The League of Imams and Alfas in Ogun State has expressed concern over a strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), saying the industrial dispute often disrupts academic sessions and weakens the quality of education. In a statement today, the secretary general of the body, Imam Tajudeen Adewunmi, urged the ...
•Prof Anthony Kila The Convener of the #LetOurChildrenCount campaign, Professor Anthony Kila, has commended the federal government and the Minister of Education for reconsidering and reversing the controversial policy that made Mathematics non-compulsory for Arts students seeking university admission in Nigeria. In a statement issued today and...
•Candidates taking WAEC examination The federal government has clarified that Mathematics remains a compulsory subject for those sitting for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) despite its review of the admission policy for tertiary institutions. Last week, the Federal Ministry of Education issued a statement in which it said arts...
•Nigerian Senate The Senate committee has expressed deep concern over the federal government’s failure to honour its agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), describing the situation as unacceptable. The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Tertiary institutions and TETFund, Senator Aliyu Dandutse, made the disclosure aft...
•LASU main gate Lagos State University (LASU) has announced the commencement of applications for undergraduate students interested in participating in a digitisation project under its Study Work Scheme. The university stated that the selected students will support the development of its Open Educational Resources (OER) Portal, a digital platfo...
•JAMB Registrar, Prof Ishaq Oloyede The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has provided clarification on the exclusion of Kareem Kaamilah Omolarami, an underage candidate who scored 371 in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), from the final vetting process for minors. According to JAMB, the Federal Ministry ...
•Tinubu and ASUU logo University lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have called on the federal government to improve funding for public universities. It warned that sustainable investment in education remained the only path to ending strikes and raising the global ranking of Nigerian universities. The ...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has urged all accredited tertiary institutions across the country to update their existing student records and upload the details of all their students, returning and newly admitted on the NELFUND Student Verification Portal ahead of the official opening of the portal for the 2025/2026 academic sessio...
The National Vice President (South West) of the Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) and Presiding Bishop of Victory International Church, Bishop Taiwo Adelakun, today warned that the ongoing impasse between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the federal government could escalate into a full-blown national crisis if urgent ...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives on Monday conducted a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish the South East Institute for Vocational and Entrepreneurial Studies in Umuobom, Ideato Federal Constituency, Imo State. Sponsored by Hon. Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere, member representing Ideato North and South Federal Constitue...
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