•House of Representatives The House of Representatives has passed a bill targeted at adÂdressing instances of sexual harassment in institutions of higher learning in Nigeria. The bill, titled, ‘An Act to PreÂvent, Prohibit and Redress Sexual Harassment of Students in TerÂtiary Educational Institutions and for Related Matters,’ imposes stringen...
The National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, has threatened to embark on mass protests to disrupt academic activities in tertiary institutions in the southwest without a proper student union in place. Addressing newsmen in Osogbo today, the Coordinator, NANS Southwest (Zone D), Owolewa Taiwo, disclosed that banning student union activit...
Striking non-teaching staff of the Federal public universities, yesterday, dismissed a report that the federal government has invited them for a meeting over the ongoing indefinite nationwide strike, saying the government has not reached out to them, reports Vanguard. This came as members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Asso...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has urged states not yet paying the N70,000 minimum wage to start without further delay. The union also asked states implementing the new wage to let it reach all categories of teachers, reports The Nation. NUT President Audu Amba said this yesterday in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, while […]
•Prof Chigozie Ogbu Vice Chancellor of Ebonyi State University, EBSU, Prof Chigozie Ogbu, has decried the spare of robbery, vandalism, and other forms of criminal activities in the institution. Ogbu, former Deputy Governor of Ebonyi State, disclosed this while refuting the allegation on the social media that the University management auctioned...
•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...

