By Rotimi Ojomoyela – Ado Ekiti The founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD), Aare Afe Babalola(SAN), on Wednesday identified the decay in the nation’s educational system as the source of the crises confronting the country. The Legal luminary expressed regret that the government was not doing enough to the funding of education, saying paltry […]

DELTA State House of Assembly, Tuesday, passed three bills for the establishment of University of Delta, Agbor, Dennis Osadebe University, Anwai, Asaba and Delta State University of Science and Technology, Ozoro. 

…Unions meet govt delegation Wednesday By Adesina Wahab The ongoing strike by the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, may only be called off if the government agrees to pay members of the two unions N20 billion as Earned Allowance. The N20 billion […]

By Ugochukwu Alaribe – Umuahia Abia state government has urged teachers in the state to resume classes, by March 1, 2020, saying that it had paid one million Naira between December 2020 and January 2021, to settle arrears of salaries, owed teachers in the state Teachers in the state had gone on an indefinite strike […]

The Ekiti State Universal Basic Education Board(SUBEB), has told teachers in public primary schools who refused postings to rural areas to resign.

Akinbiyi Abiola, one of Nigeria’s most talented musical artistes, with the stage name Bella Schmurda, has been in the news for hours, over some grammatical infelicities in an interview he recently granted.

By Godwin Oritse IT’S incredible if you have made a decision to study abroad but have you made the decision on country of choice and course of study . Most Nigerian students are tired of the incessant labour strikes , coupled with the decaying infrastructure in Nigerian Universities and are ready to leave but are […]

By Peter Duru – Makurdi The Executive Chairman of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board, SUBEB, Comrade Joseph Utse on Friday lamented that the worsening insecurity in the country is retarding educational development in all parts of the country. He said there was compelling need to halt the slide to save the sector from going […]

By Festus Ahon – Asaba Primary School Teachers, under the aegis of Basic Education Staff Association of Nigeria, BESAN, Delta State Chapter, have protested against the non-implementation of the N30,000 minimum wage in the past 15 months, lamenting that they were being sidelined in the scheme of things. The teachers who marched through the streets […]

***Says sole administrator unknown to law By Adesina Wahab The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics, ASUP, Zone A, has faulted the decision of the Federal Government to convert the Rector of the Federal Polytechnic, Bida, Dr Abubakar Dzukogi, to a sole administrator after he has duly retired from service. The union said such a step […]