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Babajide Agbeyo
Updated April 19, 2021
Some workers of the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti converged at the school to protest the non-payment of their salaries on April 19, 2021.
Lecturers and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities at the Ekiti State University have occupied the campus to press home their pending demands from the state government and the university management.
The protesters occupied the university on Monday causing a standstill of traffic and activities on campus for over two hours.
They were singing solidarity songs and vowed to increase the intensity of the protest day by day.
The unions are aggrieved that the state government has not met their demands for payment of three months’ salary arrears dated 2018, six years of earned academic allowances and unremitted cooperative deductions among other demands.
NUC boss leads efforts to produce revised curriculum for varsities NUC boss leads efforts to produce revised curriculum for varsities
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The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Abubakar Rasheed is leading efforts to produce a revised curriculum for the Nigerian university system that will produce better quality graduates, that are nationally relevant and globally competitive in a post-pandemic era.
The process which started in 2019 and expected to be completed in September 2021, is a key part of the 2019-2023 Blueprint for the Rapid Revitalization of the Nigerian University System.
A former Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof Peter Okebukola who is playing an active role in the process, in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja over the weekend disclosed that the General Assembly which marked the beginning of the final phase of the review was held on Monday, 12, April 2021.
Friday, 16 April 2021, 9:10 am
After graduating with a doctorate in Ecology, Iveren
Abiem will return home to Nigeria, where she will share her
knowledge and expertise with students at the University of
Jos.
Iveren Abiem’s passion comes from enjoying what
she does, and the sense of fulfilment she receives in
knowing she’s contributing to the attempted resolution of
global problems.
“I feel that by putting myself out
there, it may encourage that young girl who enjoys science
to pursue her dream to become a scientist,” she
says.
Abiem has spent the last four years developing
research into maintaining species diversity in tropical