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.

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) is seeking the partnership of consumers advocacy groups to increase consumers’ awareness of its 622 toll-free line.

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River has inaugurated the `Calabar Municipal Garden’ which will serve as the 2017 Calabar Carnival village.