The Governing Council of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, has dismissed a senior lecturer, Dr. Usman Mohammed Aliyu, from the service of the institution following findings of sexual harassment involving a student. According to the ATBU HERALD, a Special Bulletin released on April 22, 2025, the dismissal was approved during the...
•Kukah and Tinubu The federal government has explained how it successfully convinced Bishop Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, to take on the role of Pro-Chancellor/Chairman, Governing Council at the newly established Federal University of Applied Sciences in Kachia, Kaduna State. According to Education Minister Dr. Tunji Al...
Students of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), yesterday, staged a protest against what they described as a deliberate attempt by some external forces to destabilize their university. The students accused the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) National Women’s Committee of being allegedly sponsored to disrupt the ...
Despite the efforts to enthrone merit in the process of selecting Vice Chancellors and heads of other tertiary institutions, it appears too many vested interests will pull all the stops to undermine such efforts. This seems to be what is playing out at the Admiralty University of Nigeria (ADUN), a federal government institution, which used [&h...
•Protesting students The management of the Federal University, Lokoja in Kogi State, has closed down the institution indefinitely to forestall further loss of lives and prosperity. This was contained in a statement signed by the institution’s Registrar and Secretary to Council, Dr. Rebecca Aimiohu Okojie, today and made available to the newsme...
The authorities of the Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UNIZIK), Awka, Anambra State, have commenced an investigation into a scuffle involving a lecturer in the Department of Theatre Arts of the institution and a student over a filmed social media content. A spokesman of the school, Njelita Louis, said the management of the institution led by the [&...
•Youth Corps members A professor of Crop Sciences at the Federal University of Agriculture, Ogun State, Philip Adetiloye, has called for the abolition of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme, citing poor remuneration and the dehumanization of graduates participating in the program. Professor Adetiloye made this statement today in Ado...
The management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) in Bauchi State has suspended its earlier ban on the use of gas cylinders for cooking by students. The Dean, Student Affairs of the university, Prof. Sa’id Umar, who disclosed this during the orientation ceremony for the newly admitted students in the school on Sunday, however, said [&...
A 200-level male student of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Kwara State, has reportedly committed suicide over economic hardship. The deceased, whose identity was yet-to-be confirmed, was from the Faculty of Communication and Information Sciences (CIS), reports Channels TV. It was also gathered that the student was on the cumulative aggre...
•Governor Dapo Abiodun Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, has awarded a cash prize of ₦2.5 million to the overall best graduating student of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye. The award went to 19-year-old Aishat Anuoluwapo Dauda from the Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, who achieved a 4.87 Cumulative Grad...
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