Category: Education
Bashir, MAU Professor emerges Africa Council of Communication Education President.
The Africa Council of Communication Education (ACCE) Nigeria chapter has elected Professor Abdullahi Saleh Bashir as 6th President of the council. Professor Bashir of...
ASUU president: Military govt more sympathetic to plight of lecturers
Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, President of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), says the military government era in the country was more sympathetic to the plight of...
NANSE President lauds Zamfara Gov over payment of bursary to students in Europe
The President of the National Association of Students in Europe (NANSE), Bashiru Saidu Muhammad has commended Zamfara state governor, Bello Mohammed for settling...
Adamawa out of school children population reduced to less than 50,000-Gov Fintiri
The Governor of Adamawa State, Governor Ahmadu Fintiri, has said the state government is addressing the problem of out of school children through its free school feeding...
Scholarship: Gov. Fintiri approves 50 % increase of students bursary allowances
Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri of Adamawa State has approved the increase of 50 percent scholarship allowances for students with immediate effect. Fintiri disclose this...
The Rigging of the History of Adamawa State University: Straightening the Facts
Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri out of malice and in an attempt to rewrite history wants to rename Adamawa University Mubi after Abubakar Barde of defunct Gongola. For the records,...
Wike bags doctorate degree, donates N1bn to varsity
Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike has been conferred with the Honorary Doctor of Law Degree (Honoris Causa) by the Rivers State University (RSU). The Governor, who donated...
Varsity admission: UK to crack down on Nigerians
Nigerians seeking to study in the United Kingdom might soon be facing strict rules as foreign students wanting to study in Britain may be turned away unless they have...
Lawan Garba: HoR NNPP Candidate Commissions ICT Lab in Adamawa Sec Sch donated by NCC
His purposeful representation while a House of Representatives Lawmaker representing Yola North, Yola South, and Girei Federal Constituency in the eighth assemblies of...
Resign now, ASUU tells Adamu, Ngige
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) branch at the Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, has demanded the immediate resignation of...
FG begins payment of 8-month salary backlog to breakaway ASUU faction
The Federal Government has commenced payment of the 8-month salary backlog to some lecturers who are members of Congress of University Academics (CONUA), the breakaway...
MDCAN to ASUU: Labour Minister never favoured us; we protected our members’ rights
The Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital Sokoto chapter of the Medical and Dental Consultants’ Association of Nigeria (UDUTH-MDCAN), has told the Usmanu...
FG pays ASUU half salaries for October
The Federal Government only paid lecturers under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities for 18 working days in the month of October, The PUNCH has...
Greenfield Is Fastest Growing Tertiary Institution In Nigeria, says Poly Students
By; JACOB ONJEWU DICKSON The National Association of Polytechnic Students (NAPS) has described Greenfield University Kaduna as the fastest growing private tertiary...
WAAW 2022 Scholarship Is Open now , grap the opportunity
WAAW Foundation Scholarship offers $500 for need-based undergraduate female African students admitted to a University, College or institute of higher learning in Africa....
MAU students to resume 22nd as lectures commence 24th October 2021
The management of Modibbo Adama University, Yola has announced 22nd October, 2021 as the resumption of academic activities. The announcement which came through the...
Group Scores Buhari’s Administration High in Economic Growth, Development
Group under aegis of Buhari Votes Guard and Awareness (BVGA) has scored the President Muhammadu Buhari led administration high in the area of economic growth and...
We don’t have transport fares to go to work – ASUU President
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has said members of the body may find it difficult to get to their respective...
Breaking: ASUU Suspends 8-Month-Old Strike Conditionally
The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action conditionally, a union’s National Executive Committee member told...
ASUU strike: Reps recommend solution to Buhari
As part of the efforts to end the ongoing strike by the members of the Academic Staff Union of universities, Federal House of Representatives members on Tuesday...
Prolonged strike: Buhari chides ASUU
President Muhammadu Buhari has chided the Academic Staff Union of Universities members across the country over the ongoing strike in the country. The union has been on...
FG moves to clip ASUU’s wings, registers new academic union
In what appears to be a move to oust the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the Federal Government on Tuesday approved the registration of Congress of Nigerian...
Modibbo Adama University Yola announces online screening for ’22/’23 admission exercise
The management of Modibbo Adama University (MAU) Yola have announced a scheduled online screening and registration exercise of its prospective under graduate students...
Former VP Namadi praises Prof Matoh, Kaduna-born scientist for authoring a book on the fundamentals of science
Former Vice President of Nigeria, His Excellency Arch Namadi Sambo has described Science as the bedrock of development in all facets of life. The People’s...
Don’t pay money to any person online, Northwest University Sokoto warns admission seekers
The management of the Northwest University Sokoto has called on those who are seeking admission into the university, to be wary of scammers who are all out to dupe...
Strike: ASUU appeals Industrial Court’s resumption order
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has appealed Justice Polycarp Hamman’s order directing lecturers to end their seven-month strike and return to the classroom,...
Jamilu: Philanthropist renovates Adamawa Library to help revive the ailing education system
The devastating nature of the Education system in Adamawa state where there seem to be defects in many of its systems has waned up the spirit of a good Samaritan who is...
ASUU strike: Court ruling shameful, NANS, ERC kick, ask Labour to declare nationwide strike
The National Association of Nigerian Students’ executive board and Hassan Soweto, national coordinator of the Education Rights Campaign (ERC), have responded to the...
Strike: NANS plans massive protest, vows to block Lagos-Ibadan expressway
The National Association of Nigerian Students, South West zone has expressed its readiness to block the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and Sagamu Expressway in a massive...
North West University Sokoto commences admission into degree programmes
The North West University Sokoto (NWUS) has commenced admission into degree programmes for the 2022/2023 academic session. This is contained in a statement by the...
ASUU: FG offers lecturers 23.5% salary increment
Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, says government can only afford 23.5 percent salary increase for lecturers, while professors will enjoy a 35 per cent increment....
Again, ASUU extends strike action
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, announced the extension of its ongoing strike action. The announcement came after a decision was taken at the...
KASU Prof, MD Dogara set to launch a book on the Fundamentals of Geoscience
An academic book which is a Masterwork for Chief Executives, Undergraduate and postgraduate students on the Fundamentals of Geoscience is ready to be launched at a...
ASUU NEC decides on strike Sunday
The National Executive Council of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities will meet on Sunday, August 28, 2022 to take a decision on whether to suspend or...
FG calls on ASUU to Consider plights of students and call off strike
The Federal Government has called on the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities,ASUU, to consider the plight of Nigerian students who have stayed at home for six...
North West University Sokoto has not commenced admission – Registrar
The management of the North West University Sokoto has said that it has not commenced admission of students into the different faculties of the institution. An online...
After meeting with Adamu, SSANU, NASU suspend strike
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Allied and Education Institutions (NASU) have suspended their strike...
Strike: Why our meeting with FG ended in deadlock – ASUU
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has explained why it’s meeting with the Federal Government of Nigeria ended in a deadlock on Tuesday. ASUU said it rejected...
Why we won’t beg ASUU over strike, parents reply Keyamo
Parents, on the platform of the National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria, NAPTAN, have said they can only beg members of the Academic Staff Union of...
ASUU: Ebonyi Group Blasts Umahi For Saying ‘Education Not For Everybody’
The Association of Ebonyi Indigenes Socio-cultural in Diaspora (AEISCID) has accused Governor Dave Umahi of Ebonyi State of killing education at all levels in the state,...