Tag: universities
Buhari charges ASUU on ensuring accountability in universities
President Muhammadu Buhari has challenged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to be more interested in ensuring accountability in the governance...
University autonomy has made vice-chancellors ‘tyrants’ – SSANU
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has said that university autonomy has made vice-chancellors tyrants.
This is as he said that the near...
UI converts non-academic staff to academics
In a bid to supplement its academic staff strength, the University of Ibadan (UI) has converted about 30 of its non-academic staff...
How to catch randy lecturers who demand sex for grades
By Jeff Unaegbu
The problem is the unnecessary fear some students have.
These days of...
Splinter ASUU group emerges as CONUA to end incessant university strikes
A group of university lecturers have formed the Congress of University Academics (CONUA) as against the existing Academic Staff Union of Universities...
Repositioning university education in Nigeria: The OAU example
This is the text of a speech delivered by Yemi Ogunbiyi on the eve of the 2019 Convocation of the Nigerian Academy...
FG to select varsities as centres for sporting excellence
The Nigerian Federal Government said it intends making six universities centres for sports excellence. Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare...
NCC commits to collaborations with the academia for telecoms growth
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said the rise in tempo and sophistication of innovations in communication technology hold greater if there...
NUC orders universities to reintegrate staff schools on payroll
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed federal universities to reintegrate their staff schools on the national payroll.
This directive was communicated in a letter...
Activities paralysed as non-academics in Nigerian universities begin strike
Academic and other activities were on Monday paralysed at the various universities in Nigeria as non-academics began their five-day warning strike.
Some universities had to...
























