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The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has upgraded facilities and provided furniture in Senior Secondary Schools in the FCT. Mrs Ada Okenyi, Head of Inspectorate Division, FCTA made this known on Wednesday in Abuja during an assessment of the school. Okenyi said the FCT Minister, Malam Muhammed Bello, directed that schools in ... Read more

The Ekiti State House of Assembly on Tuesday passed a bill to amend the law of the newly-upgraded University of Education, Science and Technology, Ikere Ekiti, and rename it after the late former governor of old Ondo State, Bamidele Olumilua. The university, which was upgraded from the College of Education, Ikere Ekiti, is now to be known ... Read more

The Federal Government yesterday insisted on the use of the Integrated Personnel Payroll Information System (IPPIS) for the payment of university lecturers’ salaries. Finance Minister Mrs. Zainab Ahmed said the IPPIS would remain in use until the University Accountability and Transparency Solution (UTAS) undergoes expert verification. The ... Read more

The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has appealed to members of the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU) to suspend their ongoing strike. Fayemi has also called on the federal government to sharpen its intelligence gathering mechanism to curb insecurity. He urged the lecturers to consider the children of ordinary Nigerians ... Read more

Ola Oloidi, a professor emeritus in the department of Fine and Applied Arts, (UNN), is dead. Mr Oloidi, who specialised in art history and art criticism, died on Monday, the dean, Faculty of Arts in UNN, Boniface Mbah, told PREMIUM TIMES, Wednesday. “It’s a great loss to the entire university,” said Mr Mbah, a professor ... Read more

The National Examination Council (NECO) has published the new time-table for the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE). The exams were suspended because of the End SARS protests which resulted in curfews in certain states. However, it will now run from Monday, November 9 until Saturday, November 28, 2020. The modified timetable has ... Read more

Panic has gripped parents and candidates who sat for the 2020 West African Examinations Council (WAEC), as the body withheld the results of all candidates that sat for it in all public schools in Ekiti State. Parents and wards, who besieged their respective schools to collect the results released a few days ago were disappointed, as they ... Read more

Senate of the University of Ibadan has declared that Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have no role to play in the selection of new Vice-Chancellor of the University. DAILY POST learnt that both SSANU and NASU members in the University have been kicking against the ongoing selection ... Read more

The management of Ignatius Ajuru University of Education has suspended two students for one academic session for allegedly making inciting posts on their social media handles. The affected students were Sunday Idongesit Okpokpo of the Department of Political Science and Chibuzor Remmy of the Department of Educational Management. The institution ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said its members are ready to end the seven months strike only when lecturers’ demands are met. Prof Moyo Ajao, Chairperson of ASUU in UNILORIN who spoke at a press briefing on Wednesday said lecturers are ready to return to their duty post but they won’t work on an empty ... Read more