ASUP suspends strike, says FG showing signs of seriousness
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) on Friday suspended its planned nationwide strike. The strike was scheduled to commence Monday August 22. ASUP Zonal Coordinator for Zone B, Comrade...
View ArticleAdmission into tertiary institutions will be stress-free in 2016 – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has assured prospective undergraduates that the 2016 admissions into tertiary institutions will be hitch-free, adding that no candidate must come...
View ArticleUniversity of Calabar’s bursar, Peter Agi suspended for fraud
Bursar of the University of Calabar, Mr. Peter Agi, on Monday, was suspended by the institution’s management over allegations of fraud, forgery and threat to life. It would be recalled that academic...
View ArticleFull speech of JAMB Registrar, Is-Haq O. Oloyode’s speech at technical...
I welcome you all to the 2016 First (1st) Technical Committee Meeting on Admissions into First (1st) Choice Institutions. It gives me great pleasure that my first formal ceremony as JAMB Registrar/CE...
View ArticleFUNNAB extends resumption indefinitely as students’ protest continue
The Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta (FUNNAB) has extended students’ resumption till further notice. FUNNAB students, last week Thursday, embarked on peaceful protest, which later turned...
View ArticleASUU says Education Ministry’s budget was padded, releases details
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, says it has uncovered conflicting details in allocation to the education sector in the 2016 budget of the Federal Government. Dr. Beke Sese, Zonal...
View ArticleUmahi orders sack of state university, college of education non-academic staff
Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi has ordered the immediate sack of some non-academic staff of the Ebonyi State University and the Ebonyi State College of Education. Umahi gave the order in Abakaliki on...
View ArticleWe will embark on nationwide strike if our allowances are not paid – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has threatened to embark on a nationwide strike to press home its demands for the implementation of its 2009 agreement with the Federal Government. The...
View ArticleSS3 Students in Lagos resume September 5 ahead of mock examination
The Lagos State Ministry of Education on Wednesday directed all students promoted to Senior Secondary School 3 in public Secondary Schools to resume on Sept.5 for a week-long coaching. Mr Adesina...
View ArticleFG not aware of planned strike by ASUU – Ngige
The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Nwabueze Ngige, has said government is not aware of the grounds for the planned strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. A...
View ArticleParents protest, caution Ekiti University against extortion
A cross-section of parents whose children and wards are seeking admission into the Ekiti State University, (EKSU), Ado Ekiti have sent passionate appeal to the institution’s authorities to thread...
View ArticleYABATECH gets new deputy rectors
The Federal Government has approved the appointment of Dr Olukemi Oyelola and Mr Taofeek Raheem as Yaba College of Technology’s Deputy Rectors Academic and Administration respectively. A statement...
View ArticlePost-UTME: Bayero University Kano disregards FG’s order
Bayero University Kano (BUK) on Friday conducted test for candidates seeking admission into the university. The development was against the ban on post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination by...
View ArticleLabour threatens to shut down Kings College, FGC in Idoani
The Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria (ASCSN), has threatened to shut down the Kings College, Lagos and the Federal Government College, Idoani, Ondo State, over government’s failure to...
View ArticleASUU to commence warning strike on October 2
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) said on Monday that it would commence a warning strike on Oct. 2. A statement signed by Mr Ben Ugheoke, the Chairman, University of Abuja chapter of...
View ArticleWe didn’t issue FG strike notice – UNIABUJA ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, has denied issuing strike notice to the Federal Government. In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja by its chairman, Ben...
View ArticleUNIJOS extends screening of 25,000 applicants to Friday
The University of Jos has extended the screening of 25,000 applicants for admission into the 2016/2017 academic session to Friday, Mr Abdullahi Abdullahi, Principal Assistant Registrar (Information...
View ArticleNasarawa ASUU chairman denies strike rumour
The Abuja Zonal office of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has debunked rumour that the union will embark on a nationwide industrial action on 2nd October, 2016. Nasarawa State...
View ArticleUNIZIK releases 2016/2017 admission list
The management of Nnamdi Azikiwe University in Awka, Anambra State, popularly known as UNIZIK, has released the admission list for the 2016/2017 academic session. Emmanuel Ojukwu, the university’s...
View ArticleJAMB: Conduct of UTME challenging- Registrar
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, has said that inadequate funding posed a challenge to the conduct of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation...
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