Tag: education
Osun students get extended vacation
Government of Nigeria’s state of Osun has postponed the resumption of public schools by two weeks. Mr. Lawrence Oyeniran, the…
Nigerians Divided Over Ministers’ Sack
Opinions were this morning divided over the sack of some ministers by President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday. The ministers, nine of…
ASUU Strike: Lagos APC Chides PDP-Led FG
The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, APC, has said that the continued festering of the strike by…
ASUU Strike Continues –Fagge
President, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge, has categorically stated that the ongoing strike will not be…
Declare State Of Emergency In Varsities —Aturu
The Federal Government should shut all universities in Nigeria and declare a state of emergency to avoid a total collapse…
Why Nigerian varsity students rush to Ghana—Okojie
The Executive Secretary, Nigeria’s National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Julius Okojie, has attributed the rush by Nigerians to study in…
FG Should Meet ASUU’s Demands
As the ongoing strike that has paralysed academic activities in the nation’s public universities enters day 60, there is urgent…
6,251 applicants jostle for 400 posts
A recruitment drive by an agency of eastern Nigerian state of Enugu has revealed the critical unemployment situation in the…
UI, OAU To Award Degrees In Trado Medicine Practice
The Federal Government has certified some federal universities to award degree certificates in traditional medicine practice. The National President, National…
Nigerian Undergrads, The Saddest People On Earth
By Boris C. Nwachukwu Recent reports have it that Nigerians are the saddest people on earth. Practically, if you doubt…
School Owner Charged Over Dud Cheque
The Director of Camp David Schools, Ogba, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has been charged before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court for allegedly…
Jo’burg university bids to woo Nigerian students, others
Johannesburg’s University of the Witwatersrand has launched a campaign to attract postgraduate talents from Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya. The university…
ASUU Strike: No Retreat, No Surrender —President
Ahead of today’s meeting with the Federal Government, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Dr. Nasir Fagge,…
ASUU Strike: 45 Days After…
When the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, declared a nationwide strike on 2 July, 2013 to press home their…
Parents Urge FG To End ASUU Strike
The founder, National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), Alhaji Babs Animasaun, on behalf of parents, has urged the Federal Government…
Nigerian teacher can’t read own document
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The verification of certificates of primary school teachers in the southern Nigerian state of Edo ordered by Governor…
Students, Activists Protest Poor State Of Education In Lagos
Over 1,000 university students, teachers, pro-democracy and human rights activists this morning held a rally in Lagos, western Nigeria, to…
Teachers to write professional exams for registration
The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN) on Sunday said that presentation of certificates and degrees would no longer suffice…
Gov. Fayemi spends N861m on students
About N861 million has so far been spent by the western Nigerian state of Ekiti to assist indigent but brilliant…
Amosun Confirms Adesanya As OOU VC
Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State, in western Nigeria has confirmed the appointment of Professor Saburi Adejimi Adesanya as the…
UNIBEN sacks professor, others for misconduct
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin Authorities of the University of Benin, UNIBEN, have sacked 16 senior academic and non academic staff members, including…
Respite For Uniabuja
By Tayo Demola The University of Abuja, established on January 1st, 1988 and enviably located in the Federal Capital Territory…
ASUU faults appointment of OOU vice chancellor
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of Olabisi Onabanjo University, has accused Governor Ibikunle Amosun of…
Nigerian Leaders Are Anti-Intellectual
Professor Ropo Sekoni, a retired university don, is the chair, Wole Soyinka Centre for Investigative Reporting. In addition to his…
ASUU Strike: No deal, South East Zone says
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the South East Zone of Nigeria said it would continue with its…
We’ll Sustain Academic Excellence —Fashola
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Thursday presided over the third annual Governor’s Education Award, with a renewed commitment…
Varsity Strike: ASUU rejects new deal with government
Efforts to resolve the strike by Nigeria’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), may take a longer time as the…
Nigerian Graduate Gets Nottingham Trent Varsity VC’s Award
A Nigerian Nottingham Trent University student who provided Christmas dinners for dozens of fellow international students unable to return home…
UNN lecturers boycott Post-JAMB screening
The University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN) chapter of ASUU on Friday boycotted the UNN 2013 post Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination…
Total paralysis in Nigeria’s varsities as JAC mulls strike
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of Nigerian Universities have threatened to resume its nationwide strike if the 2009 agreements reached…