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The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic (SSANIP) has announced a three-day warning strike over an alleged plot to unfairly block non-teaching staff from advancing to the highest levels of their careers, specifically CONTEDISS 15, amidst the ongoing revision of the Polytechnic Schemes of Service. In a correspondence to the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji…
4 Oct
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has issued a 15-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address its various demands. READ ALSO:COEASU, ASUP, commend Echono-led TETFund on intervention Mr Shammah Kpanja, ASUP’s National President, issued the ultimatum while addressing newsmen at the end of its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting on…
10 Sep
Founder of Dorben Polytechnic in Abuja, Dr. Akpan Ekwere, has expressed concerns that certain education policies implemented by the Federal Government are having a detrimental impact on polytechnic education in Nigeria The renowned educationist and US-trained accountant voiced concerns that the government has neglected polytechnic education, abandoning the original vision of the polytechnic system's founders…
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Chairman of the Economic and Financial crimes Commission, (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, has described public sector corruption as the greatest problem of the country with procurement and contract fraud accounting for 90 per cent of Nigeria’s corruption and fraud issues.
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President of the African Development Bank (AfDB) Group, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, has said that the bank has made financing plans of $1 billion for the second phase of its Special Agro-Industrial Processing Zones (SAPZ) programme, which would cover the remaining 28 states in Nigeria.
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Vice President Kashim Shettima has departed Abuja to represent Nigeria at the 2025 yearly meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) scheduled for Davos, Switzerland.
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When Governor Sanwo-Olu was to constitute a cabinet for his second term around August-September 2023, the Lagos House of Assembly, the official clearing house for such matters, opted to give the governor a little headache.
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