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Five professors, including the wife of the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, Professor Mrs Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, are in the final race to succeed Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun SAN as the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo. Other ... Read more

This is to inform the public and prospective students of the Rivers State University of Science and Technology (RSUST) that the management of the institution has extended the deadline for the 2020/2021 Post-UTME registration. According to the management, the registration has been extended to 1st March, 2021. Candidates that are yet to register or complete the registration are advised to use ... Read more

Stemming the tide of the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos State, and following the directives of the State Government that public servant on Grade levels 14 and below to work from home with effect from Monday, 21st December 2020 till Monday,4th January 2021. It should be noted that examinations earlier scheduled for Monday, 21st December 2020 and subsequent ones earlier scheduled ... Read more

The attention of the Management of the Kwara State University, Malete has been drawn to the release on social media by one Mr Akeem Saraki, an Assistant Research Fellow I in the Department of Politics and Governance, announcing the commencement of Professional Masters Programme in Peace Studies and Conflicts Resolution (MPCR) in KWASU We wish to inform the general public that there is no iota ... Read more

Eleven National Youths Service Corps (NYSC) members undergoing orientation in Taraba have tested positive for COVID-19 pandemic. Dr Innocent Vakkai, the Chairman of the COVID-19 Technical Committee in Taraba, announced this on Monday at a news conference organised by the state Ministry ... Read more

Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige said Monday that the federal government has met 98% of the demands of the striking Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, assuring Nigerians that the nation’s universities are likely to reopen by January next year. Addressing reporters at Alor in Idemili North local government ... Read more

Following the second wave of COVID-19 in country, the Presidential Task Force on the pandemic has come up with new measures to check the spread including closure of all schools in the country until January 18, 2021. The government also ordered all federal civil servants on Grade Levels 12 and below to stay at home for the next five weeks effective from this week. Announcing these at a ... Read more

Professor OÅ‚uwatoyin Temitayo OgundipeBy Adesina Wahab The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said the university lost about £40 million in research grants by faculty members during the crisis that engulfed the institution from August to November this year. He stated this on Monday during ... Read more

VICE Chancellor of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has expressed fears that universities will not be able to afford electricity bill next year. Ogundipe spoke on Monday in Lagos while addressing reporters on the status of the Energising Education Programme (EEP) which is meant to provide the institution with ... Read more

ACADEMIC activities in public varsities will resume next month, Labour and Employment Minister Dr. Chris Ngige has assured. His assurance followed the outcome of the Federal Government negotiation with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at last Thursday’s parley. According to the minister, parties will be ... Read more