The portal provides a user-friendly interface to enable students submit their applications conveniently. The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), has annouced May 24 as the official opening date of the portal for student loan applications. This was disclosed on Thursday in a statement by the the Managing Director of NELFUND, Akintunde Sawyerr. Sawyerr stated that…
The union also raised alarm over concerns of illegal appointments of some staff sponsored by the IPPIS and its agents in Nigerian Universities. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on another course of industrial action if the Federal Government fails to release its members’ promotional arrears. This was said in…
She also mentioned that she had to sacrifice her convenience to achieve the feat. Aminat Yusuf, the best graduating student of the 2021/2022 set in Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has disclosed that hard work and God’s guidance were major factors to her success. Yusuf also thank her parents for motivating and inspiring her to…
The bill would allow students the access to interest-free loans. President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola-Ahmed Tinubu has signed the student loan bill into law. This news was disclosed to State House Correspondents by an aide to the president, Dele Alake. According to reports, Nigerian students will have access to loans at…
Minister for Education insists that the government would not go back on the no work, no pay policy. The Federal Government has insisted that the “No work, No pay” policy for university lecturers would not be deviated from. This was revealed by the Minister for Education, Adamu Adamu during a briefing with State House correspondents…
After exactly eight months, academic activities in Tertiary Institutions are set to resume. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called off its eight-month-old strike, after a meeting with government officials on Thursday. The National Executive Council meeting, which was held at the ASUU Secretariat in Abuja till the early hours of Friday, has…
The union insists that two or more unions cannot co-exist together in the same sector. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has stated that it is approaching the National Industrial Court (NIC) over the Federal Government’s registration of two other academic unions in the country. On Tuesday, the Federal Government of Nigeria presented certificates…
ASUU may cease to be the ruling body of varsities in Nigeria as things stand. The Nigerian government is set to present a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), which could see them become a replacement for ASUU. CONUA, which is a breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of…
Academic activities in the country has been shut down for over seven months since the strike started. The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off the strike and return to classes. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has been on a persistent strike since February…
The students express their displeasure at the lingering strike which is now seven months old. Travellers along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway were left stranded today after students from under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (South-West Zone) stormed the highway to express their displeasure at the ongoing ASUU strike. It is nearly seven…
The committee is expected to look into ASUU demands and areas where there seems to be no concensus between the parties involved. President Muhammadu Buhari has set up a committee to look into the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. This was revealed by the Nigerian Minister for Education, Malam Adamu Adamu…
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 on April 7 following the…
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, is currently declared wanted by…
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 university in the United States…
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…
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…
The government has failed to meet the demands of ASUU. The Academic Staff Union of Universities has given reasons for the extension of the ongoing strike by a further eight weeks. This was revealed by the President of the union, Emmanuel Osodeke who said in a statement that the Federal Government has failed to satisfactorily…
The Union lamented that they are tired of waiting for the government to fulfill its promise. The Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU has said that its members in all Universities in the country are set to embark on an indefinite strike if the government refuses to answer their demands. A meeting was held by…
A young Nigerian man named Jide Sanya who graduated with first class in Electrical and Electronics Engineering has sent an appreciation post to the people who sponsored his education including popular musician, Davido. According to the young man, Davido and others had sponsored his education ensuring that he didn’t drop out. The young man made…
