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The Cross River State Government has closed down her University, University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) indefinitely. This was announced by the Permanent Secretary, Special Services, Governor’s Office, Dr A.A. Mboto in a public announcement sent to media houses. Dr Mboto said, “This is to inform the general public that the Cross ... Read more

Men of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two persons, Tunji Lawal and lkechukwu Oguawai, for allegedly leading an attack on the Amuwo Odofin Senior Grammar School in the Agboju area of the state. PUNCH Metro gathered that some students were sitting their common entrance examination in the school on Saturday when members of the ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called on the Federal Government to resolve outstanding issues before the suspension of its 10-month strike to guarantee peace in universities. The union said that the government was indebted to many of its members in different universities, with between three and 14 months arrears being ... Read more

Some students of the University of Lagos, Akoka, have complained over their inability to access online lectures while residing on campus. The students who spoke to with The PUNCH on condition of anonymity were mostly 100-level students in the Faculty of Science. They said their classes were above the 300 capacity required for a zoom ... Read more

A nursing school, Ezeala College of Nursing, has opened for admission in Umuseke-Okwudor, in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. According to the institution’s registrar, Austin Igbojekwe, the college is among the few nursing schools in the country with dual accreditation which it secured within two years. “We realise ... Read more

A 400-level student in the Department of Political Science, Bayero University Kano, on Tuesday, died in the Ramat Hall female students’ hostel. The victim, identified as Mercy Sunday, according to The PUNCH findings, was said to have died following a fever attack, coupled with vomiting. According to the deceased’s roommate who ... Read more

The new President and Chairman of the Governing Council, Chartered Institute of Personnel Management, Mr Olusegun Mojeed, has said the institute will contribute its quota to the effort to review the labour law. He said this while disclosing his vision for the institute during a press briefing in Lagos. Mojeed stated, “CIPM is the ... Read more

The Kaduna State University, on Tuesday, suspended academic activities for its undergraduate students indefinitely. KASU Registrar, Samuel Manshop, disclosed this in a statement in Kaduna. Manshop, who did not give reasons for the suspension, however, said academic activities would continue for postgraduate programmes, college of medicine, ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUP) has suspended its indefinite strike which lasted over 65 days. DAILY POST recalls that ASUP had on April 6, commenced an indefinite strike to demand the implementation of a new salary scheme for polytechnic lecturers across the country. Despite the efforts of the Federal Government to return the ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) may conduct a second 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination for candidates with genuine registration challenges. The Registrar, Prof. Is-haq Oloyede spoke on Wednesday, in Lagos while monitoring profiling of the candidates. Oloyede said 17,758 candidates with challenges have been ... Read more