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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said universities in the country will not reopen until the Federal Government plays its part of the agreement it had with the union, Daily Times gathered. ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, stated this while speaking at a town hall meeting at the African Hall, the University of Ilorin. Ogunyemi insisted that unless the federal ... Read more

The management of Babcock University Ilishan-Remo, Ogun state has confirmed that students resuming for the first semester of the 2020/2021 academic session must pay #25,000 for a COVID-19 test. According to reports, the university explained that it could not afford to toy with the lives of its staff and students on the school premises. Daily Times Nigeria gathered that the Director of ... Read more

The Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN) has said that there are no Christian Religious Knowledge, (CRK) teachers in Niger State schools. The Niger state CAN Chairman, Reverend Mathias Echioda, after the inaugural meeting of the Christian Teachers’ Forum in Minna, told newsmen that teaching of CRK has become a problem in the institutions of learning at both primary and secondary ... Read more

Tens of thousands of students in Pakistan returned to educational institutions after a six-month break, as its new coronavirus cases decline. Tens of thousands of students in Pakistan returned to educational institutions on Tuesday after a six-month break, as the country’s new coronavirus caseload continues to decline. Universities and colleges reopened and school classes for the ... Read more

Femi Adeyeye, a student of the University of Lagos, who is currently on indefinite suspension, has appealed to the visiting panel constituted by the Nigerian Government to order his reinstatement to the university. Adeyeye, who was rusticated for three semesters in July 2016, was to resume in the second semester of the 2017/2018 academic ... Read more

A total of 1,785 successful graduates of the Nigerian Law School were on Tuesday called to the Nigerian Bar. They emerged successful at the January Bar Examination, just as a total of 736 were said to have failed the exams. Giving a breakdown of the result at the Call to Bar ceremony held at the Eagle Square, Abuja, the Director General, Nigerian Law School, Prof. Isa Hayatu (SAN), stated ... Read more

Africa Initiative for Governance (AIG), a not-for-profit organisation founded to inspire the transformation of Africa’s public sector, has announced the recipients of the 2020/2021 round of its scholarships for young, outstanding West Africans with a passion for public service. In a statement issued yesterday by the organisation in Lagos, Founder and Chairman of AIG, Mr. Aigboje ... Read more

Oyo State governor, Mr Seyi Makinde has approved the reopening of all tertiary institutions in the state for regular academic activities from September 28. State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Mr Olasunkanmi Olaleye conveyed this approval in a statement issued on Tuesday. The statement, however, tasked academic boards and ... Read more

The various staff unions in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka and other stakeholders including parents of students of the university are all at the moment awaiting the outcome of the visitation panel sent to the school by President Muhammadu Buhari to investigate all issues causing crisis there with a view to restoring permanent stability in the system. The panel headed by Professor ... Read more

It’s back to school for children in Tunisia on September 15, following the approval of the health protocol by the Tunisian scientific committee for the fight against coronavirus. The committee called for the application of social distancing between pupils and the mandatory ... Read more