AAUA students block highway, protest 68-day ASUU strike
By Dayo Johnson, Akure Students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, AAUA, on Thursday blocked major roads around the institution in protest against the 68-day strike that has kept them away from academic activities. The students, led by the Students’ Union Government, SUG, shut the university’s main gate and roads linking the institution to the highway, […]
LASU crises: Lagos Assembly wades in
Lagos Assembly has resolved to put to rest all the challenges facing the Lagos State University, LASU, following the increase in the institution’s fees which has posed serious problems to students and parents.
17-yr-old beats 15, 000 JAMBites to win Most Brilliant Student award
The British Council, in partnership with Virgin Atlantic Airways, has announced a competition tagged Enterprise Challenge in a bid to promote the development of entrepreneurial skills in Nigerian youth.
Varsities Talk: Who will teach economics in the North-East? (1)
The story by Niyi Odebode and Charles Abah listed the number of applicants to private and public universities in the country, in general, and the North-East, in particular. Not surprisingly, the American University of Nigeria, AUN, owned by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, had the largest number of applicants among private universities in the zone.
India to establish teacher training varsity in Nigeria
To boost the teaching profession in Nigeria, India has concluded arrangements to establish a teacher training university
‘We are confused’
The campus of the Federal College of Education, (Technical) Akoka, is very much like that of its counterparts across the country. On a cursory look, the campus looks full. But about 90 percent of the campus population at the moment does not consist of FCE students.
