The University of Abuja professors are right now protesting the process of selecting the vice-chancellor of the school. Channels Television’s crew covering the protest was manhandled and the crew bus vandalized by security operatives in the school, after detaining them for over an hour. The university has been embroiled in a deep crisis over t...
•Some of the students during the protest Students at the University of Abuja have rejected the renaming of the institution after Yakubu Gowon and called on the federal government to immediately reverse the decision. The students made the call at the main gate of the permanent site of the university yesterday, carrying placards with inscription...
As economic hardship continues to bite harder on most Nigerians, the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has again called on the federal government to, without further delay, pay the three and half months salaries of members withheld due to the nationwide industrial action embarked upon by the public university lecturers in 2022. The sala...
The House of Representatives’ Committee on Public Accounts has recommended the delisting of the National Examinations Council (NECO), University of Ibadan (UI), and 22 departments and agencies from the 2025 Budget over unaccounted funds allocated to these agencies in 2024 and the previous years. The Chairman of the Committee, Bamidele Salam, m...
•Aisha and Tinubu In a move aimed at bolstering Nigeria’s education sector, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has appointed Aisha Garba, a renowned international development specialist, as the new Executive Secretary of the Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC). This was disclosed today in a statement issued by Special Adviser to the President...
Renaming of universities across the federation by the federal government has generated controversy. Yesterday, the Federal Executive Council (FEC) renamed the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University in honour of the 90th birthday of a former head of state, General Yakubu Gowon (retd), reports Daily Trust. Addressing journalists on the d...
The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has renamed the university of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University. This was disclosed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris, after the FEC meeting preceded over by President Bola Tinubu today. Addressing State House Correspondents, the Minister said the move was aimed at honour...
•School end-of-year party The increasing price of goods and services has found its way into the end-of-year party fees for primary and secondary school children. The end of the year party is a celebration of the achievements of school authorities, staff and pupils, or students, ending well with the year, reports Vanguard. These pupils/students...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics has suspended its two-week warning strike and directed its members nationwide to resume duties on Monday. The union had embarked on a two-week strike on December 2 over neglect of the polytechnics education in Nigeria and other issues, reports Saturday PUNCH. However, in a statement dated December 12 an...
Tragedy struck in Lokoja today as two female students from the Federal University Lokoja (FUL) and Kogi State Polytechnic lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident along the Felele axis of the state capital. The accident involved a heavily loaded articulated vehicle heading toward Abuja, which lost control and rammed into a tricycle (common...
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