JHU proposes new model for training Nigeria’s public servants
By Elizabeth Osayande LAGOS: James Hope University, Lagos, is pushing a new model of collaboration between academia and government to strengthen public-sector capacity in Nigeria, beginning with an exploratory meeting with the Lagos State Ministry of Information and Strategy. The postgraduate-only university, the first of its kind in Lagos State, is proposing capacity-building, joint research, […]
Strikes: Are Nigerian public universities dying?
As NANS says they won’t die By Adesina Wahab BY the time the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, concludes the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, and gives a breakdown of the choice of universities made by admission seekers, it is obvious that more candidates would have applied to private universities than ever before. For […]
How today’s youth can excel— Elakama, ex NSE boss
By Adesina Wahab FORMER Deputy Director-General of the Nigerian Stock Exchange, Dr Lance Musa Elakama, has said that without cultivating and imbibing the virtues of integrity, perseverance, empathy, hard work, knowledge among others, today’s youth might find it difficult to excel in their chosen lines. Elakama, who spoke in Lagos during the launch of three […]
ASUU has gone on strike cumulatively for almost 5 years since 1999 — MINILS DG
THE Director – General, D-G, of Michael Imoudu National Institute of Labour Studies, MINILS, Issa Aremu, has decried the protracted industrial unrest by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, lamenting that since Nigeria returned to democratic rule in 1999, ASUU had gone on strikes for 50 months, (almost five years).
Either govt acts fast on ASUU strike or devil finds work for students — MSSN
By Miftaudeen Raji The Lagos State chapter of the Muslim Students Society of Nigeria (MSSN) has implored the Federal Government to act fast on resolving the long-running strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Speaking on the issue, the Amir (President), MSSN Lagos, Miftahudeen Thanni lamented that the academics, […]
Strike: No going back on decision —ASUU President
The Academic Staff Union of Universities(ASUU) has said there is no going back on its decision to continue with its ongoing strike following Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 agreement. ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke, said this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Abuja. Osedeke said the […]
