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FCE governing council removes Provost, appoints replacement

5 months ago6434 min

Days after lingering protests by the students and staff members on the leadership crisis that erupted in the Federal College of Education, Technical, Akoka, Lagos State, the Governing Council has announced the appointment of Isaac Miller as the acting provost of the institution. This was contained in an internal memo released by the management on Wednesday. In the memo referencing FCE/T/AK/RO/IM/2/206 and signed by the college Registrar, Rasheed Dada, the council said Wahab Azeez should...

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Council probes Lagos FCE violence, school shut

5 months ago1097 min

Following the violence that erupted on Monday, the Governing Council of the Federal College of Education (Technical) Akoka, Lagos, has ordered an indefinite closure of the institution. The embattled provost, Dr. Wahab Azeez, revealed the council’s decision to PUNCH Metro during a telephone interview on Tuesday. Recall that the ongoing leadership crisis escalated on Monday when videos emerged showing protesting students vandalising the official vehicles of the governing council members, who reportedly narrowly avoided being...

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32 arrested for attacking FG inspection team in FCE

5 months ago6679 min

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 32 suspects for allegedly attacking a Federal Government team that came on an inspection to the Federal College of Education (Technical) in the Akoka area of the state. The crisis on the campus deepened as some students who had been protesting poor welfare on the campus for about a week were seen in videos fleeing from teargas reportedly fired by police officers on Monday....

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Poor hostel condition reason for our protest – FCE students

5 months ago869 min

Students of the Federal College of Education (Technical), Akoka, Lagos State have countered the claims by the Provost, Dr Wahab Azeez, they were being instigated by staff members eyeing his position in the ongoing protest rocking the institution. The students had on Monday and Tuesday stormed roads in Akoka and environs protesting poor conditions and dilapidating infrastructure on their campus. But Azeez, in an interview with PUNCH Metro on Tuesday, claimed that the protesting students...

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Protesting FCE students incited by disgruntled employees – Provost

5 months ago6487 min

The Provost of the Federal College of Education (Technical), in Akoka, Lagos State, Dr Wahab Azeez, has said that protesting students of the college are being instigated by staff members eyeing his position. The students had on Monday and Tuesday stormed roads in Akoka and environs protesting poor conditions and dilapidating infrastructure on their campus. PUNCH Metro gathered that the students of the college which is affiliated to the University of Benin, Edo State, had...