Education

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has said it would review the judgement of the Appeal Court that ordered the union to end its strike, to determine its next …

The Minister of Transportation, Mua’zu Jaji Sambo, has said no ransom was paid for the release of the remaining 23 victims of the Kaduna train attack. The Minister disclosed this while …

Folasade Tolulope Ogunsola (nee Mabogunje), a Nigerian Professor of medical microbiology has emerged as the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos. She specializes in disease control, particularly …

Celebrated Nigerian writer, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has received the highest honor of Harvard University, the W. E. B. Du Bois Medal. Adichie received the award given by Harvard in the field of …

The court of appeal sitting in Abuja has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its strike. At the court session on Friday, the appellate court said …

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday October 6, told the Court of Appeal that they’ve failed to reach an out-of-court settlement on the eight months old …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities will be approaching the National Industrial Court (NIC) over the Federal Government’s registration of the two factional academic unions. ASUU’s lawyer, Femi Falana, informed Channels …

A Court of Appeal in Abuja has recommended an out-of-court settlement to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government, following an impasse between both parties. The recommendation was given …

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the registration of a new trade union by the government for academic staff in the university …

The Federal Government will on Tuesday present a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of ASUU. Minister of Labour and Employment Dr Chris Ngige …

The House of Representatives, on Thursday, concluded its meetings with stakeholders over the lingering crisis between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, saying its recommendations would …

The 2022 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination results has been released by the National Examinations Council (NECO).  NECO Registrar, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, announced the results on Thursday September 29, at the NECO …

The Vice Chancellor of the Benue State University (BSU), Prof. Joe Iorapuu, on Tuesday, September 27, directed the reopening of the institution with effect from today, September 28. A statement signed by …

The Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) University of Calabar has confirmed the loss of not fewer than eleven lecturers between January 2022 and September 2022. This was confirmed by …

Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court Abuja has struck out a suit instituted by one Umar Lawal, the President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, asking the …

Students of secondary schools are currently protesting in the streets of Bauchi over a new policy by the government to separate boys from girls in schools. Students officially resumed school …

A final year law student at the Benue State University, Soohemba Agatha Aker has filed a lawsuit before a Federal High Court against President Muhammadu Buhari, and the 36 state governors over alleged …

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, Professor Victor Osodeke, has said that the sad reality is that after the lingering strike by the lecturers is called …

Our attention has been drawn to a news of a court judgment mandating the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call of its 7 month strike. As an association, …

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to call off the ongoing strike. the industrial action has lasted for seven months.The Court invoked section …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has debunked reports that it plans to block the ThirdMainland Bridge on Wednesday. Its Vice President of External Affairs, Babatunde Afis, told Nigeria Info …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced that it would conduct  a supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for 67 candidates on Saturday, September 24,2022. JAMB’s Head, Public Affairs and …

Alhaji Usman Abubakar, Chairman of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) of the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) has said that primary and secondary schools in rural communities in the capital territory are not …

The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has asked for total financial autonomy and removal from the annual national budgetary allocation. JAMB registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede made the call while appearing before …

Universities in the country have been warned by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board and the three regulatory agencies for tertiary education in the country; the National Universities Commission, National …

A Ugandan Pastor, Kinto Dennis has been arrested after a video emerged of him beating up congregants with a cane.  The Empowerment City Church (ECC) Pastor was reportedly arrested for many charges, including assault. …

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday said the government could only afford 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, while a 35% increment will be enjoyed by professors. The minister …

Some former vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and senior academics in the Nigerian university system, have said that the deployment of a centralized payment platform for universities negates the principle of autonomy. In a communique …

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 …

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) is leading other public tertiary institutions in the number of lecturers resigning their posts due to the federal government’s poor handling of the Academic Staff …

The management of the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU), Lapai, Niger State on Tuesday, August 30, directed its staff to pull out of the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the federal government should have used the recovered $23million Abacha loot to meet its demands. ASUU president, Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this on …

ASUU Declares Indefinite Strike The decision was taken at a meeting of the union’s National Executive Council held on Sunday in Abuja. The union started its ongoing strike on February …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its ongoing strike again. The decision was taken after the National Executive Council meeting at the union’s headquarters at the University of …

Human rights lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana has explained why the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) cannot be proscribed.  Falana who stated that resorting to blackmail will not help the …

No fewer than 91 students from Zamfara state who are on state-sponsored scholarships have been expelled by Cyprus International University over the failure of their state government to pay their …

A disappointed customer has shown the dress she asked for and what was made by her tailor. She revealed that she paid 13,000 South African rand (about $750) for the dress …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has told Nigerians that the ongoing strike will continue because the Federal Government is yet to call the union …

137 persons out of the 344 civil servants on the directorate cadre jostling to be appointed as principals of the nation’s 110 unity schools across the country, have reportedly failed …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has raised the alarm over the exodus of lecturers from the nation’s universities for greener pastures abroad. The union attributed the development to the Federal …

SSANU and NASU officials met with the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, in Abuja on August 20, 2022. The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff …

The federal government has blamed its inability to negotiate with university lecturers on insistence by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that they must be paid salaries for the …

The National Association of Nigerian Students on Thursday said it would commence consultations to sue the Federal Government and the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, over the lingering strike by …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has explained why it is meeting with the Federal Government ended in a deadlock earlier this week. Recall that ASUU had on Tuesday, August …

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, Wednesday, has stated that Nigerian students should not vote for politicians who have their children studying in institutions outside …

The management of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has called off its union’s six months old strike. The institution announced this today August 16 in a circular titled: …

His Royal Majesty Oba Oloyede Adeyeoba Akinghare ll, the Arujale Ojima of Okeluse, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State has graduated from high School. Akinghare,19, who is said to …

Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has reacted to a comment made by Festus Keyamo, minister of state for labour and employment, on the union’s …

The 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination for secondary school candidates has been released by the West African Examinations Council.  Speaking at a briefing on Monday August 8, WAEC’s Head …