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U.S. President Donald Trump wears a mask while visiting Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland, U.S., July 11, 2020. PHOTO: ReutersU.S. President Donald Trump has urged universities to keep reopening their campuses in spite of reports of COVID-19 cluster outbreaks among students across the country. “The virus is ... Read more

students…School should be opened with immediate effect — NANS urges …Reopening is not an option now — Dir of Health, KSU …This is the right time for reopening — Lecturer Arogbonlo Israel Students of Tertiary Institutions across Nigeria have been in mixed reactions over the ... Read more

Oladimeji Ramon Sacked Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Toyin Ogundipe, has dropped a lawsuit he filed at the National Industrial Court to challenge his sacking by the varsity’s Governing Council. The suit, marked NICN/LA/278/2020, had as defendants: UNILAG; the varsity’s Council; its Senate; Pro-Chancellor, Dr Wale ... Read more

Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Council of the University of Lagos, Wale Babalakin, and Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, have been directed to recuse themselves from official duties, pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel set up by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The Federal Ministry of Education ... Read more

The Yusuf Maitama Sule University, Kano on Friday released cut-off marks for admission screening exercise for the 2020/2021 academic session. The cut-off marks was released in a registration guideline signed by the Acting Registrar of the University, Mr Suleiman Saleh. Saleh advised candidates who had chosen the institution as their first ... Read more

National Universities Commission NUC)By Ikechukwu Odu The Minister of State for Education, Hon. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, on Saturday, assured Nigerian students languishing at their homes that tertiary institutions across the country will reopen very soon. Though he did not give a specific date for the re-opening, he said he would articulate the ... Read more

Professor Omololu SoyomboThe newly-appointed acting Vice-Chancellor, VC, of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Professor Omololu Soyombo, has stepped down “with immediate effect”. Recall that the governing council, led by the Pro-Chancellor, Dr. Wale Babalakin, . However, the Federal Government had wielded the big stick yesterday, Friday, ... Read more

Benjamin Babalola, 22, had a perfect score of 5.00 CGPA at the Mountain Top University, Ogun State, to emerge as the overall best student of the institution in the 2018/2019 academic session. He tells TUNDE AJAJA what motivated him as an undergraduate What fond memories of your growing up do you still have? Among many other things, I ... Read more

GRACE EDEMA Following the Federal Government’s directive on Friday that the University of Lagos Senate should nominate an acting vice-chancellor, the newly appointed acting vice-chancellor, Prof Omololu Soyombo, has stepped down. The governing council, led by pro-chancellor, Dr Wale Babalakin, had appointed Soyombo 10 days ago after it sacked ... Read more

National President ASUU, Biodun OgunyemiBy Davies Iheamnachor The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has vowed to continue the ongoing strike action until the Federal Government meets all its demands. The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Biodun Ogunyemi, who spoke at the University of Port Harcourt, weekend, during ... Read more