Education
Buhari appoints new Rector for Bida Poly
President Muhammadu Buhari has appointed Dr Baba Haruna as the Rector, Federal Polytechnic, Bida. Buhari gave the approval via a letter signed by the ...[Read More]
Don’t handle education like Buhari – ASUU tells Tinubu
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned Bola Tinubu, the President-elect not to handle education like President Muhammadu Buhari did. Acco...[Read More]
UTME: Ban on phones, calculator in exam hall still intact – JAMB warns
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sent a message to Nigerians. The board says its ban on mobile phones, calculators, pens/biros,...[Read More]
Three women arrested and arrained in court for fighting in public
The Police command in Lagos State have charged three women to court for allegedly engaging in a physical combat in public that resulted in one of them...[Read More]
LASU students prohibited from wearing face caps, miniskirts, others to campus
The authorities of the Lagos State University (LASU) has barred students of the institution from wearing face caps, miniskirts, rolled sleeves, and ot...[Read More]
Students of UNN protest increase in school fees (video)
Students of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, took to the streets to protested the 100 percent increase in their school fees. The school’s mana...[Read More]
Governor Dave Umahi’s son graduates with a Master’s degree from UK varsity
The son of Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi State, Osborn Nweze Umahi, has graduated with a Master’s Degree in Finance and Investment Management f...[Read More]
Unpaid salary arrears: ASUU threatens to skip academic sessions missed during strike over ‘no-work, no-pay’ FG stance
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is threatening to skip the backlog of academic sessions halted by their 7-month-old strike should the ...[Read More]
Ngige can no longer mediate amid industrial court case – ASUU President
The National President of Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke has slammed the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, ...[Read More]
ASUU set to declare lecture-free day over withheld salaries
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have revealed it will be declaring a lecture-free day across tertiary institutions to express its conc...[Read More]
11-year-old boy gets highest score in Mensa IQ test ‘beating Einstein and Hawking’
A schoolboy identified as Yusuf Shah, scored the highest possible score in a Mensa IQ test and surpassed geniuses like Stephen Hawking and Albert Eins...[Read More]
FG rumored to plan on paying 8-month salary backlog to breakaway ASUU faction, CONUA
Members of Congress of University Academics (CONUA), the breakaway faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), are preparing to receiv...[Read More]
Minister of Education Adamu Adamu calls for sex education to be removed from school curriculum, says it is targeted at undermining and destroying the moral and religious fiber of our society
The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) have been directed by the federal government to exclude sex education from the basic...[Read More]
Lecturers call out FG after receiving ‘half-month pay’ as first salary after ASUU strike
The FG has been dragged online by some members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) for not paying their full salaries after they resume...[Read More]
NURAC says 48 Nigerian universities are among the world best universities
Professor Emeritus Peter Okebukola, chairman of the Nigerian Universities Ranking Advisory Committee (NURAC), has revealed that 48 Nigerian universiti...[Read More]
NASU FUNAAB issues 7-day warning strike notice
The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) of the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta, will embark on a seven-day warning strike from today, October 2...[Read More]
See photos of the ‘anti-cheating’ exam hats being used by students in Philippines that have caused a stir online
Pictures of students wearing “anti-cheating hats” during college exams have since gone viral on social media in the Philippines. Students ...[Read More]
FG to present certificate of registration to breakaway ASUU faction CONUA
Congress of Nigerian University Academics (CONUA), a breakaway faction of Academic Staff Union of Universities led by Niyi Sunmonu, a lecturer at the ...[Read More]
FG orders VCs to reopen universities and start lectures
The Federal government has asked vice-chancellors of all public universities to reopen their universities and resume lectures. Punch reports that the ...[Read More]
Super Eagles striker, Taiwo Awoniyi bags degree in Business Management from Buckinghamshire New University UK
Super Eagles and Nottingham Forest striker, Taiwo Awoniyi, has bagged a degree in Business Management from the Buckinghamshire New University, Wycombe...[Read More]
ASUU NEC to decide on continuation of strike on Sunday
National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to ...[Read More]
Strike: If students must sue anyone, they’ll sue the minister of education and the federal government – ASUU President reacts to Minister’s comment
Emmanuel Osodeke, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has reacted to Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu asking students to su...[Read More]
Strike: FG is not sincere. This government wants to blackmail us with salaries – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has claimed that the Federal Government is not sincere about resolving the issues that led to its almo...[Read More]
Nigerian woman who returned to Secondary school after child bearing graduates
former Weapons Instructor at the Nigerian Army, Ugwoke Oloto Odobo has celebrated his wife, Precious Chioma Ugwoke, who has just graduated from Second...[Read More]
Nigeria is off track on education – UNICEF
The United Nations Children’s Fund has said that Nigeria is off the track in achieving the Sustainable Development Goal 4 which is quality educa...[Read More]
ASUU strike: ‘My children are being affected too’ – Ex Education Minister, Nwajiuba says
The former Minister of State for Education Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, has apologised to Nigerians over the ongoing strike by the Academic Union of Universi...[Read More]
FUTA gets first female Vice Chancellor
Professor Adenike Temidayo Oladiji has been appointed by the governing Council of the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA) as the eighth subs...[Read More]
ASUU: House of Reps intervene as protesting students shut down Lagos-Abeokuta expressway
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives has ordered relevant committees of the chamber to intervene in the crisis between the Federal Gover...[Read More]
ASUU strike: Students of OAU stages protest in Ife
Men of the Nigeria Police Force had militarised the venue of the protesting students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State. The protest w...[Read More]
2022 admission process into varsity may be delayed – Vice-chancellors
The Secretary, Committee of Vice-Chancellors of Nigerian Universities, Prof. Yakubu Ochefu, has said the 2022 admission processes for universities may...[Read More]
Lecturers of Colleges of education give FG 21 days ultimatum
The Nigerian government has received a 21-day ultimatum from the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) who are threatening to embark on ...[Read More]
Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions ends indefinite strike
The Academic Staff Union of Research Institutions (ASURI) has suspended its indefinite strike. Recall that the union had embarked on an indefinite str...[Read More]