ASUU Accuses FG Of Setting Up Mushroom Universities With No Funding Plans
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Sunday accused the Federal Government of establishing “mushroom” varsities with no funding options. The union also noted that the universities have now become crisis centers with little to no hope of management. FG plans to establish no fewer than 32 federal universities, polytechnics, and colleges of education across the country. The issue of the proliferation...
UI, UNN, Others Make List Of Global Varsity Ranking
According to the Centre for World University Rankings, the University of Ibadan, the University of Nigeria, the University of Lagos, and Ahmadu Bello University are among the best universities in the world. According to the list released on the global organization's website on Monday, a total of 20,531 universities were ranked, with 2,000 reaching the global list. Unibadan was ranked #1...
ASUU Extends Strike For Two Months
Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its warning strike for another two months. The decision to extend the strike was taken at the union’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja last night. Although the union has not made any public statement regarding the outcome of the meeting, a source told Vanguard that members resolved at the meeting...
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...
I’m Not Aware Of Two Weeks Order From Buhari To Resolve ASUU Strike — Adamu
In the face of lingering industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, has denied getting a directive from President Muhammadu Buhari to resolve the protracted strike in two weeks. During the weekly Ministerial Briefing on Thursday in Abuja, the minister told State House Correspondents that the President instead told him to...
Poor Management: Handover Abia College Of Education To FG Now, Sen. Kalu Tells Ikpeazu
*Concentrate on bad federal roads in your constituency — Abia govt fires back Senator representing Abia North, Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu has appealed to the state governor, Dr Okezie Ikpeazu to handover the State College of Education located in Arochukwu to the federal government, citing poor management. Kalu, a former governor of the state made this call last week shortly after...
FG, ASUU Agree To Renegotiate Revitalisation Fund For Universities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has agreed to renegotiate its initial agreement with the Federal Government on the revitalisation of universities. The agreement was reached at a meeting with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila at the National Assembly, on Thursday. The Minister of Finance, Zainab Ahmed and Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, were...
We Can’t Resume On Empty Stomach – ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has disclosed that they cannot go back to the classroom on an empty stomach insisting that the Federal Government should adopt its recently invented payment system for Universities, “University Transparency and Accountability Solution”, UTAS as an alternative to IPPIS. ASUU also maintained that the Federal government payment system IPPIS, which was made...
Governor Otti Fulfills Promise, Donates 2 New Buses To School For The Blind Umuahia (Photos)
In a heartwarming fulfillment of his promise, Governor Alex C. Otti has donated two brand new buses to the School for the Blind in Umuahia, Abia State. This gesture comes just weeks after the Governor's emotional encounter with the students during the Children's Day celebration on May 27. During the event, the Governor was moved to tears by the students'...
EFCC Injects N50bn Recovered Fund To Support Student Loan Scheme
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released the sum of N50 billion to the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) from recovered assets to support the student loan scheme. This was disclosed by the anti-graft agency on Tuesday, when the Fund’s Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Akintunde Sawyerr, led his management team on a courtesy visit to...
