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JAMB debunks reports of errors in CBT scoring system
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has denied accusations of scoring errors in the just completed 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
The board urged the public, particularly UTME candidates, to be…
Strike: Minister reveals why ASUU, FG are yet to reach agreement
Festus Keyamo, Nigeria's Minister of State for Labour and Employment, has revealed why the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government have unable to reach an agreement on the ongoing strike.
ASUU decided on…
Wike lifts embargo on employment at Igatius Ajuru University of Education
The Rivers State Government has approved employment of academic and non-academic staff at Ignatius Ajuru University of Education.
The move is to enable the management fill up existing vacancies in the institution.
Governor Nyesom…
Delta govt to give grants to 40 mission schools
Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta said on Sunday that the state government would provide financial support to 40 schools it returned to religious missions in 2011.
Okowa said this during a thanksgiving service marking the end of the 16th Synod…
ASUU Strike: Agreements reached with lecturers will yield fruit next week – FG
The Federal Government on Friday expressed optimism that recent agreements it reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU and other unions in the education sector would yield good fruits next week.
This was contained in a…
NUC approves new curricula for universities
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has concluded a review of the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards (BMAS) for University education in Nigeria.
NUC said the BMAS was revised to Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS)…
Students boo police as protest against ASUU strike intensifies in Ile-Ife
Students at Obafemi Awolowo University in Ile-Ife, Osun State, were stopped from carrying out their planned rallies against the Academic Staff Union of Universities' ongoing strike on Thursday (ASUU).
Students who had begun congregating…
UPDATE: ASUP to begin two-week warning strike on Monday
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) would commence a 2-week industrial action with effect from Monday, 16th of May 2022.
The Academic Staff of the polytechnics disclosed the decision in a statement released after its…
Strike: No going back on decision — ASUU President
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said there is no going back on its decision to continue with its ongoing strike following Federal Government’s failure to honour the 2009 agreement.
ASUU President, Prof. Emmanuel…
ASUU strike: Students begin Operation Test Run, vow to shutdown political activities, federal roads
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has launched a statewide demonstration called Operation Test Run in response to the Academic Staff Union of Universities' (ASUU) ongoing strike.
Remember that lecturers who shut down…
Industrial action: COEASU gives FG 21-day ultimatum to meet demands
The National Executive Council (NEC) of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has given the Federal Government a 21-day ultimatum to address the union’s demands else it will embark on industrial action.
NAN reports that…
ASUU Strike: FG considers report of Briggs on re-negotiation c’ttee
The federal government said yesterday it was looking into the report that was recently submitted by the committee on renegotiation of the 2009 FG-ASUU agreement.
The government also accused the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU,…
NANS threatens to shutdown airports, roads, over prolonged ASUU strike
Following the extension of the three-month Academic Staff Union of Polytechnic (ASUU) strike earlier today, the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has ordered students to block major roads and airports in all 36 states of the…
JUST IN: ASUP to embark on nationwide strike May 11
Barring any unforeseen circumstance, the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) will on Wednesday, May 11, 2022, embark on a nationwide strike action in protest against the non-implementation of the Memorandum of Action reached with…
Why we extended strike by 12 weeks – ASUU President
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) President Emmanuel Osodeke indicated that the union's decision to extend its continuing strike for another 12 weeks was made to allow the Federal Government to address flaws in the agreement it…
STRIKE: FG invites ASUU for talks
The Federal Government has called Academic Staff Union of Universities leaders to discussions in Abuja today, as the union ends its two-month warning strike.
Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour, said on Friday that a meeting will be held…
JUST IN: ASUU NEC extends rollover strike by 12 weeks
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) early Monday morning extended the ongoing strike by 12 weeks, according to The SUN Newspaper.
The decision was taken at an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) held at ASUU…
Strike: We’ll decide on next step soon, says ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities claims it received no meeting notification from the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment.
The academic staff union also stated that it would decide on the next course of action after the…
69,828 candidates sit for 2022 entrance exams into Unity schools
About 69,828 candidates on Saturday sat for the 2022 Common Entrance Examination into the nation’s 110 unity colleges.
The examination, organised by the National Examination Council (NECO), took place across the country.
This year…
Gov Emmanuel urges FG, ASUU to end strike, re-open universities
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State and presidential aspirant on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has appealed to both the federal government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end the ongoing…
2022 UTME: JAMB issues stern warning to candidates
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has urged applicants taking the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) to be on time since the board will not change its timeline for any candidate.
Mr Abdur-Rahman…
FG, ASUU to resume talks next week
The Federal Government and striking members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) would resume talks next week with a view to ending the prolonged closure of public universities.
Minister of Labour and Employment, Sen. Chris…
2023: Buhari’s ministers lack value for education – ASUU attacks Amaechi, Ngige, Nwajiuba
Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of Transportation, Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment and Chukwuemeka Nwajiuba, Minister of State for Education, have been criticized over the N100 million Presidential nomination forms of the All…
Strike: SSANU, NASU resume talks with FG
On Thursday, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities (NASU) started discussions in an attempt to reach an equitable settlement to the ongoing strike.
The General…
ASUU strike: Devil will find work for idle students – Sanwo-Olu warns
Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, the wife of Lagos State Governor, has warned that the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike is a ticking time bomb.
Samwo-Olu claimed that the devil would find work for idle students sitting at…