•UI The University of Ibadan (UI) has been plunged into total darkness following the non-teaching staff unions’ strike. The strike was embarked upon yesterday by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) as directed by their national bodies, ...
•Map and flag of Kenya A bus carrying students from a top Kenyan varsity collided with a truck on a busy highway after skidding in heavy rain, killing 11 of them and seriously injuring 42, police said. The accident occurred at 5:50 pm (1450 GMT) yesterday at Maungu, 360 kilometres (220 miles) from the capital […]
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, after the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions, after a [&hell...
Staff of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State disrupted convocation ceremony with a protest demanding N35,000 wage award being paid to civil servants since November last year. The protesters under the auspices of the Joint Action Committee of all Tertiary Institutions had been on an indefinite strike a...
•Wisdom and Grace Wisdom Anucha, a lecturer at Abia State University who went viral for proposing to his fiancée, Grace, in her classroom on Valentine’s Day, has revealed their wedding date. In the viral video, Anucha proposed to Grace, who is reportedly a student in the Optometry Department of the university, in front of her […]
A student of the Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) Owerri has been reportedly killed and several others injured in a cult-related incident. The incident took place this morning when students from Imo State University (IMSU) reportedly entered the FUTO campus in a motorcycle convoy, leading to a confrontation, reports The Nation. D...
A 20-year-old admission seeker, Miss Temitope Elemide, has been reportedly raped and killed in Odeda Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim was killed at the family residence at Bosero community, Olodo, in Odeda LGA, reports Daily Trust. Sources said the incident occurred on Sunday when hoodlums stormed the residence, raped Elemide an...
The Vice Chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Prof. Clement Adebooye yesterday disclosed that the university is set to implement the public service rule which states that, no staff should go home with less than 33 per cent of his salary. Adebooye who disclosed this during the maiden annual lecture of the University Bursary Department...
•Some of the operatives Some students of Kwara State University (KWASU) Malete reportedly sustained varying degrees of injury yesterday during unrest involving students, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and police in the university community. It was gathered that the operatives had visited the school community to...
•Lion in a zoo The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) community was today thrown into mourning after a lion at the school’s zoo killed a veterinary technologist Olabode Olawuyi. According to the school’s spokesman Abiodun Olarewaju, the victim who has been in charge of the Zoological garden for over a decade was attacked this afternoon when [&he...