The Academic Staff Union of Universities has blamed the Vice-Chancellor of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko, Ondo State, over an attack on its members by the AAUA security operatives on Monday. The union claimed that two members of the union sustained injuries during the attack. Those who reportedly sustained …
FG Blasts State Governors For Refusing to Access N41Bn UBE Fund: The Federal Government, yesterday, blasted state governors for refusing to access the N41 billion counterpart fund for the implementation of Universal Basic Education, UBE, in their states. Supervising Minister of Education, Barr. Nyesom Wike, who expressed government’s disappointment at …
The Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, on Saturday condemned Thursday’s violent protest at the Lagos State University, LASU. Mr. Ikuforiji said steps would be taken to avoid a recurrence. Mr. Ikuforij spoke at the school premises when he led some other members of the house …
NDLEA Nabs 20-Year-Old Undergraduate Who Bought Cannabis With Tuition: A Nigerian undergraduate, who used his tuition fee to buy a hard drug, has been arrested for drug trafficking, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, said in a statement, weekend. NDLEA said the suspect, Udiomeh Kufre Ita, a student of the …
Students of Federal University, Otuoke Protest Against Hike In Fees: Students of the newly established Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa, on Thursday paralysed the activities at the institution following a protest against alleged increase in school fees. The students, who barricaded roads leading to the Otuoke Community and the institution, described …
The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council the University of Nigeria Nsukka, Mr. Emmanuel Chukwuka Ukala (SAN), has set up a scholarship fund for indigent students of the university, whose studentship would otherwise be truncated by financial difficulties. The scheme, which is worth 2 million naira annually, would run …
OAU Gets N1.2billion World Bank Grant to Build Knowledge Park: Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife, Osun State, has won a N1.2billion World Bank grant for the building of a knowledge park targeted at boosting academic activities in Africa and beyond. According to the university’s public relations officer, Mr Abiodun Olarewaju, …
LAGOS — Students of the Lagos State University, LASU, for the second day running, went on the rampage, yesterday, destroying the school’s property, burning tyres on the expressway and disrupting the second semester examinations. The students were disenchanted with the management of the school for closing the registration portal against …
Over 35 illegal schools have been shut down within Calabar and its environs, yet the growing number of such educational outlets has become a source of concern to the Cross River State Government, writes MUDIAGA AFFE It was the late Afrobeat king, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, who sang in one of …
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Secretary to the Lagos State Government, Dr. Oluranti Adebule has charged teachers in the state to always put in their best in the discharge of their duties so as to distinguish themselves among their peers. This charge came following the emergence of two teachers, Mrs. Mosunmola Tolu-Alalade of Community Senior …
WAEC Laments Lack of Teaching Staff in Schools: The Nigeria Examinations Committee (NEC) of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has lamented the dearth of teaching staff in schools, just as it also called on state governments and proprietors of private schools to procure detectors to prevent candidates from smuggling …
Rivers State Government Unifies Academic Calender for Rivers Schools: The Rivers State Government has stated that it will unify the academic calendar and the curriculum for both public and private schools in the State. Commissioner for Education, Dame Alice Lawrence-Nemi disclosed this in a meeting with the National Association of …
SERAP Sues Fashola Over Spending on Education: THE Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project has sued Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State for his alleged failure to release to it information and documents relating to government’s spending on certain projects in the education sector. The group joined the state’s Attorney-General and …
There was pandemonium at the Upper Court 4 in Anguwan Jaki, Bauchi State, yesterday, as an angry mob almost lynched seven suspected homosexuals brought to court for trial. One of the suspects was identified as the Principal of a Government Secondary School in the state. The development forced security personnel …
The federal government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) yesterday engaged in a hot exchange of words over who is to blame for the over eight-month-old strike by the polytechnic lecturers. ASUP members had embarked on strike on April 17, 2013, to press home their …
EFCC Nabs LASU Graduate That Uses Fashola , Okonjo-Iweala Names For Fraud: The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, says it has nabbed a 34-year-old man, Anthony Ezechukwu, for allegedly using names of some prominent Nigerian political figures and spouses of others to dupe unsuspecting members of the public. The anti-graft …
FG, ASUP Leaders Disagree on Payment of Arrears: The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics on Tuesday disagreed over the circumstances surrounding the ongoing strike of the union. They also failed to reach a compromise on the modalities for the payment of the N20.4bn arrears of the …
We’ve Met all The Requirements for NUC Accreditation – Bingham University: Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Board of the Bingham University Teaching Hospital, Jos, Plateau State, Prof. Dogara Je’Adayibe, has said that the medical institution has met all the requirements for its accreditation by the National Universities Commission. Je’Adayibe …
‘Jamb is Exploiting Us’ – Cybercafé Operators: Cybercafé operators in the country have urged President Goodluck Jonathan and the National Assembly to examine the books of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, with a view to checking its alleged excesses and exploitation. This came as The PUNCH investigations on Monday …
UNILORIN Approves N4.5m for 3 Researchers: The authorities of the University of Ilorin have approved N4.5m for three of the institution’s academics. The school Vice-Chancellor, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, announced this on Monday while receiving three of the scholars in his office. The beneficiaries are professors Kunle Ayorinde; Victor Alabi, and …
FG Plans to Employ 1000 Teachers in Unity Schools: The federal government plans to employ one thousand teachers to address the shortfall in Mathematics and science teachers in unity schools across the country Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike, stated this Monday at a meeting with principals of Federal Unity …
ASUP Leaders Set to Meet Education Minister on Tuesday Over Strike: In a bid to end the months-long strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, the leaders of the Union will be meeting with the Supervising Minister of Education, Nyesom Wike on Tuesday. According to an …
A middle aged man, Tunwase Kabiru, serving life sentence, Saturday, graduated with 4,308 students who bagged various degrees at the third convocation of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) in Lagos. Kabiru, who came in company of the prison officials, was awarded a Bachelor’s degree (BA) in Human Resources …
Ebonyi State College of Education Lecturers Suspend Strike: Lecturers of Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo, have suspended the one-week warning strike they started on Monday Jan. 13. Briefing journalists on Monday in Ikwo, the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of the college, Mr Greg Esheye, said the strike …