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Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, has sacked 20 lecturers and retired one for not possessing PhD degrees. The sacked academic staff are mainly Lecturer 1 and 11, some of whom had worked for 33 years in LASU without acquiring doctoral degrees. The Governing Council of LASU took the decision recently after the report of the Appointments ... Read more

Lehigh University and Wagner College have announced that they would revoke the honorary degrees conferred on the United States President, Donald Trump. This comes amidst rising tension in the United States following the Capitol siege by Trump's supporters on Wednesday. Trump received the honorary degree from Lehigh in 1988 after speaking at the institution's commencement ceremony ... Read more

The Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU) have threatened to embark on a three-day protest on Jan. 12. The unions in a circular jointly issued on Sunday in Abuja said that the planned strike was to protest the ... Read more

The Executive Secretary, Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC), Dr Hamid Bobboyi, has revealed that Nigeria had a shortage of 277, 537 teachers at the basic level, according to a National Personnel Audit (NPA) it conducted on Public and Private Basic Education Schools in the country. In a statement issued by the commission’s Head ... Read more

Branches of the Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday assessed COVID-19 protocols in the universities and said the institutions were not ready for safe reopening. The chapters of the union, in separate interviews with The PUNCH, commented on the directive of the National Universities Commission that universities could resume on ... Read more

The management of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, has said there is no truth in some reports on the social media that some professors in the employ of the institution have again died after contracting the COVID-19 disease. The Head of the Information Unit of the institution, Mrs. Olufadeke ... Read more

From Rose Ejembi, Makurdi Following the suspension of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi (FUAM) is to reopen for academic activities on January 18, this year. This directive is contained in a press release signed by the Registrar of the University, Mrs Helen Nyitse, and ... Read more

THE planned resumption of students of public universities across the country on January 18 may not be possible if demands by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) are not met by Federal Government, Nigerian Tribune gathered at the weekend. An insider in one of the universities stated this at the weekend, adding that up till now, ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it will work with security agencies to prosecute any institution or candidate, found breaching its admission’s code of operations. The board announced this in its latest Weekly Bulletin, made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Abuja. It said that ... Read more

The Senate of the Lagos State University has appointed Damola Oke as the acting vice-chancellor of the institution. Before his appointment, Oke is the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Administration of LASU. He was appointed at the emergency senate meeting held on Monday. The PUNCH reports that Lagos State Governor and Visitor to Lagos State University, ... Read more