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THE President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), has approved the reinstatement of the Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, saying his removal by the Governing Council did not follow due process. This was as the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, UNILAG ... Read more

Governor of Benue State, Samuel Ortom has announced plans to establish a College of Engineering at the Benue State University, Makurdi. Governor Samuel Ortom said this on Thursday at the Benue Peoples House, Makurdi when he received a report of the State Steering Committee on the Establishment of Centre for Infectious and Tropical Diseases, College of Health Sciences, Benue State ... Read more

Prof. Oluwatoyin OgundipeBy Adesina Wahab The reinstated Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, on Thursday resumed office, thanking President Muhammadu Buhari for insisting on due process being followed in the administration of the institution. He also had kind words for Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Ibadan Zone on Thursday described the resolve of the Vice-Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Professor Idowu Olayinka to conduct 2020 convocation and foundation ceremonies as divisive and mischievous. Condemning the move by VC, the union said it remains under the position of the national body ... Read more

After eight months of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), students unions of universities in the South-West, on Thursday, gave seven days ultimatum to the Federal Government to end the strike or face aggressive nationwide agitation. According to the Presidents of Students Union Government of the Universities, at a press ... Read more

The University of Lagos is test-running its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) it initiated in 2018. The institution’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor, (Academics and Research), Prof. Oluwole Familoni, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in Lagos. According to him, the production is an invaluable addition to ... Read more

Reactions have continued to trail the eight months strike of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, in the country. The union embarked on strike, March 2020, following disagreement with the federal government. However, the major issue that led to the strike early this ... Read more

An International Organisation, Dollar Club Exclusive, has raised the alarm over the lingering crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, and the Federal Government which has stalled academic activities in Nigerian Universities. The association added that the strike which has lasted for about seven months has made students to ... Read more

Presidents of students’ union governments in tertiary institutions in Southwest Nigeria have issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to end the protracted strike by lecturers or face nationwide protests. Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been on strike since February over non-implementation of ... Read more

The management of Federal Polytechnic, Ado-Ekiti, has appointed Mr Olusegun Dada, as its new Deputy Rector (Academic), the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. Dada’s appointment is contained in a statement, signed by Mr Ade Adeyemi-Adejolu, the institution’s Director of Protocol, Information and Public Relations on ... Read more