Nine professors shortlisted for LASU VC contest
Nine out of 14 professors have been shortlisted to contest for the post of the Vice-Chancellor at the Lagos State University (LASU). A competent source, who pleaded anonymity at the University’s...
View ArticleDon’t make English, Maths compulsory for students seeking admission –...
Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has requested universities in the country and other institutions of higher learning to stop making credit passes in English language and Mathematics compulsory for...
View ArticleMore than 23,000 lecturers leave Africa annually – Don
Prof. Musa Aibinu, the Director, Centre for Open, Distance and e-Learning, Federal University of Technology, Minna, says about 23,000 lecturers emigrate annually from Africa to other countries yearly....
View ArticleUnemployment: Nigeria sitting on gun powder – Obasanjo says at TASUED...
Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has stated that government at the federal, states and local levels must do more to create jobs. He gave the advise at the 10th anniversary and 6th and 7th...
View ArticleUNN Students seek minister’s intervention over N75,000 laptop fee
Students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, Monday urged the minister of education, Malam Adamu Adamu to intervene in the compulsory laptop fee slammed on them by the University authority. New...
View ArticleNANS lauds Obiano for appointing youths into cabinet
The Zone B of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) on Tuesday commended Gov. Willie Obiano of Anambra for giving youths opportunities to be senior members of his cabinet. The students,...
View ArticleOAU closed down over students’ unrest
The authorities of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State, have closed down the school after 48 hours of students unrest. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the institution...
View ArticleASUU vows to deal with ‘overzealous’ Vice Chancellors
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has warned that it would not spare Vice-Chancellors who had not done enough to ensure peace and stability in their institutions. The National President,...
View ArticleNigeria yet to meet UNESCO education budget – Tambuwal
Gov. Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto state said on Saturday that Nigeria had not met United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) 26 per cent annual budget prescribed for...
View ArticleEngineering body tasks FCTA to establish polytechnic in Abuja
The Nigerian Association of Technologists in Engineering (NATE), has urged the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) to establish a polytechnic in Abuja in order to enhance technical...
View ArticleNigeria’s basic education has many unqualified teachers – Minister
The Minister of State for Education, Prof. Anthony Anwuka, says there is a large number of unqualified teachers at the nation’s basic education level. Anwuka made the remark at the Annual Education...
View ArticleMinister inaugurates committees to probe corruption, immorality in tertiary...
Following various allegations bordering on abuse of due process, mismanagement, immorality, fraud and corruption, the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has inaugurated some ad hoc committees to...
View ArticleAdenipekun appointed as WAEC’s new Head of National Office
The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has approved the appointed of Isaac Adenipekun as its new Head of National Office. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the body’s spokesperson,...
View ArticleOAU cancels automatic employment for First Class graduates
The Vice-Chancellor of Obafemi Awolowo University, OAU, Ile-Ife in Osun State, Bamitale Omole has said the institution can no longer give automatic employment to First Class graduating students due to...
View ArticleAppoint new LASU VC on merit not political consideration – ASUU warns Ambode
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Lagos State University (LASU) Chapter, has urged Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos state to consider merits in appointing the university’s new...
View ArticleWAEC releases November/December WASSCE results
The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has released the result of the November/December 2015 West African Senior School Certificate Examination, WASSCE. This was announced in Lagos on Thursday...
View ArticleAlleged `juju’ scares force LASU Admin, Senate buildings under lock-and- key...
The fear of objects alleged to be “Juju’’ or charms has continued to keep the Lagos State University Administrative and Senate buildings under lock-and-key, as well as deserted for the past nine months...
View ArticleSSANU to embark on indefinite strike over FG’s plan to sack 2,000 members
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, Friday, ordered all its members to embark on indefinite strike over the planned retrenchment of over 2,000 staff of University Unity...
View ArticleEducationist urges school owners to support government achieve UNESCO’s EFA
An educationist, Mrs Mabel Babasola, on Tuesday urged school owners to help government to achieve UNESCO’s Education For All (EFA), aimed at providing quality basic education for all children....
View ArticleNigerian postgraduates cannot write research proposals – Don
A don, Prof. Solomon Akinboye, on Wednesday said that postgraduates’ inability to write robust research proposals was a setback to research and development in Nigeria. Akinboye, the Dean, School of...
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