By Abel Daniel A Lafia-based legal practitioner, Barrister Ayiwulu Baba Ayiwulu has appealed to the management of the Isa Mustapha Agwai Polytechnic (IMAP) Lafia to investigate what he termed “open extortion of students” by Lecturers. Barrister Ayiwulu in an exclusive interview with Vanguard alleged that three of his sibling attending the institution alongside other students […]

By Adesina Wahab When his son secured admission to study medicine at the Osun State University after a couple of efforts, the joy of Babatunde was boundless, but when he was handed the bill of N650,000 as tuition and other sundry expenses, his heart skipped a beat. The bill is exclusive of accommodation, feeding and […]

THE Federal Government, yesterday, said it was looking for the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, for negotiation and was attending to its demands before the union declared a one-month warning strike.

The House of Representatives has called for an investigation into recurring leakages of West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) question papers, resulting in cancellations by West African Examinations Council (WAEC). This followed the adoption of a motion by Rep. Benjamin Kalu (APC-Abia) at Wednesday’s plenary in Abuja. Presenting the motion, Kalu said that WAEC […]

The Ministry of Labour and Employment has faulted the National Association of Nigeria Students, NANS, for blaming the Minister of Labour and Employment, Senator Chris Ngige, for the ongoing four weeks strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, saying the students’ body is ignorant of the facts.