With the postponement of the governorship and state assembly elections to March 18, several universities have extended their resumption dates for academic activities. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had announced a one-week delay of the elections earlier scheduled for March 11 for reconfiguration of the Bimodal Voter Accreditation System (BVAS) machines used […]
The National Industrial Court on Tuesday adjourned the Federal government suit against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) until March 28 for ruling. The claimants, Federal government and the Minister of Education, had dragged ASUU before the court in August 2022 over the then strike, for interpretation and application of some Trade Dispute […]
FIFTEEN persons have been arrested in connection with various forms of irregularities in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, which revealed this yesterday, also said 1.6 million candidates registered to sit for its 2023 UTME. JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, who disclosed this at the end […]
The West African Examinations Council has announced the release of the 2022 West African Senior School Certificate Examination results, second series, for private candidates, noting that 30,954 candidates, or 42.16%, “obtained credit and above in a minimum of five subjects, including English Language and Mathematics.” The WASSCE 2022 second series for private candidates was […]
The National Examinations Council (NECO) has released the 2022 November/ December Senior School Certificate of Examination (SSCE) results, with 57% of candidates scoring five credits and above. The Registrar and Chief Executive, Professor Dantani Wushishi, made the official announcement of the results at the NECO headquarters in Minna on Thursday, saying that a total […]
Following the Central Bank of Nigeria’s naira redesign policy, the Academic Staff Union of Universities has described politicians in the country as “selfish, unpatriotic and self-renting.” In a statement signed by the national president of the union, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, the union noted that, “Nigerians are gasping for breath under the suffocating atmosphere created […]
The National Executive Council of the Academic Staff Union of Universities is planning to meet soon to discuss the withheld eight-month salary arrears of their members, Saturday PUNCH has reliably learnt. Although the date for the meeting has not been decided by the National Executive Council of the union, ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says it would not extend deadline for the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) registration. According to NAN, Ishaq Oloyede, JAMB registrar, gave the warning after monitoring the registration exercise in Kano state on Wednesday. Registration for this year’s UTME started on January 14 and is scheduled […]
The Congress of University Academics (CONUA) has appealed to the Federal Government to pay the withheld salaries of its members and those of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) who embarked on strike last year. CONUA National President, Niyi Sunmonu made this known when he addressed journalists shortly after the maiden National Executive […]
The Federal Government has concluded the registration process of Congress of University Academics (CONUA). The minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, who disclosed this to journalists shortly after a closed-door meeting with the leadership of CONUA led by its President, ‘Niyi Sunmonu, also warned the union not to “behave like the Academic Staff […]
