•Secondary school students in a classroom The full list of subjects in the newly introduced school curriculum has surfaced online after the Special Assistant to the President on Social Media, Dada Olusegun, shared it today. Olusegun, in a post on his X handle, displayed an unsigned and unmarked image said to contain the subjects for […]...
•Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State Ahead of the 2025/2026 academic session, the Ondo State government has prohibited the illegal collection of levies in all public schools. The ban followed persistent calls from parents and education stakeholders for reforms in the state’s education sector, reports The Nation. Commissioner for Education,...
•Fire outbreak A devastating fire outbreak yesterday razed the girls’ hostel at the Ondo State-owned Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO). The incident, which occurred in the early hours of the day, broke out while some female students were engaged in sanitation exercises on campus, reports The Nation. The inferno also affected parts of the ha...
Some Nigerian professors have demanded that their salaries be raised to a minimum of N2.5 million per month, insisting that anything less was no longer tenable. On Tuesday, protests rocked several campuses as members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities decried the Federal Government’s failure to implement the renegotiated 2009 FGN–ASUU...
The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, has made a U-turn regarding his earlier remarks on the federal government’s agreements with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), admitting the existence of the deal in 2009. Speaking with reporters in Abuja on Thursday, the minister had insisted that no agreement existed between the gover...
Prof Dawood Egbefo, the immediate past Acting Vice Chancellor of Edo State University, Iyahmo, is dead. He died two weeks after handing over to his successor, reports Daily Trust. Prof Egbefo reportedly died yesterday, Wednesday, August 27, 2025. The institution’s spokesperson, Amaechi Kelly Quincy, disclosed this in a post on the institution’...
•Protesting Poly workers The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnics (SSANIP) has issued a 21-day ultimatum beginning from August 27 to the federal government over long-standing unmet demands. The union took the decision at its 77th General Executive Council meeting held between Tuesday, August 26, and today, Thursday, August 28, 2025...
•World Best teenager in English 2025, Nafisa Aminu The federal government, today, gifted the winner of the TeenEagle Global finals competition, Nafisah Abdullahi, N200,000. Recall that the Atiku Foundation rewarded the TeenEagle champions, namely Nafisa Abdullahi, Rukaiya Fema, and Khadija Kalli, with fully-funded scholarships following their ...
•Minister of Education, Dr Olatunji Alausa The federal government has clarified that it has no signed agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), insisting that discussions so far have only produced draft proposals. Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, stated this while briefing journalists in Abuja today. He said repor...
•Protesting lecturers The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos Zone, has urged the Tinubu-led federal government to pay its members a living wage rather than a minimum wage. Lagos Zonal Coordinator of ASUU, Adeola Nassir, made the demand during a press conference at the union’s secretariat, University of Lagos. The call came two ...
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