Education

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The Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) has withdrawn the accreditation given to Abia State University Teaching Hospital, Aba (ABSUTH). The accreditation was withdrawn following some inadequacies the universities regulatory body unearthed.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

Students and youths, on Tuesday, gathered in their number to protest in Ibadan against persistent school closure following the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The students …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has distanced itself from its members participating in the 2023 elections. The union which said it withdrew from participating in elections in Nigeria because the system …

Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai and his wife, Barrister Asia Muhammad, were in London on Thursday, April 28, for the graduation ceremony of their son, Ahmad.  Ahmad bagged a degree from one …

As the strike action embarked by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) lingers, the management of Kaduna State University (KASU) has scheduled to commence full academic activities for the 2020/2021 …

Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State held its 14th Combined Special Connvocation for first degree today April 22, 2022 for 2015/2016, 2016/2017, 2017/2018, 2018/2019, 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 set …

Minister of State for Education, Mr Emeka Nwajiuba has condemned the ongoing strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities …

The striking non-academic workers of Nigerian Universities have extended the ongoing two-week warning strike for another two weeks, owing to the Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government’s failure to meet demands. …

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has issued a one month ultimatum to government for resumption of strike action. The union had suspended its industrial action which ran for …

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 …

The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has ordered students of the institution out of their hostels with immediate effect due to the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff …

More than two dozen girls and women have staged protests in front of the Ministry of Education in the capital, Kabul, days after the Taliban administration shut secondary schools for …

Following what it described as the failure of the Nigerian government to react to its letter earlier issued threatening to down tools, the Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior …

The Chief Executive Officer, CEO, and Registrar of the National Examinations Council, NECO, Ibrahim Dantani, has revealed that the council requires over N2 billion to settle the allowances of its …

The country further promised to continue to provide necessary assistance to ensure the safety and well-being of Nigerian citizens in its territory. Amid the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has again blamed the Federal Government for the ongoing strike in public universities. The union’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, stated in an interview …

The Delta State University, Abraka, has backed out of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities strike as the institution’s management also directed the students to immediately return for academic …

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board on Thursday said it has discovered one million illegal institutional admissions so far. The board said it was surprised that less than five per …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its warning strike for another two months. The union reached the decision at its National Executive Council (NEC) meeting which started on …

Ambrose Alli University Medicine student has been told to pay a sum of #50,000 each to complete one of the abandoned University hostels by the Edo state government. The Provost …

Romanian Ministry of Education has offered to take in Nigerian students fleeing Ukraine to study in their universities. A lot of Nigerian students fled Ukraine last week after Russian military forces …

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has vowed not to involve itself in any round of renegotiation with the federal government concerning its 2009 agreement with the latter. The union’s …

Nigerian musician, Davido has put a call through to Barcelona superstar, Memphis Depay. The star singer who is reshaping the image of Nigeria globally called Depay on Facetime to inform …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has vowed not to call off the one-month warning strike it began on February 14. ASUU President, Professor Victor Emmanuel Osodeke, said during …

Ongoing industrial action by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, is seen by some as one of the reasons people patronise private universities, as lecturers there are …

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has described the federal government of Nigeria and the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration as slave merchants. The union said the federal government led …

The Alumni Association of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) has said that the award of professorship on Isa Pantami, the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy is inappropriate. This …

Members of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) have been asked to get ready to embark on an indefinite strike. National President of ASUP, Mr Anderson Umezurike Ezeibe notified members of …

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has said that the Federal government is willing to reach an agreement with the striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking …

The Academic Staff Union of University, the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) is spoiling for war over alleged recalcitrance of the Federal Government to pay N15 billion revitalisation …

The Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Owerri (FUTO), Prof. Nnenna Oti, has said the management had gone to court over the rejection of Dr. Isah Ibrahim Pantami’s promotion to …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has stated that the Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board has no right to conduct admission into higher institutions across the country.  ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel …

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has faulted the promotion of Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr Isa Ali Pantami, as a professor. The union after its National Executive …

After serious deliberations that dragged into the early hours of Monday, the National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has voted to embark on one-month …

Candidates willing to participate in the 2022 Senior School Certificate Examinations organised by the National Examination Council will be registered offline and validated via their respective state offices of NECO. …

The Vice-Chancellor of Federal University Lokoja (FUL), Professor Olayemi Akinwumi, is in the news again, not for anything different, but he has become associated with the same sordid acts. Information …

A student of the University Of Ibadan, Cynthia Okafor, has emerged as the best graduating student of the school’s Faculty of Pharmacy. Cynthia tweeted pictures of herself in her convocation …