The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) on Wednesday “conditionally” suspended its strike, ending a protracted industrial action that started since March 2020.
ASUU National President, Biodun Ogunyemi made the announcement during a briefing of the union in Abuja, explaining that the development followed consultations with its National Executive Council...
In a strategic move aimed at enhancing educational opportunities for Nigerian students, President Bola Tinubu has appointed Akintunde Sawyerr as the managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND). This decision was revealed in a statement by Ajuri Ngelale, the presidential spokesperson, emphasizing...
Fountain University in Osogbo, Osun State, will graduate 307 students at its ninth convocation ceremony tomorrow.
At a pre-convocation lecture, Vice Chancellor Prof. Amidu Sanni said 29 of the graduating students would be awarded first class degrees.
He said: “Three hundred and seven students are graduating for the 2018/19 academic session:...
Profs Olu Aina, Labo Popoola, others make list
As a follow-up to the actualisation of the upgrade of the College of Education, COE, Ilesa to a full-fledged university, Governor Adegboyega Oyetola has set up an 11-man Implementation Committee.
The Committee, headed by a foremost educationist, Prof. Olu Aina, is expected...
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun State, will graduate 7,209 students at its 44th convocation ceremony coming up between Wednesday December 11 and Saturday December 14, 2019.
At a pre-convocation press briefing, the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, disclosed that 124 would be graduating with first class honours. He...
The Authorities of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) Ado-Ekiti have announced the reinstatement of no fewer than 365 workers of the institution sacked last year.
It would be recalled that the management of the university had on December 5, 2019, announced the disengagement of over 600 workers saying their employment...
The University of Abuja has said it will award first-class certificates to 26 graduands at its 24th convocation, which will take place on February 15.
Speaking at the pre-convocation briefing on Thursday in Abuja, the vice-chancellor of the university, Abdul-Rasheed Na’allah, said a total of 26 students would be awarded...
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has reiterated that no tertiary institution will admit candidates outside the Central Admission Process System (CAPS) of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The minister stated this in his address at the commissioning of JAMB’s New General Services Department building on Monday...
The National Universities Commission has phased out Mass Communication degree in Nigerian universities.
The commission said it had unbundled Mass Communication into seven separate degree programmes to meet current demands.
The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, said this would take effect from the 2020 university admission year.
Speaking with journalists in...
bandits have reportedly abducted an unspecified number of Tsangaya students at Gidan Bakuso in Gada local government area of Sokoto state, as revealed by sources to Daily Trust. The kidnapping occurred in the wee hours of Saturday, marking yet another brazen attack on innocent lives.
Liman Abubakar, the school's proprietor,...
