Inter-Campus Quiz: Edo Govt Pledges Support for NANS
In a significant show of solidarity with the student community, the Edo State Government has thrown its weight behind the upcoming One-Day Symposium and Inter-School Quiz Competition being organized by the Joint Campus Council (JCC) of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Edo State Axis. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Dr. Paddy Iyamu, gave the assurance last Friday, when...
Previous Government Responsible For ASUU Strike – Education Minister
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has blamed a previous administration for the continuous strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Although Adamu was not specific on which administration he was referring to, he said that that government shouldn’t have entered into an agreement with ASUU to pay them N1.3trilion when it knew it couldn’t pay it. He said...
Ray Of Hope As ASUU Meets With FG Today
There seems to be a ray of hope in the ongoing strike as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is scheduled to meet with Federal Government representatives on Tuesday. President of ASUU, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, who disclosed this on Monday while speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today monitored by ABN TV, said the meeting was to discuss one of...
Appeal Court Orders ASUU To Resume Academic Activities
The Court of Appeal, Abuja, has ordered members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resume work with immediate effect. The appellate court gave the order in a ruling on an application by the ASUU seeking permission for it to appeal against the order of the National Industrial Court which asked the striking lecturers to resume duty. The Court...
UNILAG, UI Among Top 10 Best Varsities In Africa
The Times Higher Education has released the 2023 World University rankings across 104 countries and regions. Ten African universities have been ranked top in the 2023 list. The University of Cape Town ranks number one in the list of African best universities while Stellenbosch University and the University of Witwatersrand rank second and third respectively. University of Ibadan comes seventh in Africa while the...
Michael Okpara University Gets New VC
A new Vice Chancellor for Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU) has been unveiled, ABN TV reports. Prof. Maduebibisi Ofo Iwe has emerged as the Vice-Chancellor of Micheal Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU) in Abia State. ABN TV reports that he was on Wednesday unveiled as the 6th Vice-Chancellor of the University. READ ALSO: FG To Block All Sim Cards...
Private Schools Are Recruiting Our Lecturers, ASUU President Cries Out
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof Biodun Ogunyemi, on Thursday, says the union is losing its members to private universities due to the inability of the Federal Government to meet its demands. Ogunyemi, who spoke while featuring on a television programme in Abuja today monitored by The PUNCH, also said the government cannot threaten the university...
Minister Vows Total Revitalization Of Polytechnic Education
The Minister of Education, Tunji Alausa, has reaffirmed the federal government’s commitment to revitalizing polytechnic education through equipping all federal polytechnics to enable them produce competent graduates that could meet the demand of the Nigerian evolving economy. The minister disclosed this on Tuesday while commissioning a one-storey Lecture rooms and laboratory building and procurement of laboratory equipment at the Federal...
FG Warns Vice-Chancellors Against Reopening Universities
The Federal Ministry of Education has ordered vice-chancellors to maintain the closure of federal, state and private universities in order to keep students and university communities safe from COVID-19. ABN TV reports that the National Universities Commission gave the directive through a circular by the Director, Directorate of the Executive Secretary’s Office, Chris Maiyaki. The circular read, “Vice-chancellors will please recall...
Tinubu Authorizes Construction Of Ondo Teaching Hospital
A teaching hospital in Akure, Ondo, has been authorized by the FG to aid in the education of medical students at the Federal University of Technology Akure. President Bola Tinubu has directed the Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Prof. Mohammad Pate, to initiate the necessary arrangements for the establishment of the teaching hospital. Prof. Pate has since dispatched a...
