Category: Education

The Academic Staff Union of Universities said it has not suspended its ongoing nine-month-old strike. Dr. Lazarus Maigoro, Chairman of the University of Jos Chapter of ASUU disclosed this in … Read More

Oyo state government on Thursday disclosed that it has started the payment of N500,000 bursary to each of the 233 indigenes of the state in the Nigerian Law School for … Read More

The new President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Sunday Asefon, has vowed to shut down all private universities in the country should the nine-month strike embarked on by … Read More

The management of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), LAUTECH chapter are currently at loggerheads over resumption date for students.  … Read More

Labour and Employment Minister Chris Ngige has said the Federal Government did not promise to pay striking Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members before they return to the classroom. … Read More

Kwara state Governor, Abdulrahman Abdulrasaq has approved the appointment of a new chairman and board members of Kwara State college of Education, Oro Governing council. This was disclosed Tuesday, Dec … Read More

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has expressed displeasure over the ongoing strike by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. He described as “amazing” the failure of … Read More

The Federal Government has lamented the low enrollment of students into technical and vocational education courses despite the rising unemployment in the country. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said it … Read More

Few weeks after the dissolution of the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, the government of the State of Osun has announced that the former LAUTECH teaching … Read More

The newly-elected Senate President of the National Association of Nigerian Students, Innocent Okafor, says the new NANS officials will ensure non-disruption of academic activities in tertiary institutions in the country. … Read More

SIR: As students of public universities expect positive outcome from the second consultation of the various chapters of the Academic Union of Universities, ASUU, to review the ongoing industrial action, I … Read More

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday inaugurated a committee to renegotiate the agreements it had with University-based unions since 1999. Mouthpiece NGR learnt understands that the decision by the FG was … Read More

The Federal Government on Wednesday inaugurated a committee to renegotiate the agreements it had with University-based unions since 1999. The decision was said to have been sequel to controversies that … Read More

A staff of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, LAUTECH, Ogbomoso, Comrade Olagbemiro Joshua Olayemi popularly known as Mandella has appealed to Governor Seyi Makinde to consider Igbope in his … Read More

The Senate of the University of Ibadan on Monday elected Prof. Adebola Babatunde Ekanola the new Acting Vice-Chancellor of the university. Before now Ekanola is the current Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Academics. … Read More

The Academic Staff Union of Universities has agreed to call of its eight-month strike which has grounded academic activities in the public universities. The union leadership reached the consensus during … Read More

The federal government on Friday continued negotiations with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to put an end to the eight-month-old strike action. ASUU embarked on a nationwide strike … Read More

The Oyo state Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Barr. Olasunkanmi Olaleye has disclosed that incessant funding of the University is one of the government’s commitments to restore past glory … Read More

THE Chairman, Osun State Committee on Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) ownership crisis, Emeritus Professor Olu Aina, has said financial compensation was not a priority in the division of … Read More