•ASUU President Chris Piwuna The current National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Christopher Piwuna, says that he and his administration will sustain the demand for university autonomy. This was even as his immediate predecessor, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated that poor treatment of university lecturers is respons...
•Tinubu and NYSC members President Bola Tinubu has directed the immediate employment of 200 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) honorees into the federal civil service. The president speaking yesterday also announced ₦250,000 cash award for the 200 honorees in recognition of their outstanding service during the 2020–2023 service years, reports...
•Tunji Alausa Minister of Education Tunji Alausa has said President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration is determined to ensure that there are no industrial actions in the education sector. Alausa, who spoke yesterday as a guest on a national television programme, said the president had directed his team to ensure that the Academic Staff Union ...
Nigerian banks have resumed processing international tuition payments from Naira accounts through the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s Form A portal. Form A is an application form designed by the Central Bank of Nigeria to pay for service transactions (invisible trade), reports Vanguard. The form allows customers to purchase forex at the CBN or ...
The University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has opened its portal for the registration of candidates seeking admission through the 2025/2026 Post-UTME screening exercise. UNILORIN, though its Director of Corporate Affairs, Kunle Akogun, announced in a statement yesterday that the “registration for the Post-UTME Screening Exercise commenced on Monday 2...
•New hostel at the University of Lagos On or off-campus accommodation is fast becoming students’ worst nightmare in higher institutions. The modern malaise, especially in cities, is not far-flung from problems of the high cost of land, financing and bureaucratic disincentives for private investments in the housing sector, reports The Guardian....
•Late Buhari and UNIMAID gate Lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Maiduguri chapter, have “vehemently rejected and strongly condemned” the federal government’s decision to rename the institution after the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, vowing to challenge the move in court. In a stateme...
•Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa The federal government has described as misleading and inaccurate reports in some sections of the media that it has set a new minimum age of 12 years for admission into Junior Secondary School 1 (JSS1). Specifically, it emphasised that the minimum age for admission into JSS 1 remains 10 years. […]
Despite an official ban placed on the controversial ‘sign-out’ tradition by the management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, some graduating students of the institution have continued to engage in the act. The situation has prompted fresh moves by the school authorities to deepen collaboration with security agencies, reports Daily Trust. The sig...
•Peter Obi with the UNICAL dental students Former Anambra governor and 2023 Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has donated ₦20 million to the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) to support over 400 dental students facing potential expulsion due to accreditation challenges. The donation, announced yesterday, ...
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