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All Nigeria Confederation of Principals of Secondary Schools has condemned the vandalization of some schools in Cross River State by hoodlums who hijacked the #EndSARS protest. A statement by the national president, ANCOPSS, Anselm Izuagie, described the attack as not only unreasonable but counter-productive. According to him, some of the ... Read more

President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, while featuring on a Channels Television programme on Thursday evening, buttressed opposition of the union to the IPPIS platform owing to constant amputation of salaries of academic staff. He said members of ASUU now had their salaries cut by between 50 and ... Read more

There are indications that fresh crisis is brewing at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) over the appointment of a new Vice Chancellor. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) accused the Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof. Kayode Soremekun of plotting to impose an unqualified Professor and Deputy Vice Chancellor, Abayomi ... Read more

The Lagos state government planning to train 4,000 unemployed graduates for six months as part of its internship programme to reduce the rate of unemployment in the state. The programme which has been approved by Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu is in line with the T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda of the present administration and the Youth Development ... Read more

Tertiary institutions in Gombe State are to resume academic activities on Tuesday 10th November 2020 after several months at home due to the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The approval for the reopening of the institutions was given by the State Governor, Muhammad Inuwa Yahaya as disclosed by The State Commissioner for Higher ... Read more

The negotiation between the Federal Government and the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, to end the ongoing industrial action by the lecturers is currently stalled because of the refusal of the government to pay the withheld salaries of the workers through other means than the Integrated Personnel and Payroll ... Read more

Mrs Florence Fasere, 62, is the mother of Seyi Fasere, a final-year student of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, who was shot dead by the police in Ilupeju Ekiti. She tells OLUFEMI OLANIYI how she and her husband, Joseph, were physically assaulted and detained by the police after killing their son What do you do? I was a trader but ... Read more

THE Registrar/Chief Executive, Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria (TRCN), Professor Segun Ajiboye has called on the 36 state governors across the country to look into the newly approved salary scale for teachers which is set for implementation by the federal government. Ajiboye stated that this is important due to the fact that ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has kicked against the restriction of application for the position of vice chancellor of the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) to only professors working in federal universities. The Coordinator of ASUU, Akure Zone, Prof Olu Olu Olufayo rejected the criterion at a press conference he ... Read more

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) will today (Monday) release the results of May/June 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The school examination was taken by 1, 549, 563 million candidates in 19,129 school nationwide and in three countries. WAEC Head of Public Affairs, Mr. Demianus Ojijeogu confirmed via a WhatsApp message on Sunday, that the Head of ... Read more