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The University of Calabar, UNICAL, COVID-19 Task Force Committee has commenced the fumigation of the institution’s environment ahead of February 5 resumption date for academic activities. Briefing newsmen on Saturday, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Florence Obi, ... Read more

Aston University has been named University of the Year 2020 by The Guardian, a crucial league table that focuses on student satisfaction, graduate employability and quality of teaching. In making this award, the judges considered the effectiveness of key criteria including: Graduate ... Read more

Agency Reporter The Vice-Chancellor, University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has appealed to public-spirited Nigerians to assist indigent candidates to get tablets, as the university gets set for the non-physical post-UTME test. Ogundipe made the appeal during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Sunday in ... Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari waived the ‘no work, no pay’ Trade Act for striking university lecturers to allow peace to reign, Minister of Labour and Employment Dr. Chris Ngige, said at the weekend. The government has released N40billion for the payment of earned academic allowances for varsity lecturers and earned allowances for non-academic staff. Also, the government may ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has said Vice-Chancellors and bursars of some universities are hindering the smooth disbursement of the union’s share of the N40bn earned allowance. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige, had recently said the N40bn earned allowance had been paid to the universities’ account, ... Read more

THE Vice Chancellor of the University of Jos, Prof. Seddi Maimako, has described the critics of the herbal tea produced by the university in the fight against COVID -19 pandemic as ignorant of the mandate of the institution. Some online media reports had last week claimed that the university had approved the COVID-19 herbal tea for public ... Read more

The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has advised the new students of the Distance Learning Institute to uphold the academic and moral standards of the institution. Ogundipe gave the advice during the matriculation ceremony of the DLI which took place at the Nurudeen Alao Auditorium of the university on ... Read more

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, has threatened that the government will not hesitate to shut down orientation camps of the National Youth Service Corps in any state where the guidelines designed to curtail the spread of COVID-19 are being flouted. He however said his visits to camps across the country so far showed ... Read more

The Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim, has urged corps member not to wait for white-collar jobs. He gave the advice on Monday while addressing the 2020 Batch ‘B’ corps members deployed to the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. The Director-General who spoke at the FCT Orientation ... Read more

THE National Examinations Council, NECO, has announced a new date for commencement of its 2020 Senior Schools Certificate Examinations, SSCE (external). The examinations body, in a statement, Tuesday morning by its Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, announced Monday, February 8, 2021 as the commencement date. ... Read more