•Soldiers and Bida Polytechnic main gate The crisis rocking the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Niger State, escalated yesterday as soldiers were deployed to examination halls following threats by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP). The union had on September 15 declared an indefinite strike over 18 months of unpaid excess workload all...
•Youth Corps members The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) will mobilise no fewer than 650,000 graduates from within and outside Nigeria for the mandatory service programme next year. Director General of the NYSC, Brigadier General Olakunle Oluseye, made this known in Abuja today while delivering a goodwill message at the 7th National Day of...
•Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University main gate Controversy has erupted over the alleged plan by the management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, to phase out all non-science and non-technology-related faculties and programmes from the institution. At a press conference today, the Bauchi State Citizens Forum, comprising profess...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the government over unresolved issues affecting non-academic staff in universities. In a letter dated September 12, 2025, the two unions condemned the “unjust” dis...
•Students in a classroom Primary and secondary schools in Lagos State resumed today for the first term of the 2025/2026 academic session, recording a moderate turnout of pupils after the long holiday. While many schools kicked off with lessons, resumption tests, and revisions, some parents expressed frustration over fresh financial burdens, in...
•University of Nigeria Nsukka main gate The Management of the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) has banned all social activities in the campus that will go beyond 6.pm. The directive is contained in a statement signed by Mr Inya Egwu, the Acting Public Relations Officer of the university. The directive, the unversity said, became necessary [&...
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has prolonged the enrollment deadline for the Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for private candidates until September 19, 2025. Initially, the registration deadline was established for September 5, reports Daily Independent. This updated date was communic...
•FUTA main gate Ondo State government has transferred the University of Medical Sciences (UNIMED) Teaching Hospital complex in Akure to the Federal University of Technology, Akure (FUTA), for it to serve as its College of Medicine and Teaching Hospital. This was approved by the State Executive Council yesterday during its meeting in Akure, the...
•Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State The Oyo State government has officially banned “sign out” celebrations by final-year students in all public and private schools across the state. The directive follows growing reports of misconduct, violence, and public disturbances linked to such events, reports The Nation. Commissioner for Education, Scien...
•FUOYE main gate Parents of students in the Department of Radiography at the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), have voiced deep concerns over the programme’s non-accreditation by the Radiographers Registration Board of Nigeria (RRBN), warning that their children’s future is in jeopardy. Operating under the banner of Concerned Parents of R...
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