Education

The management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has announced plans to introduce train and electric bus services to tackle transportation challenges in the institution. The vice chancellor of the institution, Prof. …

The management of Ladoke Akintola University, Ogbomoso in Oyo State, on Wednesday, banned students from driving or bringing cars to the campus. The institution also banned tinted vehicles being used by staff …

Former Super Eagles midfielder, Emmanuel Ebiede has died at the age of 45 after a protracted illness. Ebiede died on Friday, April 14, after battling with hepatomegaly (enlargement of the …

Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) has placed a ban on all social activities on campus following the recent killing of a final year male student identified as Desmond …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that the Federal Government is yet to address most of the demands it made during the strike it embarked upon in …

Taraba State University chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared a total, comprehensive and indefinite strike action. The lecturers are embarking on a strike to press home …

The Nigerian office of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said the council will no longer use manual confirmation or stamping of certificates of candidates who sat the West …

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has asked the Federal Government to pay the N50 billion unpaid earned allowances to the nation’s universities and inter-university centers. In a statement …

The National Examinations Council (NECO) on Thursday announced the release of the result of the November/December 2022 Senior School Certificate Examination. The Registrar of NECO, Prof Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi, made …

UNILAG declared a lecture-free week from Thursday, February 23rd to 27th, Senate also declared Thursday, March 9th to 13th, a lecture-free week to allow the students to vote during the …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has condemned the directive of the National Universities Commissions to the Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities that universities should be shut to enable students …

One person was beheaded and properties worth millions of naira, destroyed in a fresh crisis between the people of Oso-Edda, and Amasiri in Ebonyi State.  Oso-Edda is in Afikpo South …

The regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, the National Universities Commission has ordered a closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. …

The registration of over 817 candidates for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations and Direct Entry examinations has been cancelled by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board over alleged impersonation.  …

A 9-year-old from Pennsylvania’s Bucks County who has graduated from high school and is now attending college says his impressive feat is one that other young kids can achieve as …

Two Nigerian men have been arrested by the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) in connection with the theft of motor vehicle parts at the South African Police Service (SAPS) vehicle …

Management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) in Edo State has appealed to staff and students for calm and not take law into their hands or protest over the alleged …

The management of the Lagos State University (LASU) has barred students of the institution from wearing miniskirts, face caps, rolled sleeves, and other ”indecent attire” while on campus. The school’s …

The Management of the University of Calabar has approved the immediate removal of Sylvester Ohadoma as Head of the Department (HoD) of Pharmacology. Registrar of the institution, Gabriel Egbe said in a statement …

The management of the Godfrey Okoye University, Enugu State, has banned indecent dressing and implemented a new dress code for students and staff. Christian Anieke, the university’s vice-chancellor, announced this on …

Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that past governments were more sympathetic to the plight of lecturers. Speaking at the unveiling of 50 tertiary textbooks …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, of deception by asking the union to call off its eight-month-old strike in …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it will commence registration for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) from Saturday, January 14 to Tuesday, February 14, …

The Department of English of Benue State University has cancelled one of its first semester final year examination paper for the 2020/2021 session over the ‘cheapness’ of the examination questions.  …

Osborn Nweze Umahi, son of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi state has graduated with a Master’s Degree in Finance and Investment Management from the University of Aberdeen in UK.  Osborn …

Lecturers at the University of Maiduguri (UniMaid) have threatened to withhold results of students until the federal government resolves the issue of pro-rata payment of salary and nonpayment of their …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to skip the backlog of academic sessions halted by their seven months strike if the federal government persists on its ‘no …

The President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has alleged that some presidential candidates are planning to sell federal universities. Speaking in Makurdi  at the special …

National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke has lashed out at the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, over his alleged authorization of the part-payment of …

Twin brothers, Taiwo and Kehinde Sanuade, have graduated with first-class degrees in Law from the University Of Ibadan. One half of the duo, Taiwo, shared the good news on social …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced that it will embark on a one-day nationwide protest rally over the implementation by the Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government of a …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it is considering approaching the courts to challenge the Federal Government’s decision to pay its members half salaries for the month of October. Recall …

The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU-NEC) has said that it will meet on Monday, November 7, to debate whether or not to resume its eight-month …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Jos chapter on Friday ordered its members to stay at home indefinitely, pending the payment of withheld salaries by the federal government. …

The federal government has directed the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) to exclude sex education from the basic education curriculum.   The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, …

Following Federal Government’s decision to pay half salaries to lecturers, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called for an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council. According to …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Gombe State University chapter, has said it will withhold the examination results of students and will discontinue the supervision of undergraduates and postgraduates projects should …

Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, on Thursday, admitted that he failed as a Minister, as he could not solve several challenges he ought to have solved despite being the …

In a bid to inculcate the culture of decent dressing on students on campus, the Senate of the Rivers State University in a memo signed by the registrar and addressed …

The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, will embark on a seven-day warning strike from today, October 24. The national leadership of the Union issued …

The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has kicked against the registration of two new academic unions by the federal government. Recall that Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, presented letters of recognition …

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has said members of the body may find it difficult to get to their respective schools on …

The management of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, has released its 2022 dress code for students of the institution.  The institution banned certain haircuts, crazy jeans, coloured sunglasses among other outfits. …

Following the suspension of the eight month old strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) has announced resumption of academic activities. “Approved Revised …

The Senate of the University of Calabar has approved the resumption of academic activities for the the 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions as well as the release of amended academic …

The University of Lagos is ranked first among Nigerian universities and 401-500th out of over 1,799 institutions across the world, the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings released on …

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally. The union decided to suspend the strike during a meeting of its leadership that started on Thursday …

The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will on Thursday, October 13, convene an emergency National Executive Council, NEC meeting, to review recent developments, especially the positive response from …

A Senior Advocate of Nigerian (SAN), Femi Falana has expressed optimism that the lingering strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will be called off …