President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Executive Secretary, Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund), Dr. Bichi Baffa. He has been replaced by TETFund’s former scribe, Prof. Elias Suleiman Bogoro. Baffa, who was an aide to the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, was appointed the head of TETFund alongside 14 …
Read More »ASUU Strike: Nigerians react as FG, Union meeting end in deadlock
The Federal Government’s reconciliatory meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leadership over lingering strike on Monday ended in deadlock. Sen. Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, after the meeting said FG released N163 billion to ASUU from the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) In order to …
Read More »Shocking: VC, Provost, others indicted for alleged embezzlement in Ekiti
The visitation panels set up by Governor Kayode Fayemi in his drive to re-position the State owned institutions and the broadcast service has indicted the management of the institutions for alleged financial infractions. The panels which were constituted through executive orders signed by the Governor are for Ekiti State University, …
Read More »LASPOTECH shut down as workers protest over salary disparity
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (NASUP), Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) Ikorodu Chapter, on Monday protested against alleged de-migration of their salary structure. The placard-carrying non-teaching staff marched in their hundreds around Ikorodu campus of the polytechnic, chanting solidarity songs. Some of the inscriptions read: “No To De-migration”, “Sogunro …
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