Education

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 …

Licenses of all private Nursery, Primary and Secondary schools operating in Plateau, have been revoked by the state government. The announcement was made on Thursday August 4, by the State Commissioner …

The Kaduna State University (KASU) branch of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has failed to supervise the ongoing semester examination in the school over lingering industrial action. The lecturers have …

Management of Kaduna State University (KASU) has resumed the second semester of the 2020/2021 academic session for its undergraduate and post-graduate students.  The school has reportedly began its second semester examination …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said that none of its university lecturers have been paid since the union embarked on its indefinite strike action in February. The President of the …

The Academic Sftaff Union of Universities, ASUU, will continue as members of the National Executive Council, NEC, of the union did not consider the option of suspending the action at …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called for a bill to regulate how children of public officers enroll in schools outside the shores of Nigeria.Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman …

The Federal Ministry of Education has directed Federal Government Colleges (FGCs) located in the FCT to close and immediately evacuate students. The directive is reportedly a result of threat to the …

Prof. Ade Adejumo, the National Financial Secretary of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, has accused politicians of causing hardship in the country by allegedly stealing public funds. In an …

Mayo, one of the sons of the Ogun state governor, Gbenga Daniels, bagged a Masters’s Degree in Real Estate from the University of London. Former first lady, Olufunke Daniels, and …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday July 21, approved cut-off marks for universities and polytechnics in the country. The announcement was made after a heated session comprising officials from …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday July 21, said only 378,639 out of the 1,761,338 candidates who wrote the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations scored 200 and above.  Registrar …

The former Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, and his family were in a celebratory mood on Tuesday, July 19 as one of his sons, Mustapha Lamido Sanusi, bagged a …

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities has said it would not be subjected to blackmail by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige as the ongoing …

Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, has lost its accreditation from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for failing to pay staff salaries and allowances for over 30 months. In a …

Mohammed, the son of Jigawa State governor, Abubakar Badaru, has graduated from Brunel University, London.

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Tuesday, reacted to the comments made by the President Muhammadu Buhari regarding the ongoing strike action by the union. Buhari had, on Monday, …

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke has said they are ready to call off its nationwide industrial action immediately if the Federal Government signs …

The National Examinations Council (NECO) has debunked claim of scheduling an exam on Eid-el-Kabir (Sallah) day, July 9, as claimed by many. NECO’s Head Information and Public Relations Division, Mr Azeez Sani in …

The management of Nnamdi Azikwe University has reacted to a Facebook user advertising the school’s admission slots for sale on the platform.  Facebook user, Adaora Cagzin Igbo had advertised 5 …

No fewer than 18 lecturers in the nation’s tertiary institutions have been indicted and dismissed over sexual misconduct in one year. The issue of sexual harassment has been recurring in …

15 students reportedly scored 01 in the recently released 2022 National Common Entrance Examination. The NCEE conducted by NECO is for admission into the first year of the Junior Secondary School of …

The leaders of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU have said its members are not beggars and the stoppage of their salaries by the government won’t force them to …

A Florida teen was accepted into all eight Ivy League schools — and seven other universities Florida teen Ashley Adirika has always dreamed of attending an Ivy League school. So …

ASUU Chairman has rejected the money contributed by Berekete Family of Human Rights Radio. Consequently, a direction has been given for the account to be closed and the total money …

A Nigerian student, Oluwabunmi Amosu, has bagged a Masters in Education and Society from the McGill University, Canada. Ms. Amosun, an orphan who lost her father just last year, graduated …

Kwara State Government has reopened Oyun Baptist High School, Ijagbo, four months after the school was closed down following a crisis caused by the wearing of Hijab by female students in the …

A Dean at University of Calgary (UCalgary) in Alberta, Canada, has announced that all recent Master of Laws graduands from the institution are Nigerians.  Ian Holloway shared the news on …

Nigerian comedienne Helen Paul who relocated to the United States in 2021 after bagging a doctorate degree, has announced that she’s now a Professor.  Helen Paul also disclosed that she’s …

Kano state Executive Council has approved the renaming of Kano state University of Science and Technlogy (KUST), Wudil. The state commissioner for Information, Malam Muhammad Garba, who revealed this in …

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has approved the establishment of an Advanced Level (A Level) certificate data bank in the country. This was disclosed by the Registrar of Joint Admissions …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) Federal University of Technology Akure chapter, has rejected appointment of Prof. Adenike Oladiji as the new Vice-chancellor of the institution. Though Oladiji’s appointment as …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Bauchi Zone, had last year, queried the source of wealth of the Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Mr Ahmed Idris. Idris, who was …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has given the Federal Government a fourteen-day ultimatum threatening to embark on an indefinite strike if its demands are not met. This comes following an …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities have said …

Professor Adenike Temidayo Oladiji has been appointed by the governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) as the eighth substantive Vice Chancellor of the University.  The Council …

The Nigerian government has received a 21-day ultimatum from the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) who are threatening to embark on industrial action. The union’s president and the general secretary, …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) will commence a 2-week warning strike from Monday May 16.  The decision was taken at an emergency meeting of its National Executive Council on …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has explained why they are yet to release results from the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination.  JAMB’s Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede said on Tuesday May …

The Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) has withdrawn the accreditation given to Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba (ABSUTH). The accreditation was withdrawn following some inadequacies the universities regulatory body unearthed. The …

With the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates scheduled to hold from May 16 to June 23, no candidate from public schools in Zamfara and Sokoto states will …

Students of various institutions In Edo state who started their protest last week to call for an end to the lingering ASUU strike, continued today, May 9, as they blocked the entrance …

The academic body took the decision at an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) held at ASUU Secretariat in Abuja. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its strike …

The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) has suspended its indefinite strike. Recall that the union had embarked on an indefinite strike last October over unresolved issues with the …

The President, National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Comrade Sunday Asefon, on Thursday, accused Nigerian leaders of ignoring the plights of Students who are at the receiving end of the …

Senior Secondary 2 student of International School, Ibadan, Victor Adetunji, is Africa’s Maths Champion 2022. He beat over 10,000 participants across Africa to the title. For the feat, he earned …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has written to the University of Jos, demanding a probe and the withdrawal of the doctorate degree of the Minister of State for Education, …