The Taraba State University, Jalingo, has recorded its first Doctor of Philosophy Degree (PhD) graduate 13 years after its establishment. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this feat was recorded after Hanawa Rufus successfully defended his thesis for Mathematics Education. Prof. Benjamin Imoko, the External Examiner, pronounced Rufus qualified in character and learning, […]

CHAIRMAN Board of Trustees of Tertiary Education Fund, Tetfund, Alhaji Kashim Ibrahim-Imam, Monday, said Tetfund has disbursed over N300 billion this year to about 226 tertiary institutions in the country for staff training and infrastructural development projects.

The Students of Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology, Okitipupa, Ondo State, on Friday protested over a planned strike by the institution’s Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Damilola Okunomo, President, Students Union Government (SUG),  told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Okitipupa that the ASUU strike would cripple academic activities in the […]

West Examinations Council (WAEC) says late registration of candidates by schools, for its West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE), would no longer be allowed, beginning from 2022. The Head of National Office (HNO) of WAEC, Mr Patrick Areghan, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in […]

The Abdul Samad Rabiu Africa Initiative (ASR Africa), the brainchild of Abdul Samad Rabiu, Founder and Executive Chairman of BUA Group has today, awarded a N1billion infrastructure grant to the University of Benin (UNIBEN) as part of its 2021 Tertiary Education Grants Scheme. This was revealed at the grant presentation by the Management of ASR […]

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) chapter, has advised the Federal Government to take steps to avert another nationwide strike by the union

. Tunde Akanni, PhD Like similar relevant posts in the recent past, the advertisement for the position of UNIOSUN’s VC found its way to the exalted WhatsApp forum exclusive for Nigerian Communications Professors. In no time, it found its way to a couple of others I share with some other intellectuals. And then, somebody hauled […]

By Charly Agwam – Bauchi Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has issued a warning of an impending indefinite strike if the federal government refuses to honour the agreement which led the body to suspend their industrial action last year.  ASUU Chairperson of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, Dr. Ibrahim Inuwa, made this known […]

By Bashir Bello Kano State Government has made National Identification Number, NIN mandatory for students of government secondary schools in the state. The state Commissioner for Education, Muhammad Sanusi Sa’id Kiru who announced the new directive in a statement signed by his Public Relations Officer, Aliyu Yusuf said the students (JSS 1 to SS 2) must register and […]

Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto state has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to deploy better ways of engaging the Federal government than the perennial strikes it often embarks on to press its demands