By Joe Chukindi Nigeria President, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu has said that his government is working hard to stop industrial actions in universities across the country. Tinubu, who was represented at the 17th convocation ceremony of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, by the Director of Tertiary ...

The Federal Government had voted N50bn in the 2024 budget for the implementation of its student loan scheme. This was contained in the details of the 2024 budget appropriation. Meanwhile, details of how the loan scheme, unveiled by President Bola Tinubu in June, would be implemented remains ...

By Esther Ogenyi The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has directed that the increased fees be suspended until further notice. The decision is contained in a statement issued on Monday by the university’s Registrar, Mr Gabriel Egbe, and made available to ...

By Francis Ugwu Protests have broken out at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) over a hundred percent increase in the university’s tuition fees for undergraduates. The students gathered at the Malabor Square which houses the Students Union Government secretariat and from there moved to the female ...

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Federal Government has yet to release the withheld salaries of university lecturers, workers, and other employees of federal polytechnics and colleges of education despite the waiver granted by the President, Bola Tinubu, checks by Sunday PUNCH have revealed. Tinubu ...

By Matthew Atungwu Mr Mansur Alfanla, Registrar of the University of Ilorin has said that male university staff will now be granted paternity leave. Alfanla, who revealed this in Ilorin while chatting with journalists, said it is in the university’s recently amended Conditions of Service. He ...

By Matthew Atungwu The 10th National Assembly has seen 32 measures in the Senate and House of Representatives to establish new universities, polytechnics, and institutions of education. However, the Academic Staff Union of Universities and other experts cautioned the government against ...

By Matthew Atungwu Universities in Nigeria are facing a severe staff crisis as hundreds of teachers leave to seek greener pastures in foreign countries despite a high number of retirements at the varsities. In separate interviews with newsmen on Sunday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities ...

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has assured first-class graduates of the University of Benin of Edo origin of automatic recruitment into the State Civil and Public Service. The governor gave the assurance while addressing graduates at the 48th Convocation and 53rd Founders’ Day ceremony at ...

Educational stakeholders from Nigeria and the United Kingdom converged in Lagos on Friday to develop professional standards for school leaders. The five-day summit, which was the outcome of a partnership between the British Council and the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, sought to ...

A lecturer of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife Osun state was reported to have slumped and died in his office. The deceased, Dr Ayo Ojediran lectured at the Department of Science And Technology Education, Faculty of Education in the school.  It was gathered that the lecturer was found ...

By Don Silas The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged its members across the country to prepare for an indefinite strike action over the failure of the present administration of President Bola Tinubu to honour the agreement it made with the union. ASUU also condemned the ...

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says arrangements have been concluded to conduct its 2024 WASSCE for (private candidates) using the Computer Based Test (CBT) platform. This is contained in a statement by the council’s  Acting Head, Pubic Affairs, Mrs Moyosola Adesina, issued on ...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has welcomed the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities, saying the exam body will be vindicated. The Senate had on Wednesday agreed to investigate an allegation of admission racketeering in the nation’s ...

By Francis Ugwu Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has pledged to partner with Rural Electrification Agency, REA, to provide uninterrupted power in universities and other tertiary institutions in the country. The Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc. Sonny Echono, stated this on Tuesday ...

By Deborah Tolu-Kolawole The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has unveiled 10 fresh requirements for the admission of foreign students to Nigerian universities, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. According to the examination board, the new requirements supersede the earlier requirements released by ...

By Rotimi Agbana Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has approved the immediate disbursement of N497 million for the payment of the 2023 West African Senior School Certificate Examination fees for students enrolled in the state’s public schools. This, according to a statement signed by the Chief ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The Management of Benue State University (BSU), Makurdi, on Monday suspended all 200- to 600-level medical students for one month. This is contained in an internal memo, signed by the Registrar, Dr Mfaga Modom, and further confirmed by the university spokesperson, Mr Tser ...

By Stephen Angbulu President Bola Tinubu on Monday affirmed that the student loan scheme he approved on June 12, 2023, will kick off in January 2024. He also promised that episodes of industrial action by academic staff unions of tertiary institutions would become a thing of the past. “By ...

The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, yesterday, explained why students staying on campus have been asked to come into the halls of residence with their mattresses and some other personal items, saying it is due to health reasons. The explanation came against the backdrop of protest ...

The authorities of the University of Ilorin say President Bola Tinubu, the institution’s Visitor, will on October 23 unveil some projects its administration recently completed. The university’s Director of Corporate Affairs, Mr Kunle Akogun, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, highlighting ...

By Ishola Oludare The Management of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, Ogun State, is set to increase all fees payable by students. DAILY POST learnt that this became inevitable following the financial mess the polytechnic has plunged into, leading to its inability to pay wages. On ...

By Deborah Sanusi The National Universities Commission, on Saturday, knocked the National Board for Technical Education over the introduction of a “top-up degree” scheme introduced for graduates of Nigerian polytechnics at the level of Higher National Diploma. The universities’ commission in a ...

By Amos Tauna The National Universities Commission (NUC) has rejected a programme being organised by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) on converting Higher National Diploma (HND) to university’s degree. A statement issued by the Acting Executive Secretary of the NUC, Chris ...

Officials from the London Academy Business School and the University of Sunderland are currently seeking approval from the National Universities Commission to run degree programmes in Nigeria. A delegation from the University of Sunderland, led by Dr Derek Watson, confirmed this after a meeting ...

The National Examinations Council, on Tuesday, released the results of the 2023 Internal Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination with a record of 61.60 per cent of candidates scoring five credits and above, including English and Mathematics. However, the examination council disclosed ...

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 43-year-old teacher, David Yusuf, in a Wuse Zone II Magistrates’ Court in Abuja for allegedly flogging a student of the Government Girls College, Kuje, FCT. The defendant, who is said to be a casual staff of the college is charged with two counts of causing ...

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The National Examination Council will today release the results of the 2023 Senior Secondary School Certificate to anxious students and parents. The delay in releasing the much awaited result, is also delaying the conclusion of admission into universities this year. It would be recalled that ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu Lagos State University of Education (LASUED) has integrated the Yoruba Language into its General Nigeria Studies (GNS) curriculum to foster the language’s preservation and encourage its use among students. The Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Bidemi ...

Vice Chancellor, University of Abuja, Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na’allah has disclosed that students who intend to study in the university must undertake and present a drug test before admission. Na’allah, who made this known at the 27th Pre- Convocation briefing in Abuja on Wednesday said the ...

The management of Isa Mustapha Agwai I Polytechnic, Lafia, Nasarawa State, has banned after-exam sign-out celebrations for graduating students on campus and beyond the polytechnic’s main gate. This was made known via a circular signed by the school’s Public Relations Officer, Ali Hassan ...

Covenant University, University of Ibadan and the Federal University of Technology, Akure have secured top ranking in Nigeria according to Times Higher Education’s 2024 rating. Analysis of the latest ranking showed that Covenant University is among the top 1,000 universities in the world. ...

The Lagos State Government has said it is exploring technology to implement and sustain its safety programmes across schools in the state. The lead resource of Safe School Lagos Initiative, Dr. Bisi Esuruoso, made this known on Tuesday, at the maiden Beacon of Safety Award Conference held in the ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, has revealed that Batch ‘C’ Stream One Corps members will pass out in October. The Director-General of NYSC, Brigadier General YD Ahmed, stated this on Monday in Abuja. Corps members have also been warned not to embark on night ...

By John Owen Nwachukwu The Government of Taraba State has announced its decision to pay a one-time N50,000 medical allowance, a N25,000 accommodation allowance per term, and a monthly N10,000 to members of the National Youth Service Corps in the state. The Taraba State Commissioner for ...

By Asare Asare An educationist, Prof Busari Shaamsuddeen Akande has deduced that safe environment, required skills for industries and quality supply of electricity are some of the many reasons young Nigerians and their parents are still looking towards Ghana and Togo for higher education despite ...

The West African Examinations Council says plans to introduce the Computer Based Test mode in the administration of its examinations are at an advanced stage. The Head of National Office, Mr Patrick Areghan, gave the hint in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Saturday in Lagos. ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it has not been informed of any pay rise given to lecturers in federal institutions by the federal government. The National President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in an interview with our correspondent on Friday. He was reacting to ...

Following the controversies which have trailed the announcement of an increase in school fees, the authorities of the University of Jos on Thursday approved instalmental payment and a further reduction, The PUNCH reports. UNIJOS announced that two per cent of the amount payable by all students ...

Auchi Polytechnic in Edo State has granted amnesty to four repentant cultists. The Rector of the polytechnic, Dr Salisu Umar, made this known on Wednesday while addressing the repentant cult members. Umar urged the students of the institution to renounce their membership in cults. The News ...

By Francis Ugwu The Joint Admission and Matriculations Board’s Equal Opportunity Group has rescheduled its first national conference on “Equal Opportunity of Access to Higher Education in Nigeria.’’ The conference, earlier scheduled to hold September 26 and 27, has been rescheduled for Sept. 25 ...

Students of Obafemi-Awolowo University (OAU) in Ile-Ife, Osun State, are considering taking action to shut down activities at the institution. This decision follows the announcement by the university's management of a 300 percent increase in tuition fees. According to Abiodun Olarewaju, ...

Ekiti State Government has employed 500 successful candidates following the recruitment process to fill vacant positions in public secondary schools in the state. The Permanent Secretary, Ekiti State Teaching Service Commission, Mr Mike Omolayo, said the employment letters of the successful ...

The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria has come down hard on some proprietors of private schools, saying they contribute to the poor standard of education by employing quacks as teachers. It accused the private school owners of allegedly promoting quackery to maximise profit. The council’s ...

By Francis Ezediuno Osun State Government has ordered the closure of The Osun State Polytechnic, Iree Campus, for two weeks. The directive for the closure is coming following the return of suspended Rector, Tajudeen Odetayo. The order for closure was issued by the state government in a statement ...

Suspended Dean of Law Faculty, University of Calabar, UNICAL, Prof Cyril Ndifon has filed a lawsuit against the Institutions Vice Chancellor Prof. Florence Obi for character defamation. In Suit No: NICN/CA/ 42/ 2023 between Prof. Cyril Ndifon (claimant), the Vice Chancellor, University of Calabar, ...

There are indications that many parents whose children were in private schools in the just-concluded 2022/2023 academic session have withdrawn their wards to public schools, Sunday PUNCH has learnt. This is coming on the heels of the resumption of the 2023/2024 academic session billed to begin ...

The Kano State government has reduced the registration fees of government-owned tertiary institutions by 50 per cent for indigenes. It should be recalled that the state Commissioner for Higher Education, Dr Yusuf Kofar Mata, made the disclosure on Monday while briefing newsmen. According to the ...

The Lagos State Government has directed all basic schools, including nursery, primary and secondary schools, in the state to resume for the 2023/2024 academic session on Monday, September 4, 2023. Speaking during a press briefing in Alausa on Monday, the Director General, Office of Education ...