Educational

The new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Asefon, has vowed to shut down all private universities in the country should the nine-month strike embarked on by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities continue. The ...

Private schools in Bayelsa State will not charge first term school fees for the 2020/2021 academic session, but will only collect third term fees for the just-concluded session. This decision was reached during a meeting at the Education House in ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities said consultations are still ongoing on the next line of action over the offers made by the Nigerian government for it to end its eight-month strike.   The ASUU President, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, stated ...

The Senate of the University of Ibadan on Monday elected an Acting Vice Chancellor, Professor Adebola Babatunde Ekanola.   Ekanola until his appointment was the Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academics. Five Professors had indicated interest in succeeding the outgoing Vice-Chancellor, Professor ...

Mavin Records boss, Michael Ajereh, aka Don Jazzy in a new interview revealed he is very happy even without marriage and children.   Don Jazzy turned 38 on Thursday, November 26, 2020. A party was held for him and his ...

Striking lecturers under the umbrella of The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have agreed to resume academic activities.   They accepted to call off the eight-month strike after the Federal Government increased its offer to the union to N70bn. ...

  President of ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, who reacted to claims that the ASUU strike might be suspended soon, stated that no agreement has been reached with the federal government. Prof Biodun Ogunyemi who spoke with Tribune, disclosed that the team that represented ...

Security agents including soldiers, officers of the Department of State Services have stormed the University of Ibadan.   They stormed the University this afternoon. Daily Post reports that the security agents are currently at the Institution due to the selection ...

Nine French language students of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria kidnapped last Sunday have been confirmed freed. The nine students were on the way to Lagos for an immersion programme at the Nigerian French Language Village (NFLV) in Badagry when ...

Osun State Government has lost its joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Science and Technology LAUTECH with Oyo State Government as the National Universities Commission, NUC,has given the latter full ownership while it stopped the former   The commission ...

The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been offered N65 billion for Earned Academic Allowance and revitalisation by the Federal Government in a bid to end ASUU strike. Federal Government led by President Muhammadu Buhari  offered the lecturers ...

The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has urged filmmakers to always seek proper approval before using corps members’ uniforms while shooting their movies.   Mr Christian Oru, NYSC Assistant Director of Legal Services, said this in Lagos during a meeting ...

  The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has expressed that the payment platform proposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) does not have hardware backing. Recall that the union has been on strike for over eight months in protest ...

The Rivers State Governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, has approved the reopening of Nursery and Primary Schools in the state from the 23rd of November.   This was disclosed in a statement signed by Sir Chidi Adiele on behalf of the ...

National Examinations Council (NECO) has said that 46,164 candidates failed the 2020 National Common Entrance Examination as only 24,416 candidates passed out of a total of 70,580 at for the examination nationwide The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, the Registrar ...

Another angle! A Nigerian lady has announced she has quit med school and has no regret! She says she had to do that to keep her sanity. According to her, she was already drowning and at the point of almost ...

  The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, said teachers without requisite qualifications, competencies and practicing license are presently migrating out of the Nigerian Teaching Service. He disclosed this on Saturday in Abuja while monitoring the conduct of ...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reinstatement of the suspended Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe.   The President made this known in a statement by the Ministry of Education’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Ben-Bem ...

Suspended Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, may be reinstated today (Wednesday), The Punch is reporting.   Officials at UNILAG and the Ministry of Education confirmed the development to Punch. The Punch learnt the Minister of Education, ...

The Renaissance University, Ugbawka, Enugu State, has provided details on the death of a 400-level student of the institution.   The undergraduate reportedly passed on at a private hospital after a brief illness. However, his death has generated several reports ...

A final year Law student at the Delta State University (DELSU), Oleh Campus, identified as Jeffery Tenumah Omatseye, last Friday, drowned in a swimming pool.   The incident was said to have happened at a hotel located in nearby Irri ...

Nigerian gospel singer, Tope Alabi has congratulated her daughter, Ayomikun after she successfully graduated from BOWEN University, Iwo, Osun State.   Tope Alabi showered God’s blessings on her daughter’s life as she expressed gratitude to God for her daughter’s educational ...

Students of the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED) have demanded justice for Pelumi Onifade.   The students protested at the Lagos State Court of Arbitration, Lekki, venue of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry on SARS abuses. Pelumi died in ...

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has shut down a tertiary institution following the discovery of a COVID-19 case.   This was confirmed in a statement issued on Saturday in Ibadan by Mr. Taiwo Adisa, the Chief Press Secretary to ...

Five members of staff and a student have tested positive for COVID-19 in a secondary school in Lagos State.   The Lagos State Government made this known in a statement on Friday. The statement was titled, ‘Lagos confirms COVID_19 infection ...