ASUP, ASUU strike: NANS threats to disrupt elections

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has threatened to disrupt the Nigerian General Elections following the inability of government to resolve the issues that led to the strike by the academics in Nigerian...

TechGen, India STEM partner on STEM in Africa

The India STEM Alliance (ISA) and TechGen Africa have announced the commencement of a strategic partnership towards improving community engagement in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) in Africa. This collaboration makes Tech Gem the...

FG to demolish illegal tertiary institutions

The Nigerian Government has declared that it will begin to demolish illegal tertiary institutions across the country. Education minister, Adamu Adamu, said this at a press briefing in Abuja, noting that the institutions constitute a...

ASUU Strike: NANS wants education minister sacked

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has called for the immediate sack of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, for his alleged “complacency and ineptitude” in handling the lingering face-off between the Nigerian...

Nigerian campus journalist launches media hub for training colleagues

A student journalist in Nigeria, Adejumo Kabir has launched a media hub for training of campus journalists. Named the CampusPress Hub, Mr Kabir said it aims at training of students who have passion for journalism. "We...

ASUU-FG meeting again adjourned, till February 7

The meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has been adjourned till Thursday, 7th February, 2019. This meeting, which ended late in the evening is the...

OOU suspends 17 students for alleged internet fraud

The management of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye has suspended some 17 students for engaging in fraud. These students who had been arrested by the Economic and...

Hijab harrassment: MSSN threatens to shutdown Lagos

The Muslim Students' Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Lagos State Area Unit has threatened to mobilise millions of its members to shutdown Lagos State if the harassment of students wearing hijab persists. The organisation said this...

UI VC commissions Kenneth Dike Library Chat Room

The Vice-Chancellor, University of Ibadan, Abel Idowu Olayinka, on Thursday, 31st January, 2019 officially commissioned the Kenneth Dike Library (KDL) Chat Room at the Kenneth Dike Library, University of Ibadan. In his speech at the...

ABU research births Nigeria’s first genetically modified food crop

A 10 year research breakthrough at the Institute for Agricultural Research, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria has given birth to Nigeria's first genetically modified food crop. Named the Pod...