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The House Committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration has advised the management of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria (MAN) to sack 83 staff employed in 2016 without due process. Hon. Mohammed Umar-Bago, Chairman, House Committee, gave the advice when he led a delegation of the committee on an oversight function to the academy in Oron yesterday. I “Rector, the issue of this 83 staff, sack them if their employment did not go through due process, that is how touts are employed. Any employment that does not have approvals means there was never any employment in the first place. “It does not make sense to have 700 staff in an academy of just 300 cadets. That means the academy is over bloated. I will encourage you to right-size. Even if people don’t like it, it must still happen.” “Don’t be distracted. There is a triangle in MAN, Oron, the first is gossip. They will gossip about you, about every other person, don’t be distracted.” Umar-Bago, however, said t...

The final batch of 2018 UTME results have been released by the   Joint  Admissions and Matriculation Board , (JAMB). The latest development was confirmed by JAMB spokesperson,   Dr. Fabian  Benjamin ,  in a chat with   Daily Post. According to information obtained by   Naija News , the candidates can access their  results from the JAMB website as from 2pm on Tuesday (today). “We are not holding any press conference to make the announcement; no  need for that. All those who sat for the examination are advised to check the JAMB website this afternoon. “All results will be uploaded at 2pm,”   he said. To check their results, candidates are expected to follow the instructions below: check here

WAEC  GCE  Government  Questions  2017 Objectives 1. Power differs from influence in that it is A. persuasive while influence is directive B. coercive while influence is harmful C. coercive while influence is persuasive D. arrogant while influence is corruptive ========================= 2. The standing committee of a legislature is one A. whose  member  stand while delibrating B. that has statutory responsibities C. that perform adhoc functions D. that has legislators as members. ========================= 3. Where the constitution is supreme,unconstitutional acts of the executive and the the legislature can be checked by the courts through A. recall B. judicial review C. vote of no confidence D. impeachment. ========================= 4. The central decision-making organ of a confederation is made up of A. technocrats appointed by the units B. politicians elected from the confederal constituencies C. politicians nominated by the government of...

Sokoto state has appointed its first female professor as commissioner, alongside the younger brother of its former governor. Professor Aishat Madawaki and the younger brother of the former Governor of the state was sworn into the cabinet alongside two special advisers, one permanent secretary and four director generals. Governor Aminu Tambuwal said Madawaki was chosen in order for the state to tap from her academic experience. He also swore in the chairman  of Wamakko local government, Bello Kyamba. Kyamba, formerly the vice chairman of the council, replaced Ahmed Kalambaina who was recently elected into the National Assembly following the death of demise of Abdullahi Wamakko. Speaking, Tambuwal said, "We will continue to do our best in the insrest of the state and its citizenry," he added. He said that the new commissioners were appointed to fill in the vacuum created by the demise of the former Commissioner of Science and Technology, Nasir Zarumai who died a...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has called on the non teaching labour unions of universities not to harass or intimidate its members. The National President of the union, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday in Lagos. Ogunyemi was speaking against the backdrop of the recent protest embarked upon by the three non teaching labour unions of the University of Lagos, which resulted in the harassment of his members.. The striking unions comprises of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU), the Non Academic Staff Union (NASU) and the National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT). Unions under the aegis of the Joint Actions Committee (JAC) are currently on what they had described as ‘total, comprehensive and indefinite’ strike. Ogunyemi said that it had come to the notice of the union that some of his members were attacked and injured by members of the striki...

Pupils of public primary schools in Kaduna state and their parents have appealed to the striking teachers to call off the ongoing strike in the interest of the children who are left stranded.  Primary and secondary school teachers in Kaduna state had on January 8, 2018 embarked on an indefinite strike action to express their grievances over the sack of about 22,000 teachers who allegedly failed a primary four test conducted to test their competency by the state government. Since the strike began children attending public schools have not been going to school while their colleagues in the private schools are progressing academically.  A seven-year-old pupil attending LEA primary school, Trikania, Musa Lawal who was found roaming the street at school time expressed sadness over the strike embarked upon by the teachers, saying, “I wish my parents had money to send me to a private school so that I don’t have to suffer for the disagreement between government and...

Samira Haruna Sanusi is author of ‘I Wrote This for You’, a sequel to her memoir, ‘S is for Survivor’ Bookshelf: Last year, your second book, ‘I Wrote This for You’ was released. What’s the story behind the title? Samira Haruna Sanusi: The reason why I named the book, ‘I Wrote This for You’ is because the whole book and everything I put in it were things I wished someone else said to me and things I wished I had heard. At the same time, it’s like you have been going through something and waiting for people to give you words of reassurance, but you don’t get it. So, when I titled the book, ‘I Wrote This for You’ I was actually referring to myself and saying it to other people as well. I am saying, I hope this brings you joy. When you open the book, you find out that the next thing I wrote after the title says, to the reader, I hope you find joy, I hope you keep it. So I am talking to other people, that I wrote this for you and I hope it brings everything good to you. But at t...

Described as the largest university in Sub-Saharan Africa, Ahmadu Bello University is the first University to be established in Northern Nigeria in 1962. The University which boasts of over 500,000 graduates is indeed one of Nigeria’s finest in the aspect of research and human development. Located in the heart of the Northern emirate - North of the Sahara, South of the Limpopo, East of the equator and West of the Mahaha, ABU Zaria is inarguably a household name in intellectual production. With two major campuses (Samaru and Kongo), 96 academic departments, housed by 12 faculties and 12 research Institutes, the intellectual dexterity and creativity of her products is never contested.  Tragically, some universities around the world may have diverted from their core mandate(s), ABU, however, over the years has been pushing hard to achieve her core objective which is aptly captured thus, ‘To advance the frontiers of learning and break new grounds, through teaching, re...