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The University of Ibadan has graduated a total of 854 students out of which a total of 528 students graduated with first degrees in various disciplines across all faculties. 220 persons were awarded Master degrees, 89 postgraduate diplomas were awarded while 37 candidates were awarded Doctor of Philosophy Degrees, PhDs. Also, the ... Read more

A former Pro-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN), has faulted the claim by the federal government that the Governing Council he chaired was dissolved following the crisis in the institution which led to the sacking and reinstatement of the Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. Babalakin advised the government ... Read more

The Nigeria Labour Congress on Tuesday said it would be difficult for the Academic Staff Union of Universities to call off its ongoing industrial action. President of the NLC, Ayuba Wabba, stated this when he appeared before the Senate Committee on Aviation to present the position of the union on the six bills being considered by the ... Read more

The Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Tuesday said the university management and by extension, the Edo State Government, was indebted to the academic workers of the of the university to the tune over N1bn in salaries, check-off dues and other deductions. Reacting to reports credited to a ... Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari has stated that the Federal Government alone can’t finance universities in Nigeria. Buhari said the private sector must be involved in financing universities in the country because the burden is too much for the government alone. Speaking at the 2020 convocation and 72nd foundation day celebration of the ... Read more

The West African Examination Council, WAEC, has again extended registration for its 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination for private candidates. According to a tweet on its Twitter account on Wednesday, the new deadline is November 19, 2020. DAILY POST recalls that WAEC had initially to Friday, November 11, ... Read more

The Ekiti State Governor, Dr Kayode Fayemi, has approved the disbursement of a sum of N96 million as payment of scholarship to students of the state origin in tertiary institutions in the country. The amount according to the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr Olabimpe Aderiye, was payment for no fewer than 469 students ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in the Niger Delta University (NDU) has said the Federal Government launched the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) to divert attention from critical issues in the FGN-ASUU 2019 Memorandum of Action (MoA). The chairman, ASUU-NDU, Dr Tonbara Kingdom, stated this on ... Read more

Patrick Odey, Uyo The Calabar zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities said on Tuesday that the disparaging comments from the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajuiba, Labour and Employment Minister, Chris Ngige, and the Accountant General of the federation, Ahmed Idris, are insulting to its sensibilities The Coordinator of ... Read more

The Benin Zone of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday urged the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, to calm nerves of members of the Union and facilitate the payment of salaries of members instead of playing to the gallery and violating the law. ASUU urged Dr. Ngige to stop the threat of legal ... Read more