•Nigerian students Despite the federal government’s hammer on degrees obtained from universities in Togo and Benin Republic, Nigerian youth continue to seek higher education in these neighbouring French-speaking countries. This article reveals why the youths are undaunted by the government’s blacklist of certificates from such universities and...
Again, some lawmakers in the National Assembly have set up a bribery scheme targeting federal universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. Lawmakers are using intimidation and threats to force the heads of universities to pay N8 million each to approve their allocations in the 2025 budgets, reports PREMIUM TIMES. This newspaper...
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...
•ASUU President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke The Academic Staff Union of Universities yesterday raised an alarm over a plot to sabotage the interest of public universities in the country. ASUU’s National President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, at an event marking the 2024 ASUU’s Heroes Day in Abuja, also accused the World Bank and the International Moneta...
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...
•Tertiary institution students The federal government has threatened to sanction higher institutions that fail to submit lists of students admitted immediately after matriculation. This was revealed in a memo ‘CLARIFICATION ON DISCLOSURE OF ADMITTED CANDIDATES OUTSIDE CAPS( 2017-DATE)’ by the Jamb Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) obtained ...
The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has disbursed N20,000.00 monthly stipends for July to 20,371 students from six tertiary institutions. Students from the following institutions whose institutional fees have already been paid by NELFUND have begun to receive July upkeep stipends, reports The Nation. Here is a list of varsities who have...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) staged a one-day national protest today, Thursday, July 18, over the four months’ withheld salaries of their members. The national protest disrupted administrative work in universities and inter-university...
Universities in the country are groaning under the yoke of high tariffs thrust on them by electricity distribution companies, DISCOs, which may see the 10 with the highest budgets spending over N75 billion on electricity this year. The 10 universities have a combined budget of N247.6 billion for 2024, reports Vanguard. Checks by our correspond...
Analysis of data on the admissions conducted for the 2022/2023 admission session in Nigerian universities, polytechnics and other tertiary institutions of learning revealed that 88 institutions conducted admissions outside of the Central Admissions Processing System popularly referred to as CAPS. According to JAMB, admissions conducted outside...
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