UNN equips academics with AI skills to transform research, teaching
By Chinedu Adonu The Faculty of the Social Sciences, University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has begun equipping its academics and students with practical Artificial Intelligence (AI) skills to improve research, teaching, postgraduate supervision and academic administration. The initiative was the major outcome of a two-day Train-the-Trainers Workshop on “Artificial Intelligence for Academia Productivity,” organised by […]
ASUU-AKSU suspends 7 weeks strike, gives conditions
The statement read in parts, “The Akwa Ibom State University Staff Unions under the aegis of Joint Action Committee shall on Wednesday June 9, 2021 suspend the strike.
Poly Students Back FG: Twitter not bigger than Nigeria
The National Association of Polytechnic Students, NAPS, has thrown its weight behind the decision of the Federal Government to place a ban on Twitter operations in Nigeria.
Senate passes bill to end discrimination between first degree, HND holders
The Senate has passed a bill that prohibits employers in the country from discriminating between first degree and Higher National Diploma (HND) holders. The passage of the bill followed the consideration of a report by the JointCommittee on Establishment and Public Service Matters; and TertiaryInstitutions and TETFUND. Chairman of the Joint Committee, Ibrahim Shekarau (APC, Kano […]
Kaduna University students protest against shut down of institution’s gates
Some students of the Kaduna State University (KASU) on Monday staged a protest against the alleged shutting down of the institute’s gates by its authorities. A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), who visited the university, reports that all gates into the university were shut with only staffs and medical students allowed entrance. […]
2020 WASSCE/BECE Exams: Lagos slams N13.5m fine against 27 schools over malpractice, sanctions 19 others
Lagos State Government has fined 27 schools, names withheld, indicted by the West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) for general examination malpractice the sum of N13.5 million.
Strike: ASUU-AKSU defies No work, no pay’ directive, refuses to resume
By Chioma Onuegbu, Uyo The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Akwa Ibom State University, AKSU, branch has defied the directive to return to the classroom as payment of salaries from the month of June 2021 will be based on the “no work no pay” policy. The lecturers at the State-owned University had embarked on […]
Diamond anniversary: OAU’s VC urges thanksgiving
Prof. Eyitope Ogunbode, Vice -Chancellor, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has urged the university community to give thanks to God for His mercy since inception of the institution in 1961 till date.
We want security in our schools – NAPTAN
Chief Adeolu Ogunbanjo, the Deputy National President of National Parents Teachers Association of Nigeria (NAPTAN), says there is need for the government to improve security in schools across the country. Ogunbanjo, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Friday attributed the incidents of kidnapping in some schools to poor […]
Number of Nigerians studying in US increased by 93% in 10 years — Erudera.com
Erudera.com, a higher education search platform, has said the number of Nigerians studying in the United States of America increased by about 93 per cent in the last 10 years. According to Gent Ukëhajdaraj from Erudera, what the 93% increase meant was that from 2015/16 to 2019/20, the number of these students increased by 28 […]
NECO appoints Ebikibina Ogborodi as acting Registrar
‘The Circular explained that Mr. Ogborodi’s appointment was as a result of his being the most Senior Director in the Council.
