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AUTHORITIES of the Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, have said they are aware of the directive by the state government for tertiary institutions in the state to resume from September 21, 2020, but that students should wait for a formal announcement from the school before returning to the campus. A statement by the ... Read more

The Oyo State government, on Monday, announced September 21 as the beginning of the 2020/2021 academic session for primary and secondary schools in the state. It will be recalled that the new calendar was approved on July 21 at a meeting of the State Executive Council, to guide resumption of schools and other associated educational ... Read more

Gabriel Dike Resumption of four Lagos State tertiary institutions were on Monday disrupted by strike embarked on by academic and non-teaching staff of the institutions over non-payment of new minimum wage by the state government. Staff union of the state-owned tertiary institutions kept to their threat of embarking on an industrial action to press home the payment of the new minimum wage by ... Read more

Nigerian have reacted to the allegations by the Academic Staff Union of Unions that the Federal Government deliberately plans to destroy education in Nigeria. The National Chairman of ASUU Professor Biodun Oyeyemi made the remark in a meeting in Ilorin, Kwara state with stakeholders in ... Read more

BABCOCK University Ilishan-Remo has asked students resuming for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic session to come with N25,000 for a COVID-19 test. They are also to resume with their personal safety kits — including an infrared thermometer (for those that can afford them), a pack of disposable face masks or three reusable ... Read more

The Lagos State government has fixed this year’s Computer-based entrance examination dates into the state model colleges and its upgraded junior secondary schools for 26th and 30th September, and 3rd of October for handwritten in paper and pencil format. It also fixed the 2020 basic education certificate examination (BECE) for ... Read more

Operatives of the the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin zonal office, has arrested two lecturers of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa: Abdulahi Opashola and Adebisi Ademola and twenty-eight others over their alleged involvement in offences bordering on internet fraud. The twenty-eight other suspects are: ... Read more

The federal government has reminded all states of the federation to be vigilant in adhering to the safety protocols developed by the Presidential Task Force (PTF) on COVID 19 ahead of the reopening of schools this week across the country. The Chairman PTF, Mr. Boss Mustapha, made the appeal yesterday when the task force briefed the media ... Read more

In compliance with the Ogun State Government’s directive on resumption of academic activities, the Academic Board of Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta has approved Monday, September 21 as the date for the reopening of school for in-person academic activities. In the same vein, the polytechnic said the “Matriculation and Oath-Taking ... Read more

The Nigerian government has said no decision has been taken on the reopening of tertiary institutions in the country. Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, the Minister of State for Education disclosed this during the daily briefing of the Presidential Taskforce on COVID-19 in Abuja. Nwajiuba, however, said universities would need to get clearance and ... Read more