Education

The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has asked parents whose wards are in government-owned tertiary institutions to appeal to the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off the lingering strike. The academic union declared a nationwide strike on Monday, February 14, 2022 ,and the strike has lingered…

Professor Ibrahim Wushishi, the Registrar of the National Examinations Council (NECO), has disclosed when the results will be released. He has promised that the results of the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) would be released no later than 45 days after the conduct of the last paper. Wushishi disclosed this…

The management of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State, has expelled and suspended 90 students over examination misconduct. Acting Rector of MAPOLY, Dr Adeoye Odedeji who made the announcement during the Matriculation and Oath-Taking Ceremony held on Thursday August 4, said 30 students were summarily expelled, while 60 others were…

Universities in the country have been on strike for over 5 months, while a resolution remains in impasse. Nigerians on the microblogging platform Twitter, have expressed their displeasure over a picture posted by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, confirming his resumption of a program at a…

Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the ongoing strike which they started on February 14, wouldn’t have lasted this long if politicians’ children attend public universities in the country. Osodeke who reacted to President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for the strike to be resolved in two…

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to make sure all issues that caused the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike and industrial action by three other university-based unions are resolved in two weeks. TheNation reported that the directive was given by Buhari during…

Following the continued closure of the public universities in Nigeria, the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has revolved to protest on Tuesday and Wednesday next week. This came as it faulted the Federal Government’s purported rejection of the Nimi-Briggs Committee on the premise of alleged disparity between the pay rise allocated…

A Nigerian woman, Mrs Yekemi Otaru (née Awoseyin) has been hailed after she was appointed as the chancellor of the University of West Scotland in the United Kingdom. Mrs Otaru is popular for supporting women in many third-world countries. She’s also known for her mentorship programme. She is the daughter…

A Nigerian woman has celebrated achieving a new milestone in the United Kingdom. Oyin Olukotun has announced that she bagged a first-class from the prestigious Cambridge University, UK. The clever student revealed this in a LinkedIn post where she also offered an encouraging account of how she overcame obstacles to…

The academic activities of many government-owned tertiary institutions have been on hold for close to five months. A non-government organization known as The Save Public Education Campaign has threatened to carry out a mass protest if the ongoing strike is not called off soon. It has been a worrisome four…

The strike has grounded students at home for four months. The Federal Government has assured students that the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, which began on the 14th of February would be called off soon. This was disclosed by the Honourable Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr…

Reports from DailyTrust say that a mild drama occured between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Berekete’s family Radio station after the latter’s bid to end the ongoing strike. The mild drama occured on Saturday, June 11, when the host of the radio station’s programme, Ahmed Isah…

Several months after, Nigerian popular Rapper, Olamide responded harshly on Twitter to the request one of his fans identified as Oluwaseun, the rapper, to the surprise of many has now changed his mind and fuffilled Oluwaseun’s request. Oluwaseun had requested that Olamide purchase him a car in order for him…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) Federal University of Technology Akure chapter, has rejected the appointment of Prof. Adenike Oladiji as the new Vice-chancellor of the institution. Though Oladiji’s appointment as the eighth substantive VC of the institution was rectified by Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council, Ambassador Godknows Igali, the union…

The Ss3 students of Joseph Itotoh Group of schools in Benin city, have reportedly been duped by the principal of the school who allegedly eloped with their WAEC registration fees. On their arrival to school, the students were greeted by a white cardboard hanged on the school gate which read,…

University students have reportedly blocked the Sagamu-Benin-Ore highway on Monday. According to Punch, the university students are protesting the lingering strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The students on a joint protest are from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye; Tai Solarin University of Education, and the Federal…

The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Saturday 14th, 2022, announced that it has released 2022 Unified Tetiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME) results. The body made this announcement by the body’s head of public affairs and protocol, Fabian Benjamin via a statement released on Saturday, May 14th. Read Also; BREAKING: Chris…

The many students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have, on Thursday, taken to the Ife-Ibadan express road as they protest school closure resulting from the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, The PUNCH reports. The students who converged at their campus gate this morning…

On Monday 9th, 2022, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) extended it’s 3 months warning strike by 12 more weeks. The rollover of the strike by 12 weeks was declared in a statement, signed by the president of the body, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke. According to him, the addition of…