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Director-General, Nigeria Employers’ Consultative Association, Dr Timothy Olawale, in this interview with ’FEMI ASU, speaks on the high rate of unemployment in the country; the gap between the academia and the industry; the impact of COVID-19 on businesses and how to boost job creation The National Bureau of Statistics said last year ... Read more

A student of the University of Lagos, John Akinwale, has landed in the hospital after a power-drunk policeman tortured him to a coma in the Mosafejo, Oshodi area of Lagos State. SaharaReporters learnt that Akinwale was arrested on Monday around 2 pm, after he bought fuel at a filling station, by police officers attached to the Mosafejo division. It was gathered that the operatives extorted ... Read more

The lingering crisis that existed between the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ebonyi State chapter and the governor Chief David Umahi, on Tuesday deepened, as efforts to resolve the matter deadlocked. However, the National leadership of ASUU, who held meeting with Governor David Umahi at the Governor’s New Lodge, located at the ... Read more

The Federal Government on Tuesday said it had completed 29 roads in different tertiary institutions, while 14 others were in various stages of completion. Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, said this during the handover of an internal 1.92km road constructed by the Federal Government to the Nigerian Law School, Bwari, ... Read more

A lecturer at the Imo State University, Owerri, Emma Ogueri, who was kidnapped by gunmen on Friday, has regained his freedom. Ogueri, a lecturer in the Faculty of Social Sciences, was kidnapped from a pharmacy opposite the All Seasons Hotel, New Owerri. He was said to be with his friends at a nearby pub and had gone to the pharmacy ... Read more

The Okene Secondary School Old Students Association has appealed to Governor Yahaya Bello to spare the school as one of the legacy colleges of old Northern Nigerian Government rather than turn it into a military Barrack. The Alumni association made the appeal in a statement signed by its national President, Abubakar Abdulsalam Esq. and made ... Read more

Katsina State government, on Tuesday, fixed January 25 for reopening of primary and secondary (day) schools in the state. This was also as it gives the condition that each of the schools must form and inaugurate a security committee to assess the security situation in such area ... Read more

The Management of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife has approved virtual lecture for students. A statement by the school’s Registrar, Mrs. Margaret Omosule, stated final year students in the Faculty of Pharmacy, Clinical Students in the College of Health Sciences and year four students in the Faculty of Agriculture are to resume on ... Read more

The National President, National Association of Nigerian Students(NANS), Comrade Sunday Dayo Asefon recently, led members of the national and state executives of the body to the acting Vice Chancellor, Lagos State University (LASU), Professor Oyedamola Oke, on a dual mission to congratulate him on his appointment and present some demands on ... Read more

The Federal Executive Council, on Wednesday, approved the Harmonised Retirement Age for Teachers Bill, 2021. The bill, among other recommendations, seeks to change the retirement age of teachers in the country from 60 to 65. It also seeks to change the years of service for teachers from 35 to 40. The approval was given at a meeting of the ... Read more