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The Ekiti State COVID-19 Taskforce has shut physical classes and laboratories of the Federal University Oye-Ekiti (FUOYE), Oye Local Government Area of the state over noncompliance with guidelines to contain the spread of the virus. The indefinite closure was attributed to the filling up of the institution’s lecture halls and laboratories ... Read more

The Federal Government has stated that the meeting it held Thursday with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non- Academic Staff Union of Universities and Allied Institutions yielded fruits. The Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, said agreements were reached by both parties with timelines, which ... Read more

Operatives of Crack Squad, Enugu State Police Command have arrested one Dr. Chigozie Odum, said to be a senior lecturer at the Archeology Department of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN). The lecturer was arrested for allegedly impregnating a student identified as Onah Chinyere and threatening her. Daily Post reported that a ... Read more

Tragedy struck on Sunday when a 400-level Mathematics student of the Federal University, Dutse, Jigawa State, Bashir Abdulalhi, reportedly committed suicide because his girlfriend, one Raf’at, jilted him. PUNCH Metro gathered that the late student, an indigene of Ungwa Uku Tarauni Local Government Area of Kano State, took the action to ... Read more

Protest rocked Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, on Wednesday, as members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU), of the institution, kicked against non-payment of their allowances. The members of the unions shut down the main gate and other entrances of the institution ... Read more

National Universities Commission NUC)The National Universities Commission, NUC, has granted approval to Atiba University, Oyo, Oyo State for the establishment of a full time mode of Law programme and 13 others in the main campus of the university located in Oyo township in Oyo State. This approval followed the successful conduct of NUC ... Read more

Kaduna State Government has approved the reopening of all schools in the state. The State Government said the second phase resumption for all schools will begin on Monday, 22nd February 2021. The State Commissioner for Education, Dr Shehu Muhammad, in a statement on Friday directed that all SS2, SS1, JSS2 in public and private secondary ... Read more

Kwara State Government yesterday ordered the closure of 10 secondary schools in Ilorin, the state capital following the protest that greeted the alleged refusal of their school authorities to allow female muslims students to use Hijab to cover their heads in their schools. The affected schools closed by the government are CS College Sabo ... Read more

Whilst the international pandemic has had a huge impact on travel and education, Nigerian students are continuing to accept places to study at the in the UK. Here are some of the reasons for this: The University of Dundee has a long history of welcoming students from NigeriaOver 2,600 African students have graduated from the University ... Read more

The 42 people abducted by bandits in Government Science College have regained freedom. The Abductees include 27 students, 3 staff and 12 members of their family. Sources said the school abductees were on their way to Minna.