Afe Babalola University gets acting VC
The Board of Trustees and Council of Afe Babalola University, Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), has appointed Prof. Michael Ajisafe, as the Acting Vice Chancellor of the institution. This information is contained in...
View ArticleASUP strike: FG approves N20.4b arrears
The Federal Government on Tuesday agreed to pay N20.4 billion arrears of new salary structure to the striking polytechnic lecturers, Supervising Minister for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, has said....
View ArticleCLO petitions EFCC, demands probe of UNN VC
The Civil Liberties Organization, CLO, has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to commence probe of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Bartho...
View ArticleASUP strike: Union President expresses dissatisfaction with FG’s proposal
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction with the Federal Government’s proposal to the union. ASUP President Chibuzor Asomugha told the News Agency of...
View ArticleAbia NUT suspends 3-week strike
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Abia on Wednesday called off its three-week strike after negotiation with the state government. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that officials of the...
View ArticleRivers State University expels 588 students over poor performance
No fewer than 588 students have been expelled from the Rivers State University of Science and Technology over poor academic performance. The institution Vice Chancellor, Prof. Barineme Fakae, disclosed...
View ArticleLASU students protest tuition fees, destroys VC’s official car [PHOTOS]
Students of the Lagos State University, Ojo Main Campus, went on rampage, Thursday, protesting the hike in the institution’s tuition fees. DailyPost gathered that those who could not pay the nearly...
View ArticleAftermath of ASUU strike: UNILAG student loses sanity after reading too much
A University of Lagos student has been mentally derailed after engaging in a lengthy reading session after returning from last year 5-month old ASSU strike. The male student from the Faculty of...
View ArticleNANS passes vote of confidence on UNN Vice-Chancellor
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), has passed a vote of confidence on the Vice- Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Prof. Bartho Okolo. The association said this was...
View ArticleOndo University security guards attack lecturers, ASUU chairman; former...
Academic activities at Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko [AAUA] in Ondo State was on Monday disrupted following a protest by the students over alleged attack on some of their lecturers by the...
View ArticleOndo University lecturers petition Commissioner of Police over assault
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba Akoko (AAUA) branch today petitioned the Ondo State Commissioner of Police, Patrick Dokumor over the disruption of...
View ArticleUniversity teachers want indigenous languages used for teaching in schools
Some university lecturers on Wednesday called for the re-introduction of indigenous languages for teaching primary and secondary schools students and even undergraduates in Nigeria. They told the News...
View ArticleWAEC adds 39 new subjects into its syllabus
The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has added 39 new subjects into its examination syllabus. Olayinka Ajibade, the Council’s Acting Head, Test Development Division, who announced this...
View ArticleAOCOED students in mass protest against new fees days after LASU incident
Eleven days after the protest at the Lagos State University (LASU), over inability of some students to access the registration portal to pay tuition fees, their colleagues at the Adeniran Ogunsanya...
View ArticleASUP strike: Union set to hold emergency NEC meeting
The Zonal Coordinator, South-West, Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Mr Ademola Dosumu, said that the union’s ongoing strike would continue until the Federal Government meets its demands....
View ArticleASUP strike: Union rejects FG’s offer, to continue protest
The ongoing nationwide strike by polytechnic lecturers continues. This is as the National Executive Council, NEC, of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, today rejected the offer by the...
View ArticleOndo Police Commisisoner orders probe of AAUA lecturers’ assault
The Ondo State Police Commissioner, Patrick Dokumor has assigned some Officers to investigate the disruption of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU)meeting at Adekunle Ajasin University,...
View ArticleNiger Polytechnic NASU demands removal of State PDP scribe from Governing...
The Non-Academic Staff Union of the Niger State Polytechnic, Zungeru, yesterday called for the removal of the state Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Aminu Yusuf, as a member of the...
View ArticleMixed reactions trail introduction of new subjects by WAEC
Some stakeholders in education on Thursday expressed mix feelings at the introduction of 39 new subjects for annual examinations by the West African Examination Council (WAEC). In interviews with the...
View ArticleAAUA crisis: Six lecturers suspended
Six members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University chapter, Akungba-Akoko(AAUA) were today suspended by the University management. Their suspension was connected...
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