The federal government and Organised Labour have agreed on a two-week review of King’s College, Lagos concession following tension surrounding the proposed Public-Private Partnership (PPP). The meeting, chaired by the Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa, was attended by the Minister of State for Education, Prof. Suwaiba Said Ahmad, and the ...
•Education minister, Dr. Tunji Alausa Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, yesterday said the federal government has jettisoned the sale or concession of other Federal Unity Colleges in the country. He explained that the federal government contemplated the concession arrangements because of the infrastructure deficit plaguing the Unity Col...
•OAU logo The management of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has expressed sadness over the death of Oluwole Oluwaseun, a final-year student of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. The university said it received information yesterday, Tuesday, September 15, 2026, at about 1:30 p.m. about an emergency involving the st...
The Lagos State University branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU-LASU) has declared a total and indefinite strike over what it described as the failure of the government to implement the 2025 ASUU/FGN Agreement. The union announced the decision yesterday, Tuesday, September 15, following a congress at which members resolved ...
Aggrieved parents today prevented members of the King’s College Old Boys Association from entering the school premises in Lagos amid growing controversy over the federal government’s decision to concession the institution to the association. The parents, who gathered at the main gate of the college, formed a human barricade and refused to allo...
•NYSC Orientation Camp The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has announced September 30 for the commencement of the 2026 Batch ‘C’ orientation course. A statement issued by the Director, Information and Public Relations, Caroline Embu, today, informed the general public and especially the prospective Corps members that the 2026 Batch ‘C’ Str...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adjusted the arrival and examination times for candidates participating in the first session of the 2027 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). Under the revised schedule, candidates are now expected to arrive at their designated Computer-Based Test (CBT) cent...
•Students back to school More than 45 million pupils in basic and secondary schools across Nigeria will resume academic activities today as school owners and administrators ramp up security measures amid growing concerns about learners’ safety. The resumption comes after two of the deadliest academic years for schools in recent memory, marked ...
•School children and policemen Federal and state governments are beefing up security in schools across the country as the 2026/27 session commences on Monday. The move is meant to protect students, teachers and property from possible attack by terrorists, reports The Nation. The Federal Ministry of Education said yesterday that the relevant se...
•King’s College, Lagos main gate The federal government has clarified that King’s College, Lagos, has not been sold or privatised, stressing that the institution remains publicly owned with legal title retained by the government. The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, made this known in a statement issued today by the ministry’s Direct...
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