Students of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), yesterday, staged a protest against what they described as a deliberate attempt by some external forces to destabilize their university. The students accused the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) National Women’s Committee of being allegedly sponsored to disrupt the ...
•House of Representatives A bill to abolish the dichotomy and discrimination between Bachelor’s Degree holders and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders has scaled second reading in the House of Representatives. According to the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, the bill sought to replace HND with Bachelor of Tech so that graduates of polytechnic would...
•The Prize award presented by the champions to the Leaders of The Salvation Army, Nigeria Territory, Colonels Friday and Glory Ayanam (3rd and 2nd right) The Catherine Booth Senior Secondary School (CBSS), Lagos has emerged the overall winner of this year’s annual Senior Secondary Schools Debate. With 28 top-tier schools competing fierce...
•A teacher and students in classroom Lagos State Government say it still does not tolerate corporal punishment in public schools and has upheld counselling as an effective correctional measure. The state Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Jamiu Alli-Balogun, made this known in an interview with our correspondent yesterday. Alli...
The oldest universities in Nigeria were created out of the urge to provide quality education and a higher level in the educational system. They mostly started as affiliated institutions before finally gaining full autonomy, reports Nigerian Tribune. These universities, as of today, are some of the best in Nigeria and Africa. Here are the oldes...
•FEC meeting in Abuja today The Federal Executive Council (FEC), at its third meeting of the year on Monday, approved provisional licenses for 11 private universities in the country. Dr Morufu Alausa, the Minister of Education, said this while briefing State House Correspondents after the FEC meeting, reports Vanguard. He said the universities...
•NYSC members Nigerian students under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) today, called for the probe of the leadership of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) over the non-payment of the approved N77,000 monthly allowance for serving corps members. The student body expressed dismay that NYSC is yet to implement th...
•NYSC DG, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed Members of the National Youth Service Corps have expressed their disapproval of the federal government’s persistent failure to implement the payment of the N77,000 allowance. The federal government had approved an increase in the corps members’ monthly allowance from N33,000 to N77,000, effective July 2...
Despite the efforts to enthrone merit in the process of selecting Vice Chancellors and heads of other tertiary institutions, it appears too many vested interests will pull all the stops to undermine such efforts. This seems to be what is playing out at the Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), a federal government institution, which used [&h...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has stated that it has sought a stay of execution on a landmark ruling that nullified its minimum age policy around tertiary school admissions. According to a report by TheCable today, JAMB’s Head of Public Affairs and Protocol, Fabian Benjamin, said the board has filed an appeal against the [&helli...
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