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By Elizabbeth Osayande “We want to appeal to landlords to be considerate at a time like this. Please don’t send teachers in private schools out.” That was the message recently posted by the Founder, Concerned Parents Educators, CPE, Mrs Yinka Ogunde, on the Facebook wall of the organization. ... Read more

By Damola Kola-Dare The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has said it supports the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in its negotiations with Federal Government regarding the ongoing strike. NANS President Danielson Akpan told The Nation that ASUU embarked on an indefinite strike not only because of the Integrated ... Read more

THE Sultan of Sokoto and president-general, Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar, has expressed satisfaction with the ongoing transformation of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board as part of measures to strengthen quality education in the country. The monarch spoke when ... Read more

The University of Ibadan (UI), Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo and the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have been ranked first, second and third in that order in Nigeria by the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Ranking in its latest report released on Wednesday. Covenant University, Ota; the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and ... Read more

By Adesina Wahab The Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN, on Thursday appeared before the Prof. Tukur Sa’ad-led Visitation Panel set up by the Federal Government to look into the affairs of the institution from 2017 till date. ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Owerri zone, has urged the federal government to expedite action to deploy the University Transparency, Accountability Solution, UTAS, over the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS, to resolve the issue of irregularity of salary payments among university staff. ... Read more

The National Examinations Council, NECO, has asked schools whose students are unable to register for the ongoing Basic Education Certificate Examination, BECE, not to blame it for the situation. The examination body explained in a statement by its Head of Information and Public Relations, ... Read more

THE Federal Government on Wednesday said it has yet to conclude the selection process for the 2020 scholarship awards to candidates under the Bilateral Education Agreement (BEA), describing the award list circulating in a section of the media as fake. Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr Ben Bem Goong, in a statement in Abuja said the ... Read more

Hammed Shittu in Ilorin The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin, Prof. Moyosore Ajao, has said that no lecturer in the nation’s universities earn $1,000 per month, which is equivalent to an N450,000 per month as salary in the country. Speaking on the state of the nation, Ajao said that ... Read more

The Students’ Union Government of Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, has condemned the increase in the pump price of Premium Motor Spirit from N148 to N151.56k per litre. The Petroleum Product Marketing Company on Wednesday announced that the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation retail outlets would now ... Read more