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THE Federal Government has said that it will continue to engage striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ahead of reopening of universities and other tertiary institutions. ASUU has been on strike since March, 2020 over lingering issues including an attempt to force the lecturers to enrol on the Federal Government ... Read more

Tragedy struck in Tai College of Education (TASCE), Omu-Ijebu, Ogun State when one of its Mr. Oladeji of the Fine Arts School of Vocational and Technical Education, reportedly slumped and died at Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Idi-Aba, Abeokuta, the state capital. His colleagues who did not want their names in print however blamed the ... Read more

Friday Olokor, Samson Folarin and Grace Edema Some representatives of the Senate of the University of Lagos on Friday visited the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to seek his intervention in what they described as the illegal removal of the varsity’s Vice-Chancellor, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. The UNILAG Senate members, who ... Read more

Wale Babalakin, the Pro-chancellor of the , Akoka, has said the removal of Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as the Vice-Chancellor of the institution was due to gross misappropriation of funds and reckless looting of resources. Mr Babalakin said this Friday while addressing journalists at the Muritala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja. PREMIUM TIMES earlier how ... Read more

MORE top officials of the embattled University of Lagos (UNILAG) are to be axed for alleged financial recklessness and mismanagement which consumed the institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe on Wednesday, the Governing Council, disclosed on Friday. The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Council, Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN, ... Read more

VC’s removal followed due process, says GC chairman It’s Ogundipe or nobody else, ASUU vows Removal was a hatchet job, claims Committee of VCs Soyombo assumes duties Tension remained high in the air at the University of Lagos yesterday after the institution’s chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) vowed ... Read more

The Kogi State Polytechnic has expelled 25 students for their involvement in various forms of examination malpractice. The institution disclosed this in a statement issued to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) by Mrs Uredo Omale, its Head, Public Relations and Protocol Unit, on Saturday in Lokoja. Omale said the decision was taken at the meeting ... Read more

The NYSC in Katsina state Katsina state have commenced the fumigation and rehabilitation of the camp located at Mani road, Katsina, as directed by the National headquarters of the scheme. The Branch Coordinator, Alhaji Ahidjo Yahaya told the Nation, that the renovation exercise was to position the camp for any eventual reopening. The ... Read more

Related News The Alumni association of the (UNILAG) has faulted the removal of the embattled Vice Chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, declaring that the Governing Council of the institution did not follow due process. In a statement Saturday signed by its president, John Momoh, at the end of a meeting which held on Friday, August 14, and ... Read more

The parents of students of University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka, have thrown their weight behind Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, saying he remains the recognised vice-chancellor of the university. They said they were against the action of the governing council, especially its chairman, Dr Wale Babalakin, for purportedly terminating the appointment ... Read more