Educational

The Bayelsa State Government has directed all Public Primary, Secondary and Private Schools in the state to suspend all academic activities and embark on a flood break from Monday 3rd October to Friday 11th November 2022. It was gathered that ...

  The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, South-West Zone, has accused President Mohammed Buhari of burying public education in the country, saying that it is ready to conduct its funeral. This was disclosed in a statement signed by NANS Coordinator ...

  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has advised the Academic Staff Union of Universities to stop directing its members to continue with the 8-month-old strike in defiance of the interlocutory injunction by the National Industrial Court which ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Calabar Branch, has revealed that ten of its academic staff members had died since the ASUU strike began on February 14, 2022. This was disclosed by ASUU UNICAL Branch Chairman, Dr John ...

The National Examination Council (NECO) has released the 2022 Secondary School Certificate Examination(SSCE). It also blacklisted 29 supervisors for alleged involvement in various malpractice offenses during the just concluded examinations. NECO Registrar/Chief Executive Officer, Professor Dantani Ibrahim Wushishi who announced the ...

  The management of Benue State University, Makurdi, has directed all staff members to resume work. According to the statement issued by the university’s registrar, Dr Mfaga Modom, titled, “Reopening of the University,” the management directed all staff members of ...

  Police in India are searching for a teacher accused of beating a Dalit student to death over a spelling mistake, officers said amid violent protests triggered by the incident. Nikhil Dohre was struck with a rod and kicked until ...

The National Industrial Court Abuja has struck out a suit instituted by one Umar Lawal, asking the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off its seven-month strike and return to classrooms. Lawal, who claimed to be the President ...

DJ Cuppy has announced her graduation from the University of Oxford. She took to her Twitter handle to mention how proud of herself she is even though she did not get a merit or a distinction. “Got my THESIS result, ...

  The Federal Government, through the National Universities Commission, Monday afternoon, withdrew its circular which ordered vice-chancellors, pro-chancellors and governing councils to re-open federal universities. It was reported earlier that a circular tagged NUC/ES/138/Vol.64/135 was addressed to all vice-chancellors; pro-chancellors ...

  The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Dr Daniel Okoh, on Sunday, urged the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to end the seven-month strike. Okoh made the appeal in his address ...

  Veteran actress Kate Henshaw has accused leaders of ‘nonchalance’ towards the plight of the students. The seven-month-old strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has continued to attract concerns. After several months of negotiation by ASUU and ...

A trans teacher has been vilified for her “clownish” giant prosthetic boobs but the Canadian school board is “standing behind” the teacher who sparked protests. The high school teacher in Oakville, Ontario, went viral after she was filmed operating a ...

First Lady, Aisha Buhari is excited as her daughter-in-law, Zahra Buhari graduated with first class honours in architectural science. The First lady, her daughter, Zahra and other members of both families attended the graduation ceremony. The First Lady posted photos ...

  ASUU Strike: Students Target Apapa Port After Airport Road Blockade Students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, on Monday made good their threat to ground activities at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos when they ...

  Parents and guardians of students in Zamfara State government schools have lamented that the suspension of students’ free feedings by the State government will discourage pupils’ enrollments in public schools. They noted that the free feeding had a positive ...

  The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has, Monday, joined Nigerian students in protest at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. Sowore, while at the protest, said it was important for the students to intensify their ...

  Some primary and secondary school students in Kaduna State, have refused to return to school for the new academic session over the fear of attack by bandits. The Kaduna State Government had announced September 4, 2022, as the date ...

  The Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola has given an order to the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire and Immigration Service Board to hold the subsequent promotion examinations of its officers in the States where they operate. The order was ...

A student of Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, has reportedly committed suicide while in the custody of the Nigerian Civil Difence Corps (NSCDC) in Kebbi state. Victor Musa was said to have slashed himself to death with a razor ...

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS on Tuesday called for the resignation of the Minister of Education, Mr Adamu Adamu, over the lingering strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The leadership of NANS said this ...

Here are new photos of ADC’s Deputy Governorship candidate, Tonto Dikeh. The former actress shared the new photos on social media to the delight of her fans. While captioning one of them, she used the medium to encourage parents who ...

Two children, Samat Saheed and a yet-to-be-identified girl, have lost their lives when the fence of a school, Covenant Point Academy, collapsed on them at Ajose Street, in the Amukoko area of Lagos State. Punch Metro gathered that the nine-year-old ...

  The National Industrial Court, NIC, has summoned the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to appear before it on Monday in Abuja over the lingering strike embarked on by the union eight months ago. The ...

  A staff member of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) identified as Prince Carter Oshodin committed suicide on Friday in Umelu Community in Upper Sakponba over alleged unfavourable financial conditions. It was alleged that Oshodin had not been paid salaries ...