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The Yaba College of Technology has emerged as the best polytechnic in Nigeria for the second time in the Webometrics ranking released in July. Media Relations Officer of the institution, Mr Felix Alade, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. The statement said the ranking was based on web contents impact, top-cited researchers and ... Read more

President Muhammadu Buhari has pledged to increase the budget for Nigeria’s education sector by 50 percent over the next two years. Buhari and other leaders signed a form of commitment on Wednesday at the meeting in London, United Kingdom. The document was titled ‘Heads Of State Call To Action On Education Financing Ahead Of ... Read more

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has rescheduled examination for more than 18,000 candidates who experienced biometric verification challenges and those who genuinely missed the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination as a result of a clash with this year’s National Business and Technical Examinations Board ... Read more

THE Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has thrown the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Akoka, Yaba, Lagos into darkness over unpaid debt of about N200 million it billed the university for electricity consumption. The university authorities, however, told Sunday Tribune that the institution has dutifully never failed to settle its ... Read more

Delegations from the Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities are expected to meet on Monday in a bid to avert a fresh strike. The PUNCH had reported that chairmen of ASUU branches had expressed readiness to commence a fresh strike over the non-implementation of their agreement with FG on IPPIS. One of them, Chairman, ... Read more

Sunday Asefon, President, National Association of Nigerian Students has appealed to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities, ASUU, to find a common ground in the interest of the future of the students in order to avert industrial action. The President of NANS lamented that another strike coming on the ... Read more

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says late registration of candidates by schools for its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) would no longer be allowed, beginning from 2022. The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) ... Read more

Lecturers of the Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, OAUSTECH, Okitipupa, Ondo State on Friday embarked on indefinite strike. The lecturers under the aegis of Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, said the industrial action became expedient in to press home their demands from the management of the institution. In a ... Read more

By Frank Ikpefan, Abuja Minister of Labour and Employment Chris Ngige has said the Federal Government will release N30 billion as revitalisation fund to universities next week. The government explained the money, which was paid in January, is still with the Central Bank of Nigeria pending conclusion of the audit report of the Implementation ... Read more

From Paul Osuyi, Asaba The Tertiary Education Fund (TETFund) on Monday said about N300 billion has been set aside in its budget this year for the training of academic staff across 226 tertiary institutions. Chairman, Board of Trustees of TETFund, Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, disclosed this in Asaba at an audit and accounts reconciliatory ... Read more