•FUTO main gate The Imo State Police Command has commenced a coordinated search and rescue operation following the abduction of a 17-year-old student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri, Mary Ezinwayi Uzoma. The 100-level Microbiology student was reportedly kidnapped along the FUTO/Ihiagwa Road in Owerri West Local Government Area,...
•The protesting non-teaching staff Activities at the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) were today disrupted as non-teaching staff unions continued their nationwide indefinite strike, insisting on a 45 per cent salary increase and full implementation of the 2009 agreement. Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) a...
•Governor Nasir Idris of Kebbi State The Kebbi State government has dissolved the Governing Council of Abdullahi Fodio University of Science and Technology, Aliero (AFUSTA), and relieved the Vice Chancellor, along with two Deputy Vice Chancellors, of their appointments. The affected Deputy Vice Chancellors are those in charge of Academics and ...
•Governor Ademola Adeleke of Osun State The management of University of Ilesa has confirmed the receipt of N3 billion from Governor Ademola Adeleke to clear outstanding salary arrears and facilitate the permanent employment of about 300 casual workers. Vice Chancellor Taiwo Asaolu disclosed this while addressing journalists yesterday as part o...
•Protesting varsity workers Operations across federal universities and inter-university centres are set to be disrupted from tomorrow as the Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities confirmed the commencement of a nationwide strik...
•Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa The Nigerian Publishers Association (NPA) has expressed reservations over the Federal Ministry of Education’s plan to introduce a classroom textbook ranking system for basic and secondary schools. Specifically, it described the proposal as a fundamental policy overreach with far-reaching implications for...
•World Book Day The TY Buratai Literary Initiative (TYBLI) has urged parents to take greater responsibility in rebuilding children’s reading culture, warning that excessive exposure to digital media is eroding literacy habits among young Nigerians. The call was made today in Abuja at a press conference to flag off the initiative’s 2026 activit...
•EFCC chairman, Ola Olukoyede Nigerian students, under the aegis of The National Association of Nigerian Students, (NANS), have decried the comment by the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ola Olukoyede, that nearly 60 percent of students in tertiary institutions are engaged in fraudulent practices. In a statement...
•Suicide rope A 20-year-old Computer Engineering student of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), has been found dead in his apartment after allegedly committing suicide. The lifeless body of the deceased student identified as Audi Emmanuel, was found dangling from a rope and already emitting offensive odour, reports The Guardian. The incident...
In a desperate move to avert the looming strike in universities and inter-university centers, the federal government has invited non-teaching staff unions for a meeting today. The meeting is scheduled for the Federal Ministry of Education Conference Hall at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja, reports Vanguard. Recall that the Senior Staff Associat...
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