Education
ASUU Strike: Kaduna varsity orders lecturers to resume work or face sanctions
The management of Kaduna State University has ordered the institution’s branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to resume work or face sanctions. In a circular signed by the university’s Registrar, Samuel Manshop, on Monday September 5, the university said it would be forced to invoke Section 2(2) of the…
Read More »Otedola bags appointment as Chancellor of Augustine University
The billionaire businessman has been granted the post after his philanthropic extensions to the University. Nigerian business Mogul, Femi Otedola has been appointed the Chancellor of Augustine University- a Catholic University of Lagos Archdiocese. According to an official statement issued by the university’s spokesman, Nicholas Obayi, the appointment took effect…
Read More »FG Should Have Used The $23 million Abacha Loot To Meet ASUU’s Need – ASUU President
Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, the President of the Academic Union of Universities ASUU, has stated that the government should have used the $23 million Abacha loot to meet the demands of the striking lecturers so students can return to school. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 this year. The striking…
Read More »TASUED suspend lecturer over s*x-for-mark allegations
The higher institution of learning confirmed this via an official statement. The management of the Tai Solanrin University of Education, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State has suspended one of its lecturers, Dr Olaniran Balogun over ‘sex-for-marks’ allegations levelled against him. Dr Balogun, who was the Head of the Department of Religious Studies,…
Read More »200 Nigerians benefit from EU-Erasmus Plus Scholarship
At least 200 Nigerians have benefitted from the EU-Erasmus Plus Scholarship. The scholarship is awarded by the European Union. The 200 Nigerians who just benefitted are set to study in 20 countries in Europe under the Erasmus plus scholarship, according to the EU ambassador to Nigeria and the Economic Community…
Read More »ASUU Denies Receiving N100b From FG
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has denied receiving N100 billion from the federal government. ASUU, University of Abuja branch, denied receiving such money as it blamed the government for its ongoing strike. According to ASUU, FG has frustrated all genuine efforts it had made to end the industrial action.…
Read More »SSANU, NASU gives an update on their strike
Saturday PUNCH reports that the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions have suspended their strike. The unions on Saturday announced the suspension of their ongoing strike for a period of two months. SSANU’s national president, Muhammed Ibrahim disclosed this in…
Read More »ASUU Must Compensate Students For Wasted Time – Minister
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu has said the Academic Staff Union of Universities will have to compensate students for wasting their time for the past six months. Recall that ASUU has been on strike for 6 months. He also said the government will not concede to the union’s demand…
Read More »LAUTECH Calls Off Strike, Resumes Session
Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has put an end to its six-monthly old strikes.The institution announced this today August 16 in a circular titled: “Release to Staff and Students: Continuation of the First Semester of the 2021/2022 Academic Session”, and signed by the Registrar of the University, Dr.…
Read More »Go and beg ASUU- Keyamo tells parents
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…
Read More »2022 SSCE Results Will Be Released In 45 Days – NECO Reveals
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…
Read More »MAPOLY expels and suspends 90 students over examination misconduct
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…
Read More »ASUU Strike: Gbajabiamila returns to class in the US amidst the ongoing strike
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…
Read More »If politicians’ children attend Nigerian public universities, our strike would not last two days – ASUU
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…
Read More »Buhari orders the Minister of Education to end the ASUU strike in two weeks
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…
Read More »ASUU Strike: NLC Declares Nationwide Protest For Next Tuesday, Wednesday
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…
Read More »A Nigerian woman creates history by becoming chancellor of a university in the UK
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…
Read More »Update From FG On Ending Persistent ASUU Strike
The Federal Government has assured that the ongoing industrial strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will soon end. FG gave the assurance through the Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah. Opiah spoke in Owerri at the weekend during a reception organized in his honour by his…
Read More »Nigerian Lady celebrates after earning first-class honors at UK university (Photo)
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…
Read More »NGO threatens to carry out a mass protest if ASUU strike is not called off soon
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…
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