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Prof. Saliu Ajao, Chairman, University of Ilorin Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on Tuesday, assured of the Union’s readiness to return to the classroom. Ajao, who spoke with newsmen in Ilorin, said the resumption followed the recent suspension of the nine-month-old national strike by the Union. The ASUU ... Read more

The Enugu State Government has asked management of various schools in the state to engage the students/pupils in all tertiary institutions with a view to activate their e-learning programmes. This coming as the state announced January 18, 2021 as resumption date for all schools in the state. A statement by the Commissioner for Education, ... Read more

Osun State Government has approved Monday, January 18, 2021, as the official resumption date for schools in the state. A public service announcement signed by the Coordinating Director of the State Ministry of Education, Kehinde Olaniyan on Tuesday, disclosed that the Education ... Read more

THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has opened its portal for institutions to upload names of shortlisted applicants for the 2020/2021 admission. The board said all admission processes must go through the Central Admission Processing System (CAPS) for approval. It noted that only qualified candidates as recommended by their ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said there is every possibility of another strike as the Nigerian government has yet to fulfil its promises which informed the suspension of the union’s last industrial action. ASUU had suspended its nine months old strike in December albeit with a note of warning that another strike ... Read more

Former Dean of Students’ Affairs, University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, Professor Durojaiye Ajeyalemi, is dead. He died early Wednesday of suspected COVID-19 related complications at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH), Idi-Araba. Aged 70 years. Ajeyalemi, a Professor of Curriculum Studies died five days after a former ... Read more

The Nigerian Defence Academy has announced that forms for entry into 73 Regular Course are not yet on sale. The Academy through the Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Abdullahi, said any information circulating on the social media purporting the sale of the forms is false and has no link with the NDA. He advised the public to shun any ... Read more

The Osun State Government has directed all public and private schools to resume on January 18, 2021. The state government made this known on Tuesday through the Ministry of Education in a public announcement signed by Coordinating Director of the ministry, Mr C. K. Olaniyan. The state had postponed the resumption of schools from last week ... Read more

By Chris Njoku, Owerri Management of Federal University of Technology Owerri (FUTO) and Federal Polytechnic, Nekede Owerri have sent their staff on CONTEDISS 11 and below home following the Federal Government directive on the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The affected staff are directed to stay at home for a period of five weeks ... Read more

WITHIN two weeks of the conditional suspension of the nine-month strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Federal Government has stuck to her notoriety of flouting agreements willingly reached with the intellectual union. As intellectuals, the union was wise when it said the strike would be ... Read more