Kwara denies screening of disengaged ‘SunSet teachers’

The Kwara State government has denied reports that it was conducting a screening exercise for recently disengaged teachers...

Ekiti varsity evicts 24 families for land encroachement

Twenty-four families are currently having issues with the Judicial Commission of Inquiry on Land and Related Matters over...

Zamfara politician chides Matawalle over ‘education neglect’

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) stalwart in Zamfara state, Alhaji Ahmad Almajir Gusau, has described the level of...

UNILAG dismisses social media frenzy of ‘COVID-19 deaths’

The authorities at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have dismissed some reports on the social media that some...

Nigeria has 277,537 teachers shortage in basic education – UBEC

The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, has revealed that Nigeria had a shortage...

Group backs Olatunji-Bello for LASU VC race

A group, Lagos Integrity Group (LIG) has backed the aspiration of Professor Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello to become the next...

ASUU wants LASU pro-chancellor to step aside

A faction of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the Lagos State University (LASU) has called...

NASU, SSANU to hold three-day protest over IPPIS

The Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) are set to stage a...

Aribisala appointed Oduduwa university vice-chancellor

The Oduduwa University, Ipetumodu, Osun State, has appointed Professor Segun Aribisala as its new Vice Chancellor, following the...

UNILORIN students partner network service providers on virtual lectures

The University of Ilorin Students Union Government (SUG) has partnered with Network Service Providers on virtual lectures as...

Kaduna schools not resuming yet

The Kaduna State Government has said that it’s yet to determine the official date for the resumption of...

Sanwo-Olu orders LASU VC selection process cancelled

Lagos State Governor and Visitor to Lagos State University (LASU), Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has cancelled the ongoing process...

Pioneer LASU VC, Folabi Olumide dies at 81

Pioneer Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University (LASU) Professor Folabi Olumide has died at age 81.

Buhari’s 2021 budget for education ‘worst’ in a decade ― NANS

The President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon, has described the 2021 budgetary provision...

NUC approves reopening of Nigerian universities Jan 18

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the reopening of universities for academic activities as from January 18,...

Buhari assents bill to establish Modibbo Adama varsity

President Muhammadu Buhari has assented a bill to convert Modibbo Adama University of Technology (MAUTECH) Yola to Modibbo...

Insecurity: Sokoto merges boarding schools in border towns

The Sokoto State government has approved the merger of boarding schools in its border towns in a bid...

HURIWA warns against excluding Okigwe profs in appointing new FUTO VC

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari not to exclude Professors...

Edo teachers boycott enrolment in pension scheme

Edo State chapter of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has directed members to shun enrolment into the...

FG’s early breach of agreements with ASUU

By Oludayo Tade Within two weeks of the conditional suspension of the nine-month strike embarked...