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THE Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State is working hard in collaboration with the Cambridge University to develop vaccines for prevention and cure of COVID-19, the National Universities Commission has revealed. The Commission has also unveiled a compendium of ground-breaking contributions of 32 Nigerian universities to the national ... Read more

Grace Edema The West African Examinations Council Nigeria, has submitted the timetable for the conduct of West Africa Senior School Certificate Examination to the Federal Government. The Head of Public Affairs, WAEC Nigeria, Demianus Ojijeogu, made this known in a chat with our correspondent on Tuesday. He said, “It was released today ... Read more

The Police Command in Osun has warned private school owners in the state planning to reopen the school for all students, under the cover of partial reopening to exit classes for the purpose of writing examinations, to desist from such action. The police command in a statement by its Spokesperson, SP Yemisi Opalola in Osogbo on Tuesday, ... Read more

National Vice President of the National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools, NAPPS, South-South, Dr Akpeme Ochukwu, has faulted the compulsory fumigation of schools before resumption as directed by the state governments, stressing that it does not kill COVID-19. Recall that the Delta State government announced that final year students ... Read more

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC), Nigeria, has officially released its time table for the forthcoming school-based West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examinations (WASSCE), billed to commence on 17th of this month. It asked the candidates for the exam and the public to disregard any of the timetables that might be in ... Read more

Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC) Prof. Abubakar Rasheed on Tuesday announced that 32 federal, state and private universities are conducting different stages of research to tackle direct and collateral impacts of COVID-19. Prof. Rasheed, who was represented by Dr. Suleiman Yusuf, Deputy Executive Secretary, Academics, ... Read more

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has said with strict adherence to safety protocols on COVID-19, all schools in the country, including tertiary institutions, should be reopened by the Federal Government. This was contained in a press statement endorsed by the Coordinator, NANS Zone D, South-West, Comrade Kappo Samuel ... Read more

The federal government is set to communicate with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the industrial action the union embarked upon on April 9, 2020. The subject of the expected letter is to ask the striking lecturers to get ready to resume work while tabling their grievances for consideration. Unlike ... Read more

The National Association of Proprietors of Private Schools (NAPPS), Amuwo Odofin Chapter, Lagos, says its members are ready for resumption of schools for students in exit classes. NAPPS was reacting to the Federal Government’s directive that schools nationwide be reopened on Aug. 4 to give students in exit classes time to prepare for ... Read more

Authorities of the Federal University of Technology, Akure, FUTA has suspended indefinite a final year student of the Department of Food Science and Technology, Afolabi Emmanuel, for hacking the website of an online news publication, the Premium Times. A statement by the institution Deputy Director Corporate Communication, Adegbenro Adebanjo in ... Read more