FG Shortlists 8,000 Nigerians For Overseas Scholarships
The Federal Government has shortlisted about 8,800 applicants from among 26,000 that applied for its overseas scholarship programme. The Manager, Overseas Scholarship Scheme at Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), Bello Mustapha, stated this...
ASUU Strike: Ogun Students Shut Down Benin-Ore Highway
Students protesting the lingering strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, on Monday, have reportedly blocked the Sagamu-Benin-Ore highway. The students on a joint protest are from Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago Iwoye; Tai Solarin...
JAMB Announces How To Check 2022 UTME Results
Joint Admissions and Matriculations Board released the results of the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination on Saturday. Head, Public Affairs and Protocol in JAMB, Dr. Fabian Benjamin, advised candidates to send UTMERESULT in one word to 55...
Strike: Soldiers Attempt Running Over Protesters In Ibadan
Students protesting against strike action of the Academic Staff Union Universities on Friday, in Ibadan, had a face-off with a team of the Nigerian Army who, in a bid to force their way through blockage by the students, almost ran them over with thei...
ASUU Strike, Insecurity, Threats To 2023 Elections – Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room
A coalition of over 80 human rights organisations under the aegis of the Nigerian Civil Society Situation Room, on Thursday, raised the alarm that unresolved issues in the areas of security, economy, transportation, and education may constitute a ser...
Consider Students, Buhari Begs ASUU To Call Strike Off
President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to call off their strike in the interest of students. The President made the appeal at the 19th National Productivity Day Celebration and Conferment...
ASUU Strike: Protesting OAU Students Shut Down Ife-Ibadan Road
Students of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, have, on Thursday, taken to the Ife-Ibadan express road as they protest school closure resulting from the ongoing strike action of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The students who...
Group Demands Ministers’ Removal Over ASUU Strike
The Peoples Democratic Party National Youth Movement has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to sack some of his cabinet members including the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, and the Minister of Labour and Employment,...
ASUP Declares 2-Week Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP has said it will commence a two-week strike from May 16, 2022. ASUP, in a statement released on Wednesday, said it took the decision after an emergency National Executive Council meeting held on Wednesda...
Why We Have Not Released UTME Results – JAMB
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board had yet to commence releasing the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination because of some internal appraisal, its Registrar/Chief Executive, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, said on Tuesday. According to him, JAMB ...