By Christian Appolos, Clement Idoko And Tunbosun Ogundare APPARENTLY to whittle down the influence of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and ensure that it no longer retains the power to cripple academic activities in Nigerian universities, the Federal Government, through the Minister ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said the registration of two new trade unions by the government for academic staff in the university system is inconsequential and does not pose any threat to its existence.The National President of ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, stated this in a ...

By Deji Elumoye, Onyebuchi Ezigbo, Kingsley Nwezeh, Udora Orizu and Kuni Tyessi:President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of involvement in endemic corruption in the education sector, alleging that corruption in the sector undermines federal ...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo:Federal government has formally registered two new university unions, the Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA) and National Association of Medical and Dental Academics (NAMDA).With the granting of registration to the two unions, Nigerian Universities now has three ...

By Deji Elumoye:President Muhammadu Buhari Tuesday evening received the House of Representatives’ report on its intervention in the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), promising to study and meet the legislators again.Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon ...

By Nwafor SundayFollowing the disagreement between the federal government and the Academic Union of the Universities, ASUU, FG on Tuesday said it would present a certificate of registration to the Congress of Nigerian University Academics, a separate body of academic unions.This was disclosed in an ...

By Francis Sardauna:A non-governmental organisation (NGO), Women, Youth and Children Improvement Support Initiative (WYCISI), Tuesday, distributed learning materials to 200 pupils of Bagiwa Primary School in Mani Local Government Area of Katsina State.The items, which were distributed to the pupils ...

By Onyebuchi Ezigbo:Federal Government has said that it will issue certificate of registration to splinter group of university teachers, under the auspices of Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA).CONUA has been lobbying for federal government’s recognition as a union in the university ...

By Hammed Shittu:The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Kwara State chapter, at the weekend absolved the  state government of a purported illegal deduction from teachers’ salary under the state Teaching Service Commission (TESCOM) for September 2022.A statement issued by the union  and jointly signed ...

By EmmanuelUgwu-Nwogo:As the ongoing strike of Nigerian public universities enters its eighth month, a member of Enugu State House of Assembly, Hon Chima Obieze, has made a passionate plea for an end to the protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).He made the call at the ...

 By Onyebuchi Ezigbo and Kemi Olaitan:The federal government has advised the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to stop acting in defiance of the interlocutory injunction by  the National Industrial Court (NICN) which restrained the union from further action.   It said ASUU should cease ...

By Kuni Tyessi:The Registrar/Chief Executive of Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Josiah Ajiboye, has disclosed that attacks on schools by insurgents claimed the lives of more than 2,295 teachers in the North-east between 2009 and 2022. Ajiboye, who said this at the ...

BY Ebere Wabara“CHIEF of Naval Staff advocates for increased productivity via industrialization” When used as a verb, ‘advocate’ does not admit ‘for’.  Let us avoid verbiage in headline casting: Naval Chief advocates increased productivity.   “For the university to recommend that students should ...

By Funmi Ogundare:MTN Nigeria has stated its readiness to accelerate Africa’s digital economy through various digitalisation strategies, including the mPulse spelling Bee competition, opened to primary and secondary school students between the ages of 9 and 15 years.. It is aimed at  promoting ...

By Hammed Shittu:The Chairman and Pro-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Mr. Habidu Yazid Rafindadi, who hailed from Katsina is dead.Rafindadi’s death came barely two weeks after he had announced the outcome of the selection process of a new Vice Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, ...

The striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will on Friday (today) file an appeal against the ruling of the National Industrial Court which directed its members to resume work, The PUNCH has learnt.Counsel for ASUU, Femi Falana (SAN), disclosed this in an interview with our correspondent in ...

A final year law student at the Benue State University, Soohemba Agatha Aker has filed a lawsuit before a Federal High Court against President Muhammadu Buhari, and the 36 state governors over alleged poor handling of the dispute between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of ...

By Udora Orizu:Members of the House of Representatives Thursday, rejected a plea to stop bills seeking the creation of more tertiary institutions amidst the cash crunch in the country, insisting that they promised their constituents tertiary institutions during campaigns. At plenary, the Speaker, ...

NANS REJECTS FG's BLACK MARKET JUDGEMENT!Our attention has been drawn to a news of a court judgment mandating the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call of its 7 month strike. As an association, we feel disturbed to read the news of the judgment because we believe that it betrays ...

The National Industrial Court has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to call off the ongoing strike.DAILY POST reports that the industrial action has lasted for seven months.The Court invoked section 18 of the Trade Dispute Act and national interest of the Nigerian students to ...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reached a new agreement with the federal government.The leadership of the House of Representatives on Tuesday brokered the new agreement after four hours of meeting at the National Assembly in Abuja.However, the agreement is subject to the ...

By Victor Ogunje:The Nigerian Universities’ Pensioners Association (NUPA), Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti chapter, has raised the alarm over sufferings being experienced by members over unpaid 15 years gratuity arrears totalling N1.5 billion.The retirees, however, appealed to Governor Kayode ...

NANS Denies Reports of Planned Protest on Third Mainland BridgeThe National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has debunked reports that it plans to block the ThirdMainland Bridge on Wednesday.Its Vice President of External Affairs, Babatunde Afis, told Nigeria Info that no protests were ...

By Funmi Ogundare:Lagos State University (LASU) yesterday awarded scholarship to 556 first class students who are on a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CPGS) of 4.5 to 5.0 in various faculties of the institution.For the graduating students, they would have 50 per cent refund of their tuition, while ...

The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has charged the private sector, members of the political class and other public-spirited Edo citizens to adopt a school as a way of complementing the state government’s efforts to reposition education.Obaseki, while addressing government officials who ...

Imo State University, Owerri, yesterday said it had pulled out of the seven-month-old strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU).Consequently, the university has directed its students and staff members to resume school today (Tuesday, September 20).The Public Relations ...

By Brand Spur The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) protest has hampered flight operations at Lagos’ Muritala International Airport, as protesting students block highways leading to the international airport over the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ protracted strike.In a ...

By Kuni Tyessi:Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has scheduled a supplementary Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) for Saturday, September 24, 2022.The affected are 67 candidates who registered but were unable to take the examination due to unforeseen circumstances. According ...

As primary and secondary schools across the nation resume for the 2022/2023 academic session, parents are lamenting the decision of many school owners to hike the fees payable by each pupil. In the face of the current economic hardship, DAILY POST reports that there is an increased cost of ...

By Fidelis David:The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said it will ground activities at the local and international airports across the country beginning from Monday, September 18 over the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).It said its ...

By Funmi Ogundare:As public schools in Lagos resumed for the 2022/2023 academic session, its pupils  have expressed excitement about it saying they are determined to improve on the last session’s academic performance in their respective EKOEXCEL schools.EKOEXCEL is an innovative digital initiative  ...

By Funmi Ogundare: As Anchor University, Lagos, awaits the outcome of the National Universities Commission (NUC) resource verification visitation which took place recently, the vice Chancellor, Prof.  Samuel Oye Bandele has expressed confidence about  the institution getting the nod from the ...

By Deji Elumoye, Alex Enumah and Onyebuchi Ezigbo:Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court will next Monday hear an application for interlocutory injunction to compel members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to suspend their ongoing strike, pending the hearing and ...

As Nigeria’s premier institution, Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) launched a N50 billion endowment fund, promi­nent Nigerians have emphasised the need for private support inter­vention for a sustainable higher education sector.This was the submission of ex-President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, ...

A Handshake with an Enemy and a Heart of Forgiveness…By Bode OjoniyiYesterday, as I was descending the stairway of the administrative building of Osun State University, guess who I met walking into the building? Prof Olukoya Ogen…You should know that name by heart if you have been following my ...

 The university’s Acting Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Sonnie Adagbonyin, gave the figure at the institution’s 39th matriculation ceremony.He warned the new students against involvement in cultism, examination malpractice, and other vices.“You must shun unwholesome practices and unbecoming characters, as ...

By Deji Elumoye:President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to engage critical stakeholders in the education sector towards ensuring that the seven-month old industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union Of Universities (ASUU) is called off.The President, who spoke Friday at the State ...

By Ochogwu Sunday The National Industrial Court has again adjourned the suit filed by the Federal Government, challenging the ongoing strike by the university lecturers to September 19.Recall that the court had summoned the FG and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to appear before it ...

The founder of The Creative Ally, Iseunife Ajayi, has urged tertiary institutions in the country to include creative social media marketing, as well as content creation, as full time courses of study to equip more Nigerians in digital entrepreneurship.Ajayi, who is also an analyst, fear that with ...

By Francis Sardauna:The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has built and donated an Information and Communication Technology (ICT) centre to Government Secondary School, Kalgo-Gari in Daura Local Government Area of Katsina State.Speaking during the inauguration and handing ...

 Ishaq Oloyede, the Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, has revealed that Nigerians should be made to pay more for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination in exchange for financial autonomy for the board.This is coming from the Jamb Boss amid the inflation and rising ...

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, was on Tuesday at Buratai village in Biu Local Government Area where he commissioned a newly built mega school with capacity for 1,500 students.The governor also directed the recruitment of an additional 20 teachers to be selected from the host ...

Chikaodinaka Nwankpa, a professor of Nigerian origin, has resigned after it was discovered that he spent $242,390 research funds in strip clubs and iTunes purchases.According to a statement released by the eastern district of Pennsylvania attorney’s office, Nwankpa repaid $53,328 and resigned in ...

 The President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said that the union is willing to end its seven-month old strike.Mr Osodeke, however, said this could only be achieved if concrete agreements were reached with the federal government.Mr Osodeke gave the ...

The Federal Government, on Wednesday, September 14, said that the protesting members of the National Association of Nigerian students, NANS, that blocked a traffic-laden section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway, due to the ASUU strike, are “violating” the country’s law.The Minister of Works and ...

 Many members of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, including professors, are among those seeking employment in the yet-to-be-opened Maduka University, Ekwegbe-Nsukka in Enugu State.The private university is owned by the chairman of Peace Group, Dr Samuel Maduka Onyishi. The ...

 Some Nigerian students on Tuesday blocked Lagos-Ibadan Expressway over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.The students blocked the road at the Sagamu Interchange section of the road.Credit: Oluwafemi Dawodu--

Students, under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students, on Tuesday, blocked the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Shagamu Interchange, in protest.The protest is in reaction to the prolonged strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities.The PUNCH reports that ASUU began its ...

LAUTECH: A cheque of N500k has been presented to Oludare Alaba(a graduate of LAUTECH who reportedly returned his idle certificate) as support by the Global president of LAUTECH Alumni Association; Hon Onilede Solomon. 

By Deji Elumoye:Chairman of Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) and Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayide Fayemi, has challenged stakeholders in the Nigerian education sector to evolve a new approach to making education competitive and skills-armed in the country as the ‘white-collar-focused’ system could ...