By Ochogwu Sunday Following the deteriorating security situation in the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, parents and guardians are worried over the safety of students as schools resume for a new academic section on Monday.DAILY POST recalls that the Federal Government had on July 25, 2022, directed ...

By John Omo-Izirein:The federal government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND) has inaugurated projects worth over N274,000 000 at the Federal College of Education (FCE), Obudu. The projects include a Science Complex comprising six laboratories, one auditorium, 29 offices, a gym ...

 Students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University, Igbariam campus, have been thrown into mourning after three of their colleagues passed on.It was gathered that the deceased identified as Obidiaso Chidera - 200 level political science student, Mercy - Pharmacy student, and Emmanuella - Business ...

By Abdul Seye Mega Screen, a once bubbling area at the temporary site of the University of Abuja is currently like a ghost town, it has been like that since February.The students, who are the main lifeblood of this area, are currently at home waiting for news on when the strike will be over.Alhaji ...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo; The raging dispute between the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) that has kept many universities shut for more than seven months will shift to the Industrial court next Monday.ASUU had embarked on strike since February 15 to protest alleged ...

Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Opiah, has said the federal government, in collaboration with security agencies, have ensured adequate security in schools in preparation for resumption.Opiah disclosed this at a press briefing held  yesterday in Abuja, in preparation for the 2022 edition ...

 Amid the ongoing industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Federal Government has called on qualified Nigerians to apply for the Chevening scholarships, an initiative of the government of the United Kingdom.The National Universities Commission, NUC, disclosed this in ...

 Federal government begins collecting names of Nigerian students studying education in universities and colleges of education to begin the payment of N75,000 per semester to the students.

The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu on Tuesday outlined the Federal Government’s efforts to resolve the industrial action embarked upon by Academic Staff Union of Universities on February 14.Speaking at a press conference in Abuja, Adamu said the government had offered the union a 23.5 percent ...

By Akachukwu IfeanyichukwuThe Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on Tuesday said the government could only afford 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, while a 35% increment will be enjoyed by professors.The minister also noted that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) ...

The Committee of Vice Chancellors of Nigerian Universities (CVCNU) has urged the Federal Government to increase the salary of university professors to N800,000 as against the N1.2 million negotiated by the Nimi Briggs committee.This will represent a 50% salary increase offer as against the 23% ...

No fewer than 11 state universities are not participating in the strike declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.Our correspondents reported on Monday that academic activities were going on in universities owned by Osun, Rivers, Delta, Borno, Anambra, Kwara and Akwa Ibom states as well ...

The Vice Chancellor, Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, Professor Edward Olanipekun has encouraged newly admitted students of the University to see themselves as potential Governors, Ministers, Business icons, Professors and successful Professionals.Professor Olanipekun gave the encouragement at ...

Thirteen candidates have been shortlisted for the post of Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, in Kwara State. The incumbent Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sulyman Abdulkareem Age will come to an end in October 2022.According to sources in the university, 23 candidates applied for the position, ...

All schools below tertiary level in Lagos State are mandated to resume for First Term on *Monday 5th September, 2022* as stated in the 2022/2023 Harmonized Academic Calendar as approved by the Honourable Commissioner for Education Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo.The academic calendar prioritizes ...

By John Akinfehinwa The Minister of State for Education, Goodluck Nanah Opiah has slammed the Academic Staff Union University, (ASUU) over the lingering impasse between the union and the Federal Government.Opiah while expressing dismay at the 201 days old strike embarked upon by ASUU, said the ...

By Farooq KperogiTwitter: @farooqkperogiASUU president Emmanuel Osodeke obviously didn’t know what “quack” really meant when he used it to refer to state universities that either weren’t a part of the ongoing strike from the get-go or that pulled out of it in response to pressures from state ...

Medical students in Enugu State under the auspices of Enugu State Medical Students’ Association (ESUMSA) have expressed their deepest appreciation and commendation to Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi for his foresight and steadfastness towards the establishment of the State University of Medical and ...

By Femi Falana.Under the British colonial regime, trade unions were prohibited while strikes were criminalised. But Nigerian workers defied the ban and formed trade unions to challenge the crude exploration of the nation’s resources by the foreign colonisers. When the British saw the futility of ...

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has stated how his administration resolved a four-month old strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in one day.He said this on Wednesday in Abuja at the 70th birthday celebration of Matthew Hassan Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, ...

By Don Silas The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has outlined fresh conditions the Nigerian government must take to end its six-month-long academic strike.Speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the government must exhibit ...

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has scheduled a meeting among the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities for Sept. 6 over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). NUC Executive Secretary, ...

The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has reflected on current developments in the country and declared that there was the urgent need for the federal government to act fast on the nation’s economy and the six month old strike of the Academic Staff Union of  Universities (ASUU) which was extended ...

Imo and Ekiti rank the lowest in the number of out-of-school children in the country with one per cent and two per cent respectively, according to United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).The Chief of Measurement for Results (M4R) UNICEF, Mr Claes Johanson, gave the figures ...

Undoubtedly, virtually everyone will agree that the current situation in the country in the area of tertiary education is very worrisome. Hopes were raised prior to Monday, August 29, 2022; in fact many felt the long strike embarked upon by the Academic staff union of universities would be called ...

By Seun Opejobi Bashir El-Rufai, a son of the Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai has called for the scrapping of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.Bashir, who called ASUU a “useless union,” said the body should be replaced with educators who care about the welfare of students.He ...

By Seun Opejobi The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended the ongoing strike.DAILY POST was reliably informed that ASUU extended the strike during its National Executive Council, NEC, meeting in Abuja.A lecturer with the University of Calabar, UNICAL, who disclosed this to our ...

By Olufemi Olaniyi  A federal lawmaker representing Iseyin/Itesiwaju/Kajola/Iwajowa constituency at the House of Representatives, Shina Peller, has charged Nigerian students to leverage on their numerical strength and influence to elect good leaders, who will make the country for better.According ...

By Grace Edema, Deborah Tolu-Kolawole, Damilola Aina, and Daniel Igoni  A meeting of the National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities started in Abuja on Sunday, The PUNCH reports.The union is expected to take a final decision on whether to continue its industrial ...

By Abdul Babajide The Ondo State Government has stated that it is now an offence for public school teachers to enroll their children and wards in private schools.Victor Olabimtan, the Chairman of the Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, in the State claimed that the development had led to the ...

By Ifreke Inyang  The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged President Muhammadu Buhari’s government to emulate former President Goodluck Jonathan in resolving the ongoing strike.Lecturers embarked on the industrial action on February 14, 2022, over the government’s inability to ...

By Francis Ezediuno Some parents in Osun State have decried the low ranking of the state in the recently released ranking for the 2021 West African Examination Council (WAEC).A 2021 poll ranked Osun State number 36 out of 37 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.A parent, Seyi ...

By Peter Dada  The Ondo State Government has approved that serving primary school teachers can henceforth reach the status of Permanent Secretaries like other civil servants.The Chairman, Ondo State Universal Basic Education Board, Mr Victor Olabimtan, disclosed this during his interactive meeting ...

By Don Silas The Kwara State University (KWASU) on Friday said the institution is founded on the vision of advancing the frontiers of knowledge for the good of society and not a quack university.The KWASU Director, University Relations, Dr Saeedat Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement in ...

By Sikiru Obarayese The Vice-Chancellor, Osun State University (UNIOSUN), Professor Odunayo Clement Adebooye has described the president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Emmanuel Osodeke as a careless talker by saying universities that are not on strike are ‘quacks’.Professor ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has described state-owned universities as quacks.Professor Osodeke, who appeared on Arise Television on Friday morning, was reacting to the resolve of some of the state universities to call ...

By Fikayo OlowolagbaMusic producer JJC Skillz has given reason he wished the actress cum politician, Funke Akindele a happy birthday despite their separation.JJC, hours ago, caused stirs online after he posted a video of Funke while wishing her happy birthday.Speaking with TVC in a recent ...

By Amos Tauna The Parents Teachers’ Association of Nigeria has debunked the statement that it will contribute 10, 000 naira each for Nigerian students, for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the 6 months strike.Alhaji Haruna Danjuma, the National President of the association, in ...

By Ifeanyi Nwannah The government of Zamfara State has announced that 75 secondary schools have not been reopened in the State due to insecurity.This was disclosed by the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Education, Alhaji Kabiru Attahi, during a two-day State-level meeting to domesticate ...

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole  The President, National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Ashefon, on Thursday, described strike actions in the tertiary education sector in Nigeria as a challenge that administrations of the student body will not be able to resolve.Ashefon disclosed this during the ...

By Williams Anuku The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has suspended its nationwide strike for three months.This action follows the earlier suspension of strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities SSANU and the Non-Academic Staff Union of University and ...

By Seun Opejobi The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Thursday said the Federal Government could resolve the ongoing strike in one day.National President of ASUU, Emmanuel Osodeke, said the Federal Government could resolve the strike if they prioritized the demands of the ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has rejected the proposal by the National Parent-Teacher Association of Nigeria to pay the union a minimum of N10,000 per parent in every academic section in an effort to end the lingering industrial action.DAILY POST recalls that ...

By Grace Edema and Daniel Ayantoye Members of the Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, University of Lagos, branch, booed and threw sachets of pure water at their leaders who addressed them during a protest on Wednesday.The PUNCH ...

By Don Silas Dachung Musa Bagos, a member of the House of Representatives, has urged the Federal Government to use part of the recently returned $23,439,724million Abacha loot to settle the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).Recall that Nigeria and the United States of America (USA) on ...

By Don Silas The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja branch, has told Nigerians that the ongoing strike will continue because the Federal Government is yet to call the union for discussion.The ASUU’s branch chairman, Dr Kassim Umaru, disclosed this in an interview with ...

By Gbenga Oloniniran  The Socialist Workers & Youth League has knocked the Federal Government over what it described as the failure of the government to prioritise the funding of education and causing the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to linger on.The PUNCH reports ...

By Wale Odunsi The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been accused of attempting to hold the nation and citizens to ransom.The leadership already declared that their industrial action would continue until the federal government commits to the payment of salaries from February till ...

By Grace Edema,Stephen Angbulu, Deborah Tolu-KolawoleThe Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday said it would not call off its strike until the salary arrears of its members were paid.The university lecturers also said they would not teach students to make up for the six months they had ...