EXTRA: It’ll Take 120 Yrs To Meet Nigeria’s Demand For Medical Doctors, says Education minister
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, at the weekend, said it would take Nigeria 120 years to attain medical doctors’ sufficiency if all practitioners remain in the country. Adamu…
Stop Turning Establishment Of Universities Into Constituency Projects, ASUU Tells FG, States
(ASUU) has again cautioned both the federal and state governments to stop establishing new public universities in the country, saying there is no need for such at both the present…
NUT Says 800 Teachers Killed, Threatens To Withdraw Those In Banditry-Prone Areas
The Nigerian Union of Teachers (NUT) has decried growing security challenges in the country, claiming the union has lost at least 800 of its members to the insurgency which has…
Academic Allowances: Two weeks after, govt yet to pay controversial N22.1bn allowance
Two weeks after the federal government promised to pay N22.1 billon Earned Academic Allowances to workers in federal universities, the pledge has not been fulfilled, investigation by the Vanguard has…
UNICAL removes HOD over alleged extortion of students
The Management of the University of Calabar, UNICAL, Friday announced the removal of the Head of Department of Computer Science, Professor Obeten Ekabua, over a report of alleged extortion and…
Scrap JAMB Now, It Has Lost Its Relevance, Educationist Tells FG
An educationist, Dr. Oluwatosin Adebayo has on Friday called for the scrapping of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) entrance examination for prospective students seeking admission into tertiary institutions…
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ICPC, DSS arrest 48 lecturers, security officers, others for exam malpractices
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission and the Department of State Services have arrested 48 individuals for alleged irregularities in the conduct of the Joint Universities Preliminary…
ASUU, SSANU in war of words over N22.1bn allowance
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, are now at each other’s throats over how to disburse the N22.1 billion Earned…
Outrage trails video of pupils singing National Anthem in flooded Lagos school
Concerned Nigerians have expressed sadness and condemnation over a video that went viral on social media showing pupils of a yet-to-be named school in Lagos observing the daily morning assembly…
Northern States Owe NECO N2.8bn In Unpaid Examination Fees, Says Registrar
Examinations Council NECO to the tune of N 2.8 billion, Prof. Dantani Wushishi, Registrar and Chief Executive, NECO, has said. “State governments offer to pay examination fees for candidates from…
ASUU rejected planned N1m undergraduate school fees, says Osodeke
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Emmanuel Osodeke, has revealed how the union, during its last negotiations, rejected Federal Government’s plan to increase school fees of…
NECO releases 2021 examination results
The National Examination Council on Friday announced the release of the results of the Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination conducted nationwide in July. NECO Registrar and Chief Executive Officer, Dantali…
Protest as three Lokoja varsity students die within 72 hours
Students of the Federal University Lokoja, Kogi State, on Friday protested over the death of three colleagues within the spate of 72 hours. It was further learnt that one of…
Fresh strike looms in Nigeria Varsities as SSANU, NASU give FG 2-weeks ultimatum
Academic activities in Universities and Inter-University Centres in Nigeria may once again be put on a hold, following a disagreement between various unions over the sharing formula of the just-approved…
Tension in varsities over sharing formula of N22.1bn Earned Allowances
FRESH tension is looming in the nation’s universities and inter-university centres over the sharing formula of the just approved N22.127 billion for payment of Earned Allowances for the university staff.…
