IBB University to establish College of Health Science
The Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University (IBBU) Lapai , Niger, has concluded plans to establish a College of Health Sciences this year. The Commissioner for Health, Dr Ibrahim Sule, told newsmen on...
View ArticleASUU may go back on strike, accuses FG of breaching agreement
Strong indications have emerged that the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASSU, may consider going back on strike following the federal government inability to honour the agreement it reached with...
View ArticleAAUA ASUU dares management, holds congress on campus
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko(AAUA) today held a meeting at the institution’s Campus in spite of the position of the university...
View ArticleUnion of tertiary institutions issues 7-day ultimatum to Kwara Government
The Committee of Unions of Tertiary Institutions (CUTI) in Kwara on Tuesday in Ilorin gave the state government a seven-day ultimatum to implement its requests or face industrial action. The committee...
View ArticleSacked Ondo Poly workers committed no crime – Rector tells court
There was a mild drama at the Industrial Court in Akure, the Ondo State Capital today as the Rector of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Prof. Igbekele Ajibefun said the sacked thirty-two workers...
View ArticleIPad facility underway for UNILORIN students
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ilorin, Prof. AbdulGaniyu Ambali, says new students of the institution will soon get their much-awaited I-pad facility. Ambali told newsmen on Wednesday that...
View ArticleJAMB’s paper-pencil, computer-based tests to hold on April 12, May 17
The Registrar of JAMB, Prof. Dibu Ojerinde, said on Thursday that paper-pencil test (PPT) and computer-based test (CBT) would hold on April 12 and May 17,2014, respectively across 2,000 centres....
View ArticleASUP strike: Students appeal to President Jonathan to intervene
The Federal Government has been urged to resolve its differences with the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) and end the seven-month-old strike by the lecturers. The call was made on Thursday...
View ArticleFG to continue licensing of private Universities
The Federal Government said on Thursday it would continue to licence private universities that met laid down requirements for access to quality tertiary education in the country. This is contained in a...
View Article“Save our future”– Ondo Polytechnic students beg Mimiko
Students of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo (RUGIPO), Ondo State have asked the state Governor, Olusegun Mimiko to intervene in the ongoing squabble between students of the institution and the school...
View ArticleLASU to re-open February 24
Senate of the Lagos State University, LASU, has resolved to reopen the school Monday, February 24. The Senate, after several hours of deliberations directed that the university be re-opened to allow...
View ArticleLAUTECH appoints Professor Gbadegesin as substantive VC
The Governing Council of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, has appointed Professor Adeniyi Sulaiman Gbadegesin as the substantive Vice Chancellor of the institution. His...
View ArticleFG implements pact with ASUU, releases N200billion to Universities
The Federal Government yesterday disbursed N200 billion to Vice Chancellors of public universities. This is in line with the agreement between government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities...
View ArticleOshiomhole confirms Agbebaku as Vice-Chancellor of Ambrose Alli University
Gov. Adams Oshiomhole of Edo on Tuesday confirmed the appointment of Prof. Cordelia Agbebaku as the Vice-Chancellor, Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma. Oshiomhole announced the confirmation in Benin when...
View ArticleNo going back on Osun education policy – Aregbesola
Despite the recent crisis that erupted in Baptist High School, Iwo over the new education policy by the state government, governor Rauf Aregbesola has restated his position over the matter, affirming...
View ArticleUNILORIN expels three students, reprimands 40 for violating dress code
The University of Ilorin, UNILORIN, yesterday announced the expulsion of three undergraduate students for an alleged internet fraud and theft. According to a report in the university’s bulletin, one...
View ArticleASUP strike: Federal Polytechnic Ofa pulls out of protest, to resume February 24
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP), Federal Polytechnic Ofa branch, on Wednesday said it had pulled out of the ongoing nationwide strike by the union. The Chairman, ASUP, Federal...
View ArticleASUP strike: Protest will not be called off unless our demands are met –...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) in Yola on Wednesday said it would continue with its six months old strike unless the Federal Government met its demands. ASUP National Public Relations...
View ArticleExperts advocate for Crisisology to be included in school curriculum
In consideration of our vulnerability to creeping, slow-burn and sudden physical and non-physical crises and the quest for a formidable methodology to educate for effective and efficient crisis...
View ArticleASUP strike: Prevail on your lecturers to accept offer – FG directs Governing...
The Federal Government on Friday, charged chairmen of Governing Councils of Federal Polytechnics to prevail on striking Polytechnic staff to accept the offer made by the government to end the ongoing...
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