Wednesday (13th May) Top 10 Educational News on Allschool Forum

Wednesday (13th May) Top 10 Educational News on Allschool Forum

1. Team of ABU Professors finds cure for COVID-19

A team of professors from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria says it has found a cure for COVID-19. Read More

2. IPPIS: Lecturers lament deductions, exclusion of sabbatical scholars  

The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union has decried the poor implementation of the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System in their institutions nationwide, saying it has led to “obnoxious taxes, third party deductions and non-payment of scholars on sabbatical leave”. Read More

3. 100 Level BSU Undergraduate drowns in Benue River

A 100-level student of the Benue State University on Wednesday drowned in River Benue at the Wadata area of Makurdi metropolis. Read More

4. Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) threatens FG over delay in salary payment, alleged illegal deductions

THE leadership of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has asked the Federal Government to urgently address the noticeable challenges in the payment of its members through the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) platform or face industrial unrest. Read More

5. Rivers converts site of demolished hotel to primary school

The Rivers State Government Wednesday announced the death of a member of its Taskforce on COVID-19 attacked by hoodlums at the demolished Prodest Hotel in Port Harcourt, the state capital. Read More

6. Edo Gets New Federal College of Education

The federal government has approved the take off of a federal college of education in Edo State to boost Technical and Vocational Education Training (TVET) in the state. Read More

7. Rivers lawmaker faults FG’s school feeding programme, says ‘it’s a scam’

A member representing Degema/Bonny Federal Constituency, Hon. Farah Dagogo has knocked the Federal Government’s school feeding programme, saying it is one of those scams that has reduced the country to where it is. Read More

8. UNIPORT 200 Level Student sentenced to death by hanging for killing eight-year-old girl

Justice Adolphus Enebeli of the Rivers High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has sentenced one Ifeanyi Maxwell Dike to death by hanging for the killing of an eight-year-old Victory Chikamso, for ritual purposes in 2017. Read More

9. UNIJOS student was mistakenly shot by soldier – Nigerian army

The gruesome killing of Rinji Bala, a 20-year-old 300-level student of University of Jos has been confirmed by Nigerian Army Special Task Force, Operation Safe Heaven (OPSH). Read More

10. Inadequate toilets in schools threaten pupils’ health, learning 

The sanitation condition of basic schools in many areas poses a serious public health concern because millions of pupils do not have access to tolerable facilities to answer the call of nature. Read More

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