Tag: universities
CDS says NDA ‘ll rank among top ten universities
By Kingsley Chijioke
Abuja (Sundiata Post) - The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor has said the Nigeria Defence Academy (NDA),...
JAMB to integrate Nigerian students from Sudan into universities
ABUJA- The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has promised to ensure that Nigerian students evacuated from war-torn Sudan are integrated into universities.The JAMB...
NUC orders closure of all universities for 2023 elections
ABUJA - National Universities Commission (NUC), has ordered the closure of universities across the nation to enable students to participate in the 2023 general...
FG orders Vice Chancellors to reopen schools
By FUNMILAYO ADEYEMI
ABUJA- The Federal Government has ordered Vice-Chancellors in universities to re-open schools and to allow students resume lectures.
This is contained in a...
Academia is key driver of innovation – Danbatta tells VCs as...
LAGOS - Executive Vice Chairman of the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC), Prof Umar Danbatta, has said that the academia constitutes key driver of innovation.Also,...
NCC approves N500m for research in Nigerian universities
KANO - The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has committed over N500 million to the Nigerian universities and other tertiary institutions across the country to...
The real conversation on Nigeria’s higher education, By Olabisi Deji-Folutile
Nigerians can go anywhere perhaps including hell in their quest for higher education. They are ready also to invest any amount of money in...
Poor, Poor Academic Staff Union Of Universities By Achike Chude
Poor Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)! Another impending strike, another disruption to the nation’s academic calendar in university education. It must be a...
Marwa seeks drug test as institutional policy in all universities, NDLEA...
Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) has asked all tertiary institutions in Nigeria to...
Earned Allowance: CONUA berates OAU’s ASUU over strike threat
National Coordinator of Congress of University Academics, CONUA, Dr Niyi Sunmonu has berated Academic Staff Union of Universities at the Obafemi Awolowo University over...
We don’t have resources to meet ASUU demands at once –...
The Minister of State for Education, Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, on Monday, said resources were not enough to meet all the demands of the Academic Staff...
ASUU postpones decision on strike, accuses FG of blackmail
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has postponed its decision on strike, saying that consultations are still ongoing.
This was contained in a press statement...
Hold FG Responsible If We Go On Strike – ASUU Warns
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the blame will be on the federal government if it goes on strike again.
The Nsukka...
WAEC celebrates 2020 best students in WASSSE
The West African Examinations Council on Thursday celebrated the best students in the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination with the presentation of...
ASUU gives FG three weeks to meet demands
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has given the Federal Government a three-week ultimatum to meet its demands contained in the Memorandum of...
NBA, others reject new law school campuses, Falana kicks
Moves by the Senate to enact a law for the establishment of six new campuses for the Nigerian Law School met stiff opposition at...
FG To Create Mass Vaccination Sites In Universities, Churches, Others
According to a rpeort by The PUNCH, the Federal Government on Thursday announced its plans to create mass vaccination sites in higher institutions of...
Buhari Govt Promises to Pay N75,000, N50,000 Per Semester To Students...
The federal government has revealed plans to pay students studying educational courses in public universities in Nigeria N75,000 per semester.
Also, their counterparts in...
Why universities should shut down satellite campuses, by Okebukola
A former Executive Secretary of the Nigeria Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, has argued on why universities should be not be allowed to...
We Can Go On Strike Anytime ― ASUU Issues New Warning
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has warned the federal government of the dangers of refusing to implement agreement it reached with the...