The Government of Oyo State has approved a draft bill to reflect the new ownership structure of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Ogbomoso, the State’s Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Prof Oyelowo Oyewo, has said.
Oyewo, who briefed newsmen at the end of the State’s Executive Council...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, declared an indefinite strike over the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System and the non-implementation of the 2009 agreement.
The union’s National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, announced the strike at a press briefing in its National Secretariat, Abuja.
He noted that the government...
says its establishment won't exert unnecessary pressure on State's finances
'Varsity not a product of mere fanciful effort'
The Governor of Osun, Adegboyega Oyetola, on Wednesday, inaugurated the Implementation Committee for the proposed University of Ilesa.
He said the upgrade of the existing Osun State College of Education, Ilesa, to...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rt. Hon. Abbas Tajudeen, Ph.D, has restated his commitment to empowering and including women in politics and governance, as the world marks the International Women's Day on Friday.
The United Nations has designated the theme: 'Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress' for the 2024...
Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun said Nigeria needs more universities to tackle the problem of access to tertiary education in the country.
The governor also advocated an increase in the carrying capacity of existing institutions.
The governor made this known during the official opening ceremony of the Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye,...
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...
Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong and his Nasarawa State counterpart Engr. Abdullahi Sule were among guests that graced the 31st-38th Combined Convocation ceremony of the Plateau State Polytechnic Barkin Ladi with a commitment to pay more attention to technical education which is the bedrock of entrepreneurship, job creation...
The Ogun State Government said N3.5 billion have been earmarked for the ongoing 'Educash transfer' programme of the Governor Dapo Abiodun-led administration.
About 100,000 indigent pupils in both public primary and secondary schools, as well as 50,000 students in tertiary institutions across the country, will benefit at the end of...
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...
