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The National Association of Nigerian Students, on Wednesday, said students all over the country will fight against any postponement to the January 18 earlier date scheduled for the resumption of schools NANS President, Sunday Asefon, stated this in a telephone interview with an online news outlet. According to him, the academic environment is more orderly and it makes it possible for the enforcement of all COVID-19 protocols including social distancing, use of face masks, and regular handwashing He said the students’ body had ordered its chapters in all tertiary institutions to set up COVID-19 task force teams to enforce all guidelines outlined by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 and ensure safe reopening of schools Asefon said, “We want schools to resume on January 18. Schools are regimented environments and people will follow COVID-19 protocols more in schools than in their houses where there is no organisation. Schools are well-structured and lecturers will enforce social dis...

The protesting members of Non-Academic Staff Union of Education and Associated Institutions (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) have given an indication of a more prolonged nationwide strike, beyond the recently suspended 10 months old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). As NASU and SSANU members started a nationwide protest across all the universities on Tuesday, the General Secretary of NASU, Comrade Peters Adeyemi, said the non-teaching staff can go for one year strike; as they have the capacity to do so. Speaking on the vex issue of the N40 billion earned allowance released by the Federal Government and its lopsided sharing formula to the four university-based unions, Comrade Adeyemi said the varsity workers, who are currently, protesting will not be preaching sermons but fight the injustice After signing agreements with all the unions following prolonged negotiations, the Federal Government had released N40 billion for th...

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the Senior Secondary School Examination (SSCE) results This year, there has been a two per cent increase in candidates who made five credits and above in all subjects. NECO also derecognised 12 schools for their involvement in mass cheating and cases of malpractice. The Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma, validated this at the NECO Headquarters in Minna. Obioma said the schools derecognised include four schools in Adamawa, two in Kaduna, two in Kastina, Two in Niger, one in Taraba and one in FCT He said that 24 supervisors were blacklisted for various offences ranging from poor supervision, aiding and abetting, connivance with non candidates to write answers on chalkboards To check, visit result.neco.gov.ng and input your details