By Miftaudeen Raji Presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, Abubakar Atiku has stated that  he has investment and reform plans to implement in the education system if he is elected the president of Nigeria.   Atiku made this disclosure in a statement issued via his verified Twitter handle on Thursday, marking the 2022 International […]

Edo steps up to EdoBEST 2.0, launches Nigerian Learning Passport

IPPIS, ASUU strike and fate of adjunct lecturers

ASUU Strike: FG considers review of lecturers’ salaries – Minister

By Miftaudeen Raji  The federal government has insisted on a 35% increment in salary for university professors. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu made the intention of the government known on Tuesday in Abuja, while speaking during a meeting with vice-chancellors and other university stakeholders. Adamu said the federal government could only afford a 23.5 […]

By Joseph Erunke, Abuja THE Federal Government may reverse its decision not to pay the striking university lecturers, who have been at home for the past seven months. Government may also review some of its hard decisions that have been opposed by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, causing the latter to continue its […]

By Miftaudeen Raji  A chess player and winner of a community novelty game, Jamiu Ninilowo has been awarded with a 100% BBA Scholarship by Nexford University in collaboration with Chess in Slums Africa. Ninilowo’s scholarship is accompanied by a laptop, and an internet modem to support his academic needs.  The young player had passed WAEC […]

Education is on the Concurrent List in the 1999 Constitution and it means federal and state governments can legislate on it.

University students have been at home for over seven months now and just last Monday, the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU which has been having a running battle with the Federal Government decided the strike will go on indefinitely. Some are calling for the head of ASUU while others say they are fighting a just cause but who suffers? The students of course!

How to make government implement agreements with unions — CONUA boss

Don emphasizes needs for safety in schools

THE National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has faulted the decision of state universities to join ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU.

By Miftaudeen Raji  The Labour Party presidential candidate, Peter Obi, has expressed worry over the prolonged strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. Obi, in a tweet via his verified Twitter handle on Wednesday, regretted that universities have been closed for six months on students and tertiary education in […]

By Miftaudeen Raji  The president Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke has said he never said state universities are quacks.  The ASUU president said this while speaking on Politics Today, Channels TV on Tuesday.  He said, “What I said was very clear. The person on the seat asked me a question that […]

The National Universities Commission (NUC) has scheduled a meeting among the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, Pro-Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of federal universities for Sept. 6 over the lingering strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, announced the meeting via a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. The […]