IPPIS: Govt asks bursars to submit complaints on salary irregularities

The Nigerian Federal Government has acknowledged flaws in the implementation of the Integrated Personnel Payroll and Information System (IPPIS) while indicating that...

Buhari signs FUGASHUA establishment law

President Muhammadu Buhari has signed into law the Bill establishing the Federal University, Gashua, Yobe State. With the signing...

IPPIS backdoor enrolment of lecturers violates NDPR

By Adekemi Omotubora The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been in a face-off with the Federal government...

Rebranding or reforming education: A commentary on Buhari’s June 12 address

By Chima Osuji Twenty-one years of uninterrupted democratic dispensation in Nigeria is something worth celebrating. This is particularly true...

2020 UTME: UNILORIN remains Nigeria’s university of first choice

For the seventh year running, the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has maintained its position as Nigeria's university of first choice.

BUK deputy vice-chancellor dies

The management of Bayero University Kano (BUK) on Saturday announced the passage of its Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Administration), Professor Haruna Wakili.

Kwara NUT chair, SUBEB officials fingered in N31m salary fraud

The Ilorin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has uncovered how millions of naira meant for the payment...

Ogun introduces placement exam for public school admissions

The Ogun State Government has introduced placement examination for pupils who want to gain admissions into public Junior and Senior Secondary Schools.

Why universities need contract/temporary staff

By Marzuq Ungogo Sequel to imposition of IPPIS, a centralised strict payroll system, on all Nigerian civil and public...

COVID-19 lockdown: Private school owners urged to treat teachers well

Private school owners have been urged to support the teachers under them as the COVID-19 lockdown leading to school closures persists.

2020 UTME best candidates and their states of origin

These are the best scoring candidates in the 2020 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The exam was written is...

Nigerian academics and the bastardisation of festschrift

The production of a festschrift is neither a professional right of passage nor a substitute for producing original research work.

Despite 8000 deficit, Ondo to employ 1000 teachers

The Ondo State government has announced the commencement of a recruitment exercise for primary school teachers in the state.

100 is the minimum UTME score for higher education admissions

The heads of higher educational institutions in Nigeria have agreed that 100 would be the minimum score of candidates for the 2020/2021...

Former ABU, UNILORIN vice-chancellor, Akinkugbe dies at 86

Emeritus Professor Oladipo Akinkugbe is dead. The deceased who was a foremost Nigerian Professor of Medicine at the University...

Oyo gives school resumption date amidst COVID-19

The Oyo State COVID-19 Task Force has announced measures to reopen schools as it relaxed the curfew imposed on the state following...

ASUU instructs lecturers not to teach students online

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has directed lecturers in universities not to engage in online lectures for students.

Buhari urges end to violence against children

As Nigeria joins the international community to celebrate the Day of the African Child, President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged the commitment of...

BECE postponed indefinitely

The Lagos State government has announced the indefinite postponement of the Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE). It said this...

Lagos threatens sanctions on schools reopening

The Lagos State Government has said it would sanction schools which violate the lockdown in place affecting schools closure.