•Governor Dapo Abiodun The Ogun State Government has shut down Obada Grammar School, Obada, Idi-Emi over the death of Monday Arijo, an SS2 student of the school. This followed the arrest and suspension of the teacher allegedly responsible for the death of the student last Friday, as a result of corporal punishment, reports Channels TV. [&helli...
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) says there is no going back on the strike action by the union and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) until their demands are met. SSANU and NASU embarked on an indefinite strike yesterday over the non-payment of their four months salary ar...
Universities across the country, especially those owned by the federal government, were today shut down by non-academic staff under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU and the Non-academic Staff Union of Educational and Allied Institutions, NASU. The step followed the decision of the national leaders of th...
•JAMB Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyode The Delta State High Court in Warri has issued an order restraining the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board from implementing its recent policy requiring a minimum admissible age of 16 years for university admissions in the country pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice filed aga...
The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has vowed to indefinitely shut down all activities in universities across the country from today when they embark on an indefinite strike. A statement made available to our corresponden...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has denied reaching any agreement with the University of Lagos (UNILAG) management regarding an annual increase in tuition and hostel accommodation fees. In a statement signed by NANS Senate President, Afeez Akinteye, yesterday, the student body refuted claims that student representatives ha...
•Protesting lecturers Lecturers of the University of Cross River (UNICROSS) today protested the nonpayment of six months of palliative by the management of the institution. The palliative for the state-owned institution which is N10,000 per month was approved for workers in the state by Governor Bassey Otu, reports Vanguard. The lecturers who ...
•UNIBEN main gate The management of the University of Benin has appointed Professor Edoba Omoregie, a specialist in constitutional law and governance, as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution. The Chairman of the Governing Council of the university, Professor Shaibu Umaru, announced the appointment today in Benin. Umaru stated that Omoreg...
•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Government to direct the Federal Ministry of Power, the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission, electricity distribution companies and other relevant agencies to urgently place public tertiary institutions on the Service-Based Tariff of Band “C” or lower to ensure...
No fewer than four persons have been killed after suspected cultists invaded Ifite Awka area, behind the school gate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State in an early morning attack today. Eyewitnesses, who live around Witness Garden, Ifite-Amansea Road, said gun-wielding hoodlums invaded the axis around 9:30am today and opened fir...

