The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has strongly criticised both federal and state governments for what it perceives as the politicisation of education, particularly through the proliferation of public universities while neglecting the funding needs of existing ones. Dr Melemi Abatcha, chairperson of ASUU at the Federal University ...
•Tinubu The Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has said that salaries of university lecturers have not been reviewed by their employers for the past 15 years when it was last reviewed and the last agreement was signed. Besides, they said that the agreement reached with the federal government in 2022 […]
•Late Maxwell Okeke A student of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu Alike(AE-FUNAI), Maxwell Okeke has been abducted and killed by some members of the host community. According to sources, the student was involved in a minor bicycle accident on his way to hostel from school, reports The Nation. He was seen engaged in some discussion [&helli...
•Tinubu The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has insisted on negotiating the salary of its members with the Tinubu-led administration, thereby, rejecting the N35,000 wage award. ASUU National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in Ibadan today at the inauguration of the secretariat of the University of Ibadan (UI) branch ...
•Ashley Adirika A 17-year-old Nigerian-American girl, Ashley Adirika has won a $4 million scholarship to study at the Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Adirika’s outstanding academic performances earned her the privilege to apply to the Ivy League universities in the US. Graduated from the Miami Beach Senior High S...
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested eight suspected cult members at the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti. The state Police Public Relations Officer, Sunday Abutu, said in Ado Ekiti today that the arrest yesterday followed the intervention of men from the Command’s Rapid Response Squad after receiving a distress call, reports Nigerian ...
The Brickhall School, Abuja, has decided to close for one week to mourn Miguel Ovoke, the four-year-old pupil who died “while feeding.” According to the statement by the management today, Brickhall School regretted its failure to save Ovoke despite its efforts. Recall that the four-year-old was declared dead by Excel Specialist Hospital, Abuja...
An X user Justus, who identifies as LordJustusN on X.com, has expressed dismay over the deplorable state of a hostel, Eni Njọkụ Hostel, in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Justus disclosed that he had visited the hostel to inspect the room his cousin was assigned to, only to be met with appalling conditions. Sharing a […]
•OAU main gate Former Vice Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Prof Michael Faborode, has said it would be difficult for Nigeria to eradicate certificate racketeering among Nigerian youths studying either at home or overseas. The don said he based his view on the fact that most Nigerians, including parents, nowadays place more v...
•JAMB CBT centre The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released additional 531 results of the recently conducted Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations (UTME), taking the total number of results released to 1,842,897. This is contained in a statement by the Public Communication Advisor of the Board, Dr Fabian Benjamin to...
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