ASUP plans to embark on strike
The polytechnic lecturers in the country have resolved to down tools any moment from now should the Federal Government not act fast in releasing the agreed N15 billion as revitalisation…
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- Education , International
- October 7, 2021
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Tanzanian citizen wins Nobel Prize for Literature, second Black African winner after Soyinka
Tanzanian novelist, Abdulrazak Gurnah, has said it is “brilliant and wonderful” to be awarded the 2021 Nobel Prize for Literature. The Swedish Academy praised Gurnah for for his “uncompromising and…
Teachers threaten strike over minimum wage
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has deplored the non-payment of the basic salary by some state governments since the National Minimum Wage Act was signed into law in 2018.…
BREAKING: Undergraduates studying education in public varsities to get N75K per semester
The Federal Government has approved the sum of N75,000 as a stipend per semester for students undergoing degree programmes in Education in public universities in Nigeria, The Punch is reporting.…
Tuition hike: UNIBEN students protest
Students of the University of Benin [UNIBEN] have kicked against the new hike in tuition fees after the management of the institution insensitively hiked fees twice in one session in…
Abia university mgt denies 3 of its lecturers die same day, threatens legal action
The Management of the Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, has cleared the air over the reported death of its three lecturers in one day, saying they did not die in…
- Education , International
- September 12, 2021
- 258 views
Taliban Will Allow Women At Universities, But Mixed Classes Banned
Afghan women will be allowed to attend university as long as they study separately from men, the Taliban’s new higher education minister said Sunday. Women’s rights in Afghanistan were sharply…
We don’t want to go on strike, ASUU tells FG
that it does not want to embark on another indefinite strike action that would leave students stranded, regretting that the government was compelling the union to go on strike. The…
Another ASUU Strike Looms As Union Accuses FG Of Failed Promises
Barely nine months after calling off its last strike action, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the federal government of defaulting on the December 2020 Memorandum of…
Stop giving preferential scores to Northern students, el-Rufai tells JAMB
Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai, has urged the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board to stop giving “preferential scores” to students in Northern Nigeria who sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation…
Full list: LASU drops, UNILAG rises in World University Rankings 2022
The University of Ibadan maintained its top spot in the 2022 Times Higher Education World University Rankings. However, the University of Lagos moved a step ahead to rank second in…
Teenager Who Filed N1bn Suit Against JAMB Handed Over To Police
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has handed over a 19-year-old candidate in the 2021 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, Chinedu Ifesinachi John, to the Police for investigation. John claimed he…
Varsity don threatens court action over defamatory publication, says, ‘my certificates are verified, valid’
A former departmental head in the Imo State University, Owerri (IMSU), Engr. Dr. Michael Anumaka has petitioned the Editor-in-Chief of the Punch Nigeria Limited, Mr. Ademola Osinubi over a news…
JAMB cancels general cut-off marks
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, on Tuesday, cancelled general cut-off marks for admission into tertiary institutions and gave schools the freedom to set their individual minimum benchmarks for admission.…
Blame State Govts, Not FG For Nigeria’s Education Woes – Osinbajo
Vice President Prof Yemi Osinbajo has said that the state governments should be blamed for problems associated with Nigeria’s education sector, especially primary and secondary education. He said the large…
