•Education Minister, Tahir Mamman Ahead of the planned nationwide protest, the Minister of Education Tahir Mamman has directed vice-chancellors of universities to take proactive steps to ensure the security and safety of the university community, including staff and students. A statement today by the acting Executive Secretary of the National ...
These are definitely challenging times for the Law students of the National Open University of Nigeria, especially those in their final year, after they had their programme terminated by the authorities of the tertiary institution, writes The PUNCH. Having lost his job in 2017, Ade Oludokun sought to enhance his prospects by returning to schoo...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kaduna State University (KASU) Branch, has resolved to embark on two weeks warning strike over unresolved issues bothering on welfare. The union stated this in a notification letter addressed to the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Prof. Abdullahi Musa, signed by its Chairman, Dr Peter Adamu a...
The leadership of the Association of Nigerian Students in Russia has rejected the recent announcement by the federal government on the reduction of supplementation allowances for Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA) scholars for the 2024 academic year. This was contained in a letter signed by the president of the association, Alabi Jeffrey and ...
Sixteen more state-owned tertiary institutions have been onboarded for the student loan scheme under the coordination of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund. In a post on X, the fund via its official handle, @NELFUND noted today that the addition of the 16 institutions brings the total number of registered state-owned institutions to 86. NELFUND ...
•UNIZIK The pro-chancellor and chairman, Governing Council of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Mr Greg Mbadiwe, has cleared the air on the recent removal of Professor Joe Ikechebelu as acting vice chancellor. It was earlier reported that the council had recently removed Ikechebelu and installed Professor Carol Umobi as the acting vice chanc...
•Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman The federal government has announced a slash in allowances of foreign scholars who are currently stranded in Russia, Morocco, and Algeria, among others by 12.7% due to economic hardship in Nigeria. The federal government’s decision to slash the scholars’ allowances was contained in a memo signed by the...
The authorities of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State today expelled twenty-seven (27) of its students for offences ranging from disturbance of academic activities, causing unrest and vandalisation of individuals and institution’s properties. The institution’s Protocol, Media and Public Relations Officer, Mr. Sola Lawal who made this kno...
The National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN), Uyo Judicial Division has dismissed the suit filed by Professor Yahaya Abubakar Muhammad of the Department of Law, University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) between the Vice Chancellor of the institution, the University, Sir Wole Sadipo and the Attorney General of the federation as 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th...
No fewer than two first-year female students of Tai Solarin University of Education in Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, were allegedly raped by suspected robbers yesterday. It was learnt that around 12:30 am, suspected armed robbers invaded the students’ apartments, forcibly taking the survivors’ personal belongings, reports The PUNCH. A source ...
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