosika said that the graduates had better opportunities because they had a real value in education.

"Challenges do not destroy vision but they empowered vision," she said.

Awosika, however, advised the graduates to overcome their sense of vision.

She also enjoined them to seek knowledge with character, adding that without character, it would be difficult to actualize their dreams.

OAU shut down following days of students' protest over school fees

Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, has been closed down indefinitely following days of students' protest over increase in their school fees which was the introduced in May.

The school administration this afternoon released a statement announcing an indefinite shutdown of the institution and ordered students to vacate its premises by Thursday afternoon, citing 'persistent disruption of normal activities and peace on campus as a result of violent demonstrations by students, led by the Student Union Executive' as their reason for shutting down the school. 

"Consequently, all students are directed to vacate their Halls of Residence and the University premises immediately and not later than 12 noon on Thursday, 19th June, 2014. Parents are hereby enjoined to ensure that their children/wards comply with this directive immediately.” the statement read.