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LEGAL luminary and the founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, on Wednesday condemned the mass closure of schools by the Federal Government over the COVID-19 second wave scare, describing it as unconstitutional and disastrous. The ABUAD founder, who said the blanket closure was counter-productive, “disturbing, ... Read more

A 100-level undergraduate of the Ignatius Ajuru University of Education in Rivers State, Ami Ugochukwu, has been awarded a four-year comprehensive scholarship, N200,000 upkeep allowance and an award of excellence for his honesty and good conduct. It was learnt that the student distinguished himself after returning a lost phone he found, which ... Read more

JUST as COVID-19 pandemic continues to impact negatively on nations of the world, the Federal University of Technology (FUTA), Akure, has recorded a feat through one of its senior academics, Dr Gideon Idowu of the Department of Chemistry. Dr Idowu won two international grants for research projects seeking to investigate the Ecological Impact ... Read more

Students of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo, have kicked at a recent hike in tuition fees by the institution’s management, demanding a reversal to the old fees within two weeks beginning from last Friday, January 8. The students said they had been gravely disturbed over the hike in fees, and so had been engaging all relevant ... Read more

The Provost of the Oyo State College of Health Science and Technology (OYSCHST), Eleyele, Ibadan, Mr Siji Ganiyu, has warned that any student of the institution who did not observe COVID -19 safety measures would be sent packing. To enforce the order, two students of the college who were caught without wearing face masks had been ... Read more

The National Examinations Council, NECO, yesterday released the Senior Secondary School Examination, SSCE, results with a 2.3 per cent increase in the number of candidates who scored five credits and above, including English and Mathematics. The Registrar and Chief Executive of NECO, Prof Godswill Obioma, announced the results at the ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has decried high taxation of its members and non-payment of their entitlements at the Gombe State University (GSU). Prof. Ade Adejumo, ASUU Zonal Coordinator, Ibadan zone, who led a delegation of the Union on a courtesy call on Gov ... Read more

School owners under the auspices of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, have called on the government to keep schools open, saying the consequences of shutting them down are more grievous than the effects of the Coronavirus pandemic the government is trying to combat. ... Read more

Sokoto State government under the Better Education Service Delivery Agency (BESDA) programme enrolled over seventy-five thousand children into basic schools in 2020. Similarly, this year, the state government, under the programme, targets over 90,000 children for enrollment. Governor Aminu Tambuwal stated this Wednesday at the official flag-off of ... Read more

The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Polytechnic has described the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information introduced by the Federal Government as fraud, calling for its scrapping. The SSANIP members made this demand on Thursday during their protest held at The Polytechnic, Ibadan. The workers, who converged on Ibadan from polytechnics ... Read more