By Johnbosco Agbakwuru NON teaching staff in the universities have vowed not to go back to work if the Federal Government fails to correct the alleged imbalance in the sharing formula of the about N40 billion Earned Allowances. It was alleged that the government gave the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, about 75 percent […]

By Joseph Erunke THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has finally suspended its strike. The union announced the suspension of the 9-month old industrial action at a press conference held Wednesday morning in Abuja. ASUU President, Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, who led other National Executive Committee of the union to the event where he made […]

Nigeria’s premier media training institute, the Nigerian Institute of Journalism (NIJ), Lagos has secured the nod of the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) to increase population size of its trainees by an additional stream of 40 students from the current eighty, given admission through the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Admission to the […]

By Ibrahim Muhammad Universities, Colleges and Polytechnics in Nigeria are synonymous to Tertiary Institutions or Schools for Higher Education in Europe and some developed countries. Colleges of education produce Professional Teachers, Technicians and Scientists with practical experience are produced in Polytechnics, Universities cover all and award Masters Degree, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) as well as […]

By Adesina Wahab Five professors, including the wife of the Commissioner for Environment, Mr Tunji Bello, Professor Mrs Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello, are in the final race to succeed Prof. Olanrewaju Fagbohun SAN as the ninth substantive Vice Chancellor of the Lagos State University, LASU, Ojo. Other contenders are Prof Olumuyiwa Odusanya, Prof Senapon Bakre, Prof Kabir […]

Stakeholders in the education sector have called on the Federal and state governments to increase the education budget to solve the dearth of teaching and non-teaching aids. They spoke at the 2019/2020 Graduation Ceremony and Prize Giving Day at the Redeemer TEAP School on Saturday in Abuja. They called on the Federal Government and stakeholders […]

James Ogunnaike – Abeokuta The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, Southwest Zone, has commended the management of Ogun State Institute of Technology, Igbesa, Ogun State for emerging as the winner at the JAMB’s second edition of the National Tertiary Admissions Performance Merit Award for 2019. The Deputy Coordinator, NANS Southwest, Comrade Oladimeji Uthman disclosed […]

The Lagos State Government has directed public and private primary and secondary schools in the state to wind down the first term of the 2020/2021 academic session on Friday, 18th December 2020.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who is self-isolating as a result of contacts with an aide who tested positive for COVID-19, on Thursday virtually connected to the activities on the second day of the 24th convocation of the Lagos State University, LASU.

***the numbers keep dropping ― Headteachers By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar The advent of COVID-19 in Nigeria has affected a lot of things including education and mostly affected are primary school children. Vanguard investigations showed that most primary schools in Cross River have lost pupils as many of them could not return to school after […]