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 friends. “I can assure you…
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 accomplish the academic milestone. She…
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 months for Nigerian students in…
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 Chris Ngige shortly after the…
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 aka “Ordinary President” invited the…
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 to pursue his interest in…
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 alleged that the selection process…
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, “SCHOOL FOR SALE.” It was…
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 University Of Agriculture, Abeokuta, all…
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 Ngige withdraws from presidential election…
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 marched down to the major…
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 12 weeks to the warning…
The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has directed all students partaking in this year’s UTME examination to print out their examination notification slips on Saturday, April 30th. This announcement was passed to the general public by JAMB director of information and technology services, Mr Fabian Okoro on Saturday, April 30. The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board…
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has postponed the 2022 National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) from April 23 to May 7. NECO rescheduled the examination to give states with low registration of candidates the opportunity to register more candidates for admission into Federal Unity Colleges. The postponement is contained in a statement issued in Minna on…
Popular singer, Rema has reacted to an admission offer by Bowen University after he lamented about the ongoing ASUU strike. Bowen stated that joining the university would save him from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. Rema had on Monday pleaded with ASUU to call off the strike, saying he has not resumed…
The Joint Admissions Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) mock exams conducted on Saturday, April 9, 2022. The examination board announced the release of the UTME mock results on Monday, April 11th via their weekly bulletin. Candidates can now check their results by following these easy steps:…
An 80-year-old woman has graduated with a Master of Business Administration. The woman’s granddaughter took to LinkedIn to celebrate her on her convocation day. The granddaughter explained that her grandmother decided to get her MBA to “let her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren know that if she can do, so can we all.”
The decision was taken as a result of the extension of the ongoing strike. The Management of the University of Ibadan has ordered students that are occupants to vacate its halls of residence, following the extension of the ongoing strile by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) This was revealed after the management of…
Former President of Nigeria, Olusegun Obansanjo has disclosed that the fear getting flogged with koboko made him abandon his pursuit of Arabic knowledge. Obasanjo made this disclosure during the inauguration and turbanning of Sheikh Salis Alao Adenekan as the grand Caliphof the Tijaniyyah of Yorubaland, Edo and Delta states. In a brief remark the former…
The National Association of Nigerian Students on Monday, March 15th, 2000, held a meeting via Zoom After the meeting which was attended by several zonal coordinators and students in Nigeria, the body was able to reach a resolute decision on how to counter ASUU and FG in order to bring am end to the ongoing…
