President @MBuhari has approved the establishment of Federal Polytechnic Wannune, Benue, and also approved a take-off grant of N2 billion for the Polytechnic from the funding resources of the TETFund for the... Read more »
Non-academic staff of the Federal University of Technology Akure, says the ongoing protest is not targeted at crippling the education system but to demand for their rights. The unions under the umbrella... Read more »
Delta State Ministry of Technical Education has announced the date for second term resumption for all Government and private Technical Colleges in the state. According to a statement by the state Commissioner... Read more »
Members of the union were also being owed 10 months’ new minimum wage arrears and that despite the promise to clear the arrears by July last year, nothing had been done. Members... Read more »
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has opened its portal for the 2020/2021 admissions. The portal gives institutions access to upload names of shortlisted applicants for the 2020/2021 admissions. The admission... Read more »
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ebonyi State has said Governor David Umahi should be blamed for the total collapse and alleged death of the Ebonyi State University. The caretaker chairman of the... Read more »
The education sector is of tremendous importance in all levels of governance and strict attention should be paid to it. This is because the growth of any society is dependent on the... Read more »
The Enugu State Ministry of Education has announced January 18, 2021, as resumption date for all schools in the state. The decision, according to a statement by the State Commissioner for Education,... Read more »
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Chairman, Prof. Ogunyemi, did revealed during a press conference today in Abuja, that the prolonged strike was only conditionally suspended. At first, there were fears the the strike may... Read more »
The Federal Government on Monday ordered all federal civil servants on Grade Level 12 and below to stay at home for the next five weeks from Monday. The PTF on the advice... Read more »
It is no longer news that ASUU has being on strike for over 7 months, most of the lecturers’ salaries have being withheld. How are they surviving? Becomes the question of the... Read more »
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The Registrar/Chief Executive of the National Business and Technical Examinations Board (NABTEB), Prof. Ifeoma Isiugo-Abanihe, has announced the release of the results of 2020 in-school National Business Certificate (NBC) and National Technical... Read more »
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, SSANIP has fixed January 4, 2021 to begin strike over failure of IPPIS to meet the peculiarities of polytechnic staff. President of SSANIP, Adebanjo Ogunsipe... Read more »
The Federal Ministry of Education, FMOE, weekend disclosed that Benue state accounts for over 260,000 out-of-school children in Nigeria placing the state on the list of states with low school enrollment rates.... Read more »
Malam Adamu Adamu, the Minister of Education, has insisted that many Nigerian graduates can’t read or write applications. Adamu said this while lamenting the continuous fall in the standard of education in... Read more »
The Federal Government has claimed the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) had promised to call off their nine-month-old strike before Wednesday, December 9. This was contained in a statement from the... Read more »
The National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT) has warned the federal government against accepting a salary payment platform designed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) called University Transparency and Accountability... Read more »
Public universities in Nigeria will resume soon after months of strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). The federal government gave the assurance on Wednesday. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu,... Read more »
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State, has approved the appointment of Professor Onyemachi Maxwell Ogbulu as the new Vice-Chancellor of Abia State University with effect from the 1st of December, 2020. The... Read more »
A week after the Federal Government made an offer of a cumulative sum of N65 billion to members of the Academic Staff of Universities, (ASUU), both parties have returned to talks. The... Read more »
ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) branches are divided over whether to accept the Federal Government’s offer and call off their eight-month-old strike. The union will harmonise the positions of zones and... Read more »
National Coordinator, Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, Dr. Sani Aliyu, has urged schools to send pupils with respiratory symptoms consistent with Coronavirus (COVID-19) back home to reduce the risk of transmission. Aliyu... Read more »
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Saturday, declared that its members are not in a hurry to call off the prolonged industrial action. Dr Edor J. Edor, the ASUU Chairman... Read more »
Law Students Association of Nigeria has dragged the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), before the Federal High Court Abuja, challenging what it described as the incessant strikes of the union. In... Read more »
The Federal Government has offered a cumulative sum of N65 billion to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to address earned academic allowances and revitalisation of universities. Minister of Labour and... Read more »
The Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, may end strike today after eight months of ground standing should they consider the government’s new proposal. The possibility of ending the strike today Friday... Read more »
Three students from Anambra, Enugu and Lagos states got the highest scores in the National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) results released on Monday by the National Examinations Council (NECO). They are: Umeonyiagu... Read more »
A former Nigerian lawmaker, Senator Adeseye Ogunlewe has criticized the federal government for the lingering crisis with the country’s lecturers, saying the federal government isn’t serious with the education sector. Ogunlewe was... Read more »
President Muhammadu Buhari has assured that the federal government would meet all agreements with unions in the educational sector. Buhari gave the assurance while expressing concern over the lingering strike by the... Read more »
Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) has concluded plans to organise its semester examinations despite the ongoing strike action by members of the Academic Staff of Universities (ASUU). The management... Read more »
The feud between Nigeria’s federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has worsened as no date has been fixed for resumption of negotiations by the two parties. With this... Read more »
The Federal Ministry of Education has released result of the National Common Entrance Examination 2020/2021 Academic session. Presenting the result at a media briefing in Abuja on Monday, the Minister of Education,... Read more »
There were indications on Sunday that the Federal Government might adopt any payment platform developed in universities as an alternative to the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System. The spokesman for the... Read more »
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo state, (AAUA) branch, has raised the alarm over the imminent collapse of the institution due to alleged underfunding by the... Read more »
The federal government said Saturday that only professional teachers with First Class certificates will be employed beginning from next year, 2021. The government which said it would also consider people with 2.1... Read more »
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) told students to prepare for resumption next week. ASUU said this on its official Twitter page as the education body expressed hope of an agreement... Read more »
Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige on Wednesday said the Federal Government was addressing the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, holistically to ensure that all other... Read more »
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) has announced that the Post-UTME (PUTME) admission screening has been postponed to Dec. 2. Dr Benedicta Ehanire, Public Relations Officer of UNIBEN, disclosed this in a statement... Read more »
President Muhammadu Buhari, the Visitor to the University of Lagos, has approved the report of the Special Visitation Panel to the University. A statement by the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, said... Read more »
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Ibadan, on Tuesday advised its members to boycott the 2020 convocation and foundation-laying ceremonies of the premier university in view of the ongoing strike... Read more »
Rector of Kogi State Polytechnic, Lokoja said on Monday he has uncovered an examination fraud syndicate and certificate racketeers operating within and outside the campus. The Rector, Dr Salisu Usman Ogbo who... Read more »
The academic staff union of the universities, ASUU has given fresh reasons why more than seven months old strike Lingers. In a statement signed by its President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, ASUU says, Government... Read more »
The Academic Staff Union Of Universities, ASUU, Kano Zone, says, its members will never enroll into the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS platform, despite being subjected to hunger and starvation.... Read more »
The meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, over the poor funding of Universities and the controversy surrounding the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System, IPPIS,... Read more »
Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, has approved the reduction of school fees payable by students of the State owned University. A statement by the State government, says the gesture is to reduce... Read more »
The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has blamed a previous administration for being responsible for the continuous strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. Although Adamu was not specific on... Read more »
The West African Examination Council, WAEC has announced the release of the results of the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate,(WASSC) Examination. Addressing newsmen in Yaba Lagos on Monday, the Head... Read more »
Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has offered scholarship to Cajethan Goodluck Chineke, a student from Oji River Local Government Area of the state, who won the highly coveted and prestigious Bangkok... Read more »
Is WAEC result 2020 out? has been been the most popular question by pupils who took the recently concluded may june waec exam rescheduled because of the coronavirus pandemic that affected the... Read more »
About 3,300 Secondary School Teachers in Niger have indicated their interest to withdraw their membership from Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT). The teachers are drawn from over 140 schools across the three... Read more »
The Kano State Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Kiru, on Thursday, threatened to cancel the third term in the state if proprietors of private schools fail to reduce their school fees by at... Read more »
Lagos State government has approved the reopening of public and private schools across the state from Monday, November 2, 2020, while those in boarding schools are to resume on Sunday, November 1,... Read more »
The National Examination Council, NECO, has postponed indefinitely, the ongoing Senior Secondary Certificate Examinations, nationwide. This development, according to a statement by the Head, Information and Public Relations Division, Azeez Sani, is... Read more »
The Lagos State Government has announced that private and public schools remain closed in the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, announced this yesterday. He had... Read more »
The meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities deadlocked again on Wednesday, following the disagreement over the payment platform that would be used in disbursing the salary... Read more »
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has challenged the Federal Government to tell Nigerians why it prefers to spend money on enrolling workers on the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System,... Read more »
The National Common Entrance Examination, organised by the National Examinations Council, NECO, scheduled for Saturday, October 17 may be threatened by the ongoing #EndSARS protest across the country. The examination which has... Read more »
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has said it will soon expose those feeding fat on the adoption of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System, IPPIS, by the Federal Government... Read more »
The University of Benin (UNIBEN) branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has knocked the Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiubu, for his comment, asking the University lecturers to... Read more »