•SSANU and NASU members protesting Members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), yesterday, ended their seven-day warning strike. In a circular to branch chairmen at public universities all over the country, SSANU President, Mohammed Ibrahim, directed SSANU and NASU members to...
Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the extension of the 2024 Direct Entry (DE) registration by two weeks. JAMB explained that the reason for the decision was to enable all candidates desirous of direct entry registration to do so seamlessly. It also noted that extension became necessary following the challenges being...
The Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University, Gashua in Yobe State Maimuna Waziri has directed the closure of academic activities in the school following a fire incident that ripped through a female hostel, killing one. A statement from the school’s registrar Abubakar Mamudo quoted the vice-chancellor as asking all students to vacate the camp...
The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS), the umbrella body of over 2 million students in the polytechnic tertiary education sector, yesterday, appealed to President Ahmed Tinubu to append his signature to the Bill for an Act to Abolish and Prohibit Dichotomy and Discrimination between Degree and Higher National Diploma (HND). T...
The West African Examinations Council, Nigeria, on Friday, released results of the first-ever Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination for Private Candidates, 2024–First Series. The council commenced migration from traditional paper-based examinations to Computer-Based Examinations for its private candidates’ examinati...
No fewer than two female students of Nasarawa State University, Keffi, have reportedly died following a stampede that occurred at the university’s convocation square today. The convocation square was the venue for the distribution of palliatives to the students by the Nasarawa State government, reports The PUNCH. A source within the university...
The just concluded meeting between the Senior Staff Association Of Nigeria University (SSANU) and federal government has ended in deadlock, with SSANU insisting strick action continues. Yesterday, the National president (SSANU) Muhammed Ibrahim said the strike continues today, reports Nigerian Tribune. Recall that SSANU and NASU embarked on a ...
•FUOYE gate The Management of Federal University, Oye Ekiti, has blamed the death of a student of the institution on the insensitivity of members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) who were on strike. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Abayomi Fasina said the deceased student who was asthmatic could not get treatment d...
In Nigeria, the issue of out-of-school children is a major concern, leaving countless young minds without access to education. Recent data from The Cable Index sheds light on the severity of this crisis, revealing the top three states grappling with the highest percentages of out-of-school children. Kebbi, Sokoto, and Yobe stand out with alarm...
•UNIBEN main gate A female student’s hotel at the University of Benin was today gutted by fire. According to an X user, Ruth Nifemi, who shared a video, the fire destroyed some documents and property at the Hall 2 hostel of the university. She wrote, “Hall 2 UNIBEN is on fire and fire service came […]
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