Lagos State Government Akinwunmi Ambode signed a bill into law, which converted the Lagos State University (LASU) to a residential institution and approved 70 years retirement age for professors of the institution.on Tuesday in Lagos. The law, LASU (Amendment) Bill 2015, also approved a
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The Public primary and Junior Secondary Schools (JSS) teachers in Kwara state , who had threatened to commence indefinite strike action yesterday over unpaid three months salaries, deserted classes in public schools in Kwara State. Despite pleas from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Some junior secondary schools along Offa road, Zango […]
The Osun State Government has tied the promotion of teachers to the performance of students in external examinations. The Deputy Governor, Mrs. Titi Laoye-Tomori made this known at a forum in Osogbo, the Osun state capital. Apart from that, the Deputy Governor also said contractors that secure job from Osun State Government would pay one […]
Students of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, have been asked to resume for the mid-semester break on the January 10, 2016. A release obtained from the Public Relations Officer of the University, Mr. Abiodun Olarewaju, stated that the Senate of the university arrived at the decision at its meeting on Monday.
The Principal of Olunlade Junior Secondary School, Ilorin, Mallam Abubakar Babatunde Saliu, has commended the. Kwara State Government for its policy in education towards improving its standard. He said this, on Monday, in a chat with the Daily Times. While describing the governments education policies as laudable, Salisu said that they were capable of bringing […]
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Monday said that the enrolment for Colleges of Education, Polytechnics and Monotechnics and Innovative Enterprise Institutions had improved greatly. JAMB’s Head, Media and Information, Dr Fabian Benjamin, said this in a statement he issued in Lagos on Monday. It said that the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) in Kwara State has said that primary school teachers would embark on strike on Monday in protest against the non-payment of their four months’ salary arrears. The Chairman of the union, Comrade Musa Abubakar, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Sunday, […]
Following the abduction of another member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ekiti State University chapter, at the weekend, the body, on Monday, staged a protest, in Ado-Ekiti, against incessant kidnapping of its members, and gave the State Government till Friday, May 22, to rescue the victims, failing which they would go on […]
The federal government has warned varsities and other tertiary institutions in the country against the misuse or diversion of funds allocated to them under the NEEDs Assessment scheme, launched by government last year. The Director Tertiary Education, of the Federal Ministry of Education, Hajia Hindatu Abdullahi, who gave the warning in Abuja during an exclusive […]
A member of Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics(ASUP) and Dean, School of Engineering, Federal Polytechnic, Ilaro in Ogun State, Professor Sabit Ariyo Olagoke has given a recipe for the attainment of the much sought technological and economic breakthrough in the country. Speaking on “Socio-Economic Challenges In a Developing Nation: The place of Technical
Kanye dropped out of college when he was 20, calling his first album The College Dropout. But Kanye West has finally graduated. He’s was awarded an honorary degree at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It means he’s now technically Doctor West. He was recognised for “transformative, genre-defying work” at a ceremony there. […]
Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Imo State University, Owerri chapter have begun an indefinite strike action. The strike is as a result of the inability of the management of the institution under its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie, a former ASUU President, to pay their salaries for two months (March and […]
The Federal Government has approved the appointment of Prof Christopher Bode as the new Chief Medical Director of the Lagos University Teaching Hospital (LUTH). The appointment is effective from March 25, 2015. Also, Mr. Babajide Lukman Grillo was appointed Director of Administration/Secretary to the Management Board of LUTH. Bode, aged 59, is a renowned Paediatric […]
Imo state Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has expressed his disapproval over the recent appointment of Eze Cletus Ilomuayan as the Chancellor of Federal University, Birnin Kebbi, by the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan administration. Okorocha, who expressed his strong disapproval in a statement signed by his Senior Special Assistant on Media, Sam Onwuemeodo, on
Lagos State Government has said that the Lagos State University (LASU) will remain closed until the unions, students and management agree to maintain peace. The institution was closed down in March following the ongoing face-off between management and the various trade unions including the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Senior Staff Association of Nigerian
Nigeria’s 2015 general elections as the new talking point, has attracted global attention with great admiration for the efforts and resilience of the citizens. Soon after the election produced General MuhamaduBuhari as the next president, several people and groups have been setting agenda for the incoming administration. Expectedly though, the populace anticipates that
The management of Lagos State Polytechnic (LASPOTECH) has announced that it would convocate a total of 7,022 students across all the full time and part-time session at its 23rd convocation ceremony billed to hold tomorrow at the main campus of the institution in Ikorodu. Speaking to newsmen, the Rector of the polytechnic, Dr. Abdul-Azeez Abioye […]
The Management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN) has kept date with its promise to digitalise learning in the institution, with the distribution of mobile computers to ‘freshers’ last Thursday in the main campus in Ilorin, Kwara State. The initiative, known as ‘One Student, One PC Tablet’, was introduced by former vice-chancellor of the university, […]
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) has disclosed readiness to toe the line of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) by adopting the Computer Based Tests (CBT) method. According to the WAEC’s Board Registrar, Dr. Iyi Uwadae, the board plans to introduce the technology into its examination across the West African sub region. Speaking […]
I was surprised, when my daughter, who was preparing for the West African Senior School Certificate Examinations (WASCE), hopefully, this year, rushed in to tell me about the new subjects introduced by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC). On hearing of this new development, which I am yet to confirm, I decided to contact the […]
