Educational

Armed robbers have invaded the staff quarters of the University of Ibadan, killing Mr Vincent Odinko, an occupant of one of the buildings. The sad incident happened last Friday night, according to reliable sources. The night marauders broke into the ...

  Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the Federal Government of trying to break its ranks by selecting some medical lecturers for payment of their withheld salaries, while other academic staff are left unattended to. Specifically, the union ...

  The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has advised students to use the e-Naira platform to pay school fees and other payments. The advice came during a sensitization on e-Naira at the University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos. Director of, Information ...

  Legendary musician and first son of Afrobeat pioneer, Femi Kuti has relieved his childhood experience during a recent interview where he opened up on his growing up while in school. The saxophonist and Afrobeat star disclosed that he suffered ...

  Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Igboho has bagged an honorary doctorate degree. The activist has been honored with the prestigious degree in Peace and Security Management/International Relations from Triune Biblical University, USA. More photos….    

  A 45-year-old primary school teacher has been arrested for allegedly raping a 13-year-old primary school pupil in Minna, Niger State. The accused, Musa Rabo, was said to have lured the teenager into one of the classes at Umaru Farouk Bahago ...

Two students of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, were on Friday night kidnapped along a former Deputy Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Professor Adigun Agbaje. Vanguard reliably gathered that in the incident, which happened near Sat Guru Maharaji ...

A former deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academics) of the University of Ibadan, Professor Adigun Agbaje, has been kidnapped. The kidnappers who have contacted the family are asking for a sum of N50m as ransom. According to a report by the Foundation for ...

  A lecturer at the University of Ibadan, U.I, has become an internet sensation after allegedly giving $100 notes each to students who attended his first class after the ASUU strike, The lecturer reportedly had just 10 students in class ...

  The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) on Thursday launched its Digital Certificate platform in Lagos. The Head, National Office (HNO), Mr Patrick Areghan, in his welcome address at the unveiling of the platform, said that the development was to ...

  The Kogi State Polytechnic security operatives have arrested one Mr. Abimaje Shittu, a 25-year-old native of Egume, Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, for impersonating an Inspector of Police and possessing a misleading identification card. A statement issued ...

  ASUU Strike: Final Year Medical Student Turned Food Vendor Dies Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), who ventured into food selling business due to the prolonged ASUU strike, has died. ...

A 30-second video clip showing the final moments of a former reality TV star, Patrick Fakoya, aka Rico Swavey, at a hospital in Lagos State, has attracted condemnation from members of the public. In the clip recorded by one of ...

  House rent, wasted full academic year; issues as Students of UNILAG, University of Ibadan, Obafemi Awolowo University, UNN others return to school after eight months   The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action ...

The Federal Government has announced that at least 30 percent of Nigerians are illiterates. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, gave the information on Wednesday in Lagos, NAN reports. Adamu addressed the Education Writers’ Association of Nigeria (EWAN) 2022 Summit with ...

  The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, will convene emergency National Executive Council, NEC meeting on Thursday, to review recent developments, especially the positive response from the federal government to its demands. Preparatory to the meeting expected to ...

  The Management of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, has dismissed information circulating that the institution was set to resume academic activities on Oct. 20. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the social networking platforms were saturated with ...

  The University of Ilorin, UniIlorin, has dismissed reports that it released a resumption date for returning students of the institution. A statement by the institution refuted the report purportedly issued by the management, that October 20th,2022, has been announced ...

  Nigerians spent $609.5m on foreign education between January and August 2022. The figure is contained in the data obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria, calculated based on the information provided on the amount spent on educational services under ...

  University of Lagos (UNILAG) has gotten its first female Vice Chancellor. She goes by the name, Folasade Ogunsola, a Professor of Microbiology. She’s the 13th Vice Chancellor of the university. The scholar just made history, by becoming the first female ...

The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work with immediate effect. The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an application by the ASUU seeking permission for it to ...

Two persons have been burnt to death while 12 vehicles were gutted by fire in a petrol tanker explosion that occurred at Sango-Ota Old Toll Gate Plaza, along the Lagos-Abeokuta road in Ogun State. The incident occurred early Thursday morning, ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities says it is approaching the National Industrial Court (NIC) over the Federal Government’s registration of the two factional unions. “ASUU is going to court. It is going to be the NIC,” ASUU’s lawyer, Femi ...

The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Wednesday directed the Federal Government and the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities to resolve their dispute amicably out of court. The court suggested 24 hours for the two parties to have a ...

  Singer Teni has gifted one of her former teachers in Apata Memorial High School, Ikeja, Lagos State, a Lexus car in commemoration of the 2022 Teachers Day. One of the teachers of the school disclosed this on Facebook writing; “And ...