Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUJ) in Kaduna State on Monday commenced an indefinite strike to protest the sacking of over 21,000 teachers by the state government.

The union directed all teachers in the state to remain at home until the state government reverses its decision after the sacked primary school teachers scored below 75 per cent in a competency test conducted for them in June 2017.

The directive was contained in a notice served to NUT members across the state and signed by the union Chairman and Assistant Secretary-General, Audu Amba and Adamu Ango respectively.

The Nigerian Army says it has commenced its online registration for the 77 Regular Recruit Intake for both Trades, Non-Tradesmen and women from Dec. 29 to Feb 9, 2018, NAN reports. The disclosure was made by Army Spokesman, Brig. Gen. Sani Usman in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Saturday. He explained that the exercise was aimed at selecting able bodied Nigerians and would take place in all states.

The leadership of the Nigeria Union of Teachers in Kaduna State on Wednesday tackled the state Governor, Mallam Nasir el-Rufai, over the sacking of over 21,000 teachers in the state.

While the teachers accused the governor of a desperate move to frustrate the court injunction restraining him from sacking the teachers, El-Rufai argued that the state had sacked the teachers before the National Industrial Court judgment.

The union and the state government had drawn a battle line over the sacking of the over 21,000 teachers that failed a Primary Four competency test conducted by the government.

The government later advertised for vacant positions of the sacked teachers. To prevent this, the NUT hurriedly dragged the state to the National Industrial Court for arbitration.

The National University Commission (NUC) has released its latest ranking of all public and Private Universities in Nigeria. The ranking which was made available to Vigil360 indicates that out of over hundred ranked universities in Nigeria, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria was ranked first before other reputable Universities like Ibadan and Lagos.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has warned prospective candidates for the 2018 UTME to be wary of fake past questions in CDs being circulated in the country. The board made the call in a statement, signed by Mr Fabian Benjamin, the Head of Media, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Tuesday in Abuja.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board said it has begun registration for the 2018 unified tertiary matriculation examinations (UTME ) registration.

JAMB said the registration would take place in over 700 computer based test (CBT) centres in 36 states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja.

The organization’s Head of Media, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, made the announcement in a statement on Thursday in Abuja.