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By Joseph Erunke AS government prepares to reopen schools in the country, there are indications that colleges of education may not reopen soon. The indication came following a directive by the College of Education Academic Staff Union, COEASU, Thursday that lecturers begin preparation for a possible strike which it explained, was meant to ... Read more

Kayode Oyero The Federal Government says state governments and school administrators should start making preparations for the full reopening of schools in the country. The PUNCH had earlier reported that schools in the country had been shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. However, the Federal ... Read more

Kayode Oyero The Federal Government says the National Youth Service Corps should start making preparations to reopen its orientation camps nationwide. Orientation camps across the country had been shut in March as part of measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease. But speaking on Thursday, the National Coordinator of the ... Read more

Why we allowed Babalakin into campus ― ASUU NAAT: We are neutral By Adesina Wahab After about six months when he was on the campus by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Dr Wale Babalakin, SAN, on Thursday came on campus to appear before ... Read more

No fewer than 9,246 teachers have failed the Professional Qualifying Examination organised by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria held in July. The Registrar/Chief Executive of TRCN, Prof. Olusegun Ajiboye, said 28,094 (75 per cent) of the candidates recorded pass in the examination which witnessed the participation of teachers from ... Read more

The Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID-19 has directed all schools across Nigeria and the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to begin preparations to resume activities within the next 30 days. The directive came just as President Muhammadu Buhari approved the commencement of the third phase of the gradual easing of the lockdown ... Read more

The Sokoto State zonal chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has kicked against the calls for the reopening of Nigerian universities by some stakeholders in the country. The union, citing the COVID-19 pandemic and poor funding from the federal government, insisted that the universities are not safe for reopening. ... Read more

From Rasaq Ibrahim, Ado-Ekiti Founder of Afe Babalola University in Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), has advised private universities in the country to adopt modern curricular to meet up with current and emerging realities. This, he said, attracts lecturers from the global community, strengthens their network with other universities ... Read more

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sokoto Zone, has called on the National Universities Commission (NUC), to investigate alleged frauds by Vice-Chancellors (VCs) of some universities across the country. The ASUU Coordinator of the zone, Malam Jamilu Shehu, in a statement in ... Read more

The Adamawa College of Nursing and Midwifery has increased student enrolment by 100 per cent, up from 235. The aim is to address clinical manpower shortage in many of the state’s health facilities. The Acting Provost of the college, Mrs Lami Aminu, made this known in an interview with ... Read more