Educational

  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 ...

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 ...