Despite the federal government’s announcement that it has commenced implementation of the renegotiated agreement with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), investigations reveal that the 40 per cent salary increase is yet to be reflected in the pay of lecturers across many federal universities. Findings by our correspondent showed t...
The Vice Chancellor of Summit University Offa in Kwara State, Professor Abiodun Musa Aibinu, says Nigerian universities must become strategic partners in addressing the nation’s insecurity, stressing that the solution goes beyond kinetic responses. Speaking with journalists during the institution’s fifth and sixth combined convocation, the VC ...
Nigeria’s public uniÂversities teeter on the brink of yet another crisis. The AcademÂic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is poised to declare an indefinite strike, driven by the government’s continued failure to honour the 2009 ASUU-FGN Agreement and address a range of other grievances. This article examines the looming shutdown, the deep-s...
•Protesting varsity lecturers University teachers embarked on peaceful protests on campuses yesterday over what they termed the federal government’s failure to meet their demands for better welfare and improved funding of the education sector. The protests, which grounded academic activities, were called by the Academic Staff Union of Universi...
•Tinubu President Bola Tinubu has appointed Chisom Obih to the Governing Council of Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State. Obih’s appointment follows the death of a member of the council, reports The PUNCH. Tinubu also appointed Prof. Ralph Akinfeleye, a renowned communications specialist, to the Governing Council of Obafe...
•New hostel at the University of Lagos On or off-campus accommodation is fast becoming students’ worst nightmare in higher institutions. The modern malaise, especially in cities, is not far-flung from problems of the high cost of land, financing and bureaucratic disincentives for private investments in the housing sector, reports The Guardian....
•Patients waiting to be attended to at the Pediatric Ward of Abaji General Hospital One year after the federal government declared that public institutions including hospitals and tertiary institutions would enjoy 50 percent subsidies on electricity, the promise is yet to be redeemed. While the Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, was the first...
•Nigerian universities The quest for autonomy by Nigerian public tertiary institutions yesterday received another body blow as the federal government – the primary financier and principal of those schools – reviewed and fixed a blanket admission criteria that pegged the entry age at 16 years. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)...
•JAMB candidates The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) will next Tuesday determine the 2025 admission benchmarks for universities, polytechnics, colleges of education, and monotechnics in the country. The admission benchmarks will be set during this year’s policy meeting, which has been scheduled to be held at the Bola Ahmed Tinu...
Minister of Education Dr. Tunji-Alausa The federal government said it will impose tough sanctions on any federal university that establishes a satellite campus without approval of the Minister of Education. The Minister of Education, Dr Tunji Alausa disclosed this in a memo sent to the National Universities Commission (NUC) on May 30, 2025, an...
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