•Minister of Education, Dr. Maruf Tunji Alausa Nigerian senior secondary school students in arts and humanities will no longer be required to present a credit in mathematics in their Senior School Certificate Examination, organised by the West African Examination Council and National Examination Council, as a condition for admission to univers...
•President, Nigeria Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero The Nigeria Labour Congress has condemned the federal government’s moves to invoke the “No Work, No Pay” policy against striking university lecturers, describing it as an act of intimidation that will not resolve the crisis in the nation’s tertiary education system. In a statement signed today by...
•UNICAL main gate Tension has gripped the University of Calabar (UNICAL) following the forceful eviction of occupants from the institution’s Boys’ Quarters (BQs), as senior staff accuse management of abuse of power, while the university insists the action was approved by the Governing Council. •UNICAL Staff Village The Boys’ Quarters were orig...
The Ebonyi State University (EBSU), Abakaliki, and Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike Ikwo (AE-FUNAI), have joined the ongoing nationwide strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to press home their demands. The Chairperson of ASUU, EBSU chapter, Dr. Joseph Igwe, confirmed that all academic activities in the...
•University of Ibadan main gate The University of Ibadan chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has joined the nationwide warning strike declared by the union, effectively halting all academic and related activities on campus. Today, there was total compliance with the strike directive as lecture halls and offices remained ...
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) says it is not taking part in the ongoing nationwide strike by university lecturers. In a statement, CONUA’s president, Niyi Sunmonu, dismissed reports that have been suggesting its involvement in the ongoing strike. He said the union is committed to maintaining academic stability through constructi...
•Governor Peter Mbah of Enugu State A non-profit advocacy organisation, Tilova for Africa (TFA), has condemned the brutal flogging of a three-year-old pupil by her teacher at a private school in Enugu, describing it as a disturbing reflection of poor oversight in Nigeria’s private education sector. The United States-based organisation said the...
•Tinubu and ASUU logo As the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarks on a two-week warning strike today, the federal government has emphasised that the “No Work, No Pay” policy remains an existing labour law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The government stated that it will be guided by this law should academic […]
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has released a list of 203 tertiary institutions that failed to upload their students’ data for the 2024/2025 student loan application exercise. It also announced the reopening of the portal for 48 hours to allow institutions yet to comply to do so. Institutions are required to upload their students’ ...
•Youth Corps members Some blacklisted universities in the Benin Republic have devised means of sneaking their graduates into the National Youth Service Corps in collaboration with certain private polytechnics in Nigeria, findings have shown. Our correspondent gathered that the universities now obtain Higher National Diploma and National Diplom...
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