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When the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) suspended the nine-month-old strike last December, it was sheer relief for students who have been bored with endless stay at home. Thus, parents forgot the recent second wave of COVID-19 now hanging on the country like the sword of Damocles. The happiness of their children leaving for ... Read more

The Oluwo of Iwoland Oba Abdulrasheed Akanbi Telu 1, has urged students to be innovative instead of placing a premium on white collar jobs. He said this in Osun State while addressing participants at the 22nd National Conference of Jama’atu Ta’awunil Muslimeen, which had as theme: “Toward an Islamic Front for the ... Read more

Students of the Cross River State College of Health Technology (CHT) have begged Governor Ben Ayade to pay their lecturers to ward off an imminent strike. A letter by President of the Students Union Government (SUG) Chima Kedemiti reads: “We join the teaching and non-teaching staff of the college in requesting that you please restore ... Read more

The organised labour unions, comprises of Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) Kebbi state chapter have suspended their indefinite strike embarked upon over unpaid leave grant,adjustment on the new minimum wage among others. It could be recalled that the organised labour unions started their industrial action on Tuesday midnight after ultimatum given to the state ... Read more

There is palpable fear among workers and residents of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, as two more professors including a law lecturer and incumbent attorney-general of Oyo State, Oyelowo Oyewo, have been confirmed positive of the deadly coronavirus disease. This is coming on the heels of the country’s new as announced on ... Read more

The controversial payment system introduced by the Federal Government, the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, may lead to the disruption of activities in the nation’s polytechnics, as the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, has cried out against the lapses inherent in the system and is threatening industrial ... Read more

The Save OAU Campaign of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, Osun State has called on the school authorities to refund the acceptance fees paid by students in the first year. In a statement issued on Thursday, the body stated that there was no transparency in the system while promising to embark on strike if there were no ... Read more

Shina Abubakar, Osogbo The National Association of Nigerian Students’ President, Comrade Sunday Asefon has described the amount allocated to the education sector in the country’s 2021 budget as the worst in a decade. Nigeria budgeted 6.3 per cent of its 2021 national budget on the Federal Ministry of Education. A sum of N742.5 ... Read more

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has directed that its Staff Club should be closed to guard against the spread of COVID-19. Its vice chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, who gave the directive that the club should be close with immediate effect, said: “The directive is necessitated to curb the spread of COVID-19 as a result of a ... Read more

U.S. Education Secretary, Betsy DeVos, has resigned in protest against U.S. President Donald Trump after his supporters stormed the Capitol building. The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported the development on Thursday, citing the resignation letter. “That behaviour (violent ... Read more