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Frank Ikpefan, Abuja STUDENTS of the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, United States, have deserted the Ivy League institution, following a spike in coronavirus cases on campus. They moved out on Tuesday just a week after classes began. The university, with more than 19,000 undergraduates, said 130 students and five ... Read more

A proposal law by the House of Representatives, to establish a Federal University of Technology in Asaba, Delta State, got the support of the Nigerian Universities Commission, NUC and the Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, SSANU on Thursday. The piece of legislation, entitled: “A Bill for an Act to Establish A Federal University of ... Read more

King's College, Lagos, disbursed the sum of N49.71m to four companies as payments for feeding students, who were at home during the pandemic lockdown. The payments were made in April in eight tranches to four vendors. The Civic Media Lab discovered the suspicious payments through the Open Treasury website, which is maintained by the ... Read more

By Chris Oji, Enugu, Rosemary Nwisi and Mike Odiegwu, Port Harcourt Operatives of Port Harcourt and Enugu Zonal Offices of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 11 suspects in Enugu and University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT) for their alleged involvement in internet frauds. A statement by the Head, Media Publicity ... Read more

By Kofoworola Belo-Osagie Babcock University in Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, yesterday held its maiden virtual convocation ceremony due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Its President and Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ademola Tayo, described the virtual convocation ceremony as historical and a defining moment for the institution. Speaking during the event, in ... Read more

By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo Osun State University (UNIOSUN) has said the institution’s Multidisciplinary Research Laboratory is set to begin massive test for COVID-19, Ebola, Lassa Fever and other infectious diseases. A statement by the school’s Public Relations Officer, Mr Ademola Adesoji, on Thursday stated that the Chief of Staff to ... Read more

The long-running dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government has smoldered for 11 years serving as underlying catalyst for the periodic strikes and labour squabbles that have become second nature to Nigerian tertiary institutions. These have led to a clearly dysfunctional, utterly unreliable ... Read more

Gabriel Dike The national leadership of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian (SSANU) has queried its University of Lagos (UNILAG) branch acting chairman, Mr. Olusola Sowunmi for kicking against the removal of Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as Vice Chancellor. The query signed by the SSANU National Vice President, Mr. Alfred Jimoh, gave Sowunmi 72 hours to explain why disciplinary action ... Read more

Minister of Education, Malla Adamu Adamu, has approved the appointment of Mr Obini Onuchukwu as acting Registrar of Federal Polytechnic Oko, in Orumba North Council Area of Anambra. This followed the recommendation of the Expanded Management Committee (EMC), the highest decision making body of the institution. It was unanimously made by ... Read more

Leke Baiyewu, Abuja Stakeholders in the educational sector have disagreed on the need to establish more tertiary institutions in the country. While the National Universities Commission called for more schools to accommodate the rising number of applicants, academic workers said more attention should be paid to the existing ones. The House ... Read more