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Blame previous administration for ASUU strike — Adamu

Ihesiulo Grace 3 November 2020 0

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said the previous administration is to blame for the continuous strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Daily Times gathered. Although Adamu was not specific on which administration he was referring to, he said the government

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FG licences first private medical varsity, 5 others

Ihesiulo Grace 20 December 2017 0

The Federal Government, on Tuesday in Abuja, issued licence to PAMO University of Medical Sciences, Port Harcourt as the first private Medical University, dedicated solely for training of medical students in Nigeria and West African region, and five others. Speaking at the presentation of the provisional licences to the new institutions at the National Universities […]

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Education minister urges support for ECOWAS’ education

Ihesiulo Grace 13 December 2017 0

The Minister for Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said that Economic Community of West- African States (ECOWAS) can count on Nigeria’s support in its plans of action for the development of the education system of the Sub-region. The Minister stated this when the ECOWAS Commissioner for Education, Science and Culture, Professor Hamidou Boly, with other […]

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FG to tackle accommodation, course accreditation in tertiary institutions

Ihesiulo Grace 22 November 2017 0

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu has declared that the issues of students’ accommodation and accreditation of courses will be looked into quickly to ensure that tertiary institutions are repositioned on the right pedestal. Adamu who made the above disclosure in Abuja yesterday while receiving the report of the seven-man Audit Panel inaugurated on […]

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FG makes U-turn, reintroduces post-UTME screening

Ihesiulo Grace 23 August 2017 0

• Says cancellation was a mistake, regrettable • Varsities to charge N2,000 per candidate • JAMB slashes varsity cut-off point to 120 • Stakeholders hail reintroduction of exercise The Federal Government on Tuesday made a U-Turn and ordered the reintroduction of the post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) screening exercise that was cancelled in the