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ASUU Extends Six Months’ Old Strike

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike
ASUU embarked on strike on February 14, 2022, over the government’s failure to meet its demands including improved university funding. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has extended its industrial action which is in its sixth month. The union extended the ongoing strike on Monday morning after its National Executive Council meeting at its headquarters at the University of Abuja. ASUU president, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, earlier confirmed that the union’s NEC would meet on Monday to decide on whether to call off the strike based on the Nigerian government’s offer or declare an indefinite strike. Ahead of Monday’s NECRead More

Outcry As Kano Public Schools Expose Students To Poor Learning In Decaying Classrooms

Kano Public Schools Expose Students To Poor Learning In Decaying Classrooms
In Madobi Local Government Area in Kano State where Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, the former governor of the state comes from, public schools have fallen into dilapidation. One of such schoolsRead More

FG to Pay Varsity Staff N22.172bn Earned Allowances

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige
The Federal Government has said that it will pay the sum of N22.172 billion earned allowances to all workers in the universities on or before October 30, 2021. It assuredRead More

Microsoft Africa Development Centre Begins Learners Clinic For Varsity Students, Beginner Developers

Managing Director, Microsoft ADC – West Africa, Mr. Gafar Lawal
Microsoft Africa Development Centre (Microsoft ADC), the premier engineering center for Microsoft, has announced the commencement of its Game of Learners Clinic, a three-month intensive programme for students in theRead More

Report: Poor Salaries Driving Pass-mark Bribery In Public Schools

Bribery
Nigeria’s education sector is a rich context for bribe solicitation, bribe giving and extortion, resulting from poor levels of remuneration and failure of governments to pay salaries in publicly-funded schools,Read More

ASUU Decries Lack Of Enabling Laws To Protect State Universities

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
Various state governments that have been establishing universities have been charged to back it up with the necessary legislations. The Chairman of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Calabar Zone,Read More

JAMB Hands Over Candidate To Police Over ‘Result Tampering’

Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has said that it has handed over a 19-year-old candidate in the 2021-2022 Unified Tertiary and Matriculation Examination (UTME) to the police forRead More

UNICEF Io Empower 9,000 Vulnerable Children In Katsina

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
No fewer than 9,000 vulnerable children in Katsina State are to benefit from the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) cash transfer in order to enhance and sustain their educational programmes.Read More

WAEC Commences Exams August 16

West African Examination Council (WAEC)
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) yesterday announced its readiness to conduct the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) for school candidates in 2021. The examination will commence throughoutRead More

FG Meets ASUU Tomorrow Over Unresolved Issues

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)
The Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will meet tomorrow (Monday) to iron out issues relating to the allegations raised by the lecturersRead More

No National Identity Number, No Exams’ Registration – Kano Govt Warns Pupils

Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Kano State Governor
The Kano State Government has said pupils in public senior secondary schools in the state must have a National Identification Number before they can be registered for any examination. TheRead More