Category: Education
PHOTONEWS: Nigerian Students’ Association, NANS Releases Nationwide Protest Timetable, Plans To Shut Down Abuja Over Prolonged Strike By University Lecturers, ASUU
Nigerian Students’ Association, NANS Releases Nationwide Protest Timetable, Plans To Shut Down Abuja Over Prolonged Strike By University Lecturers, ASUU
President Buhari’s Daughter, Zahra, Graduates From University
Zahra Buhari-Indimi, daughter of President Muhammadu Buhari, has bagged a degree in Architectural Science. The 27-year-old, who is married to Ahmed Indimi, graduated...
Photonews: Air Travellers Trek As Students Protest At Lagos Airport
Air travellers on Monday were forced to trek to get to the airport.
Ex-NBA President, Akpata, Stranded Amid Students’ Protest
The immediate past president of the Nigerian Bar Association, Olumide Akpata, was stranded in traffic caused by the National Association of Nigerian Students’...
Sowore Joins Students To Protest At Lagos Airport
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, on Monday, joined the National Association of Nigerian Students in a protest at the Murtala...
Nigerian Students Protest, Block Lagos Airport Road Over Prolonged ASUU Strike
Students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), South West zone, on Monday blocked the road leading to the Murtala Muhammed...
YABATECH Student Shot Dead On Campus
A student of Yaba College of Technology (YABATECH) Akoka, Lagos mainland, has been shot dead. He was shot in the head around 10pm yesterday. Purpleworld learnt that he...
Travellers Stranded As Protesting Students Block Gbongan/Ibadan Expressway
Thousands of travellers and motorists were stranded on Thursday in Osun State when students under the aegis of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS)...
News Update, Wednesday, 14/09/2022
**Buhari visits Imo, commissions projects **How I intend to address insecurity, crawling economy if elected – Atiku **Boko Haram members are “fraudulent oeople”,-...
ASUU Strike: Students Block Lagos-Ibadan Expressway
Some Nigerian students on Tuesday blocked Lagos-Ibadan Expressway over the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The students blocked the road at...
Lagos School Fence Collapses, Kills Two Children
Two children, Samat Saheed and a yet-to-be-identified girl, have lost their lives when the fence of a school, Covenant Point Academy, collapsed on them at Ajose Street,...
News Update, Sunday, 11/09/2022
** Senate President, Lawan meets Abdulsalami, IBB in Minna ** Islamic court orders arrest of Nigerian celebrities over immoral conduct ** FG set to drag ASUU to court as...
Three Students Of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University In Anambra Found Dead In Their Lodge
Three students of Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University in Anambra found dead in their lodge Three students of the Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu University (COOU),...
LAUTECH Alumnus Storms School, Demand Refund As He Returns Certificate
In a viral video that has been circulating on social media, a young man who claims to be a graduate of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) has stormed...
LASU Matriculates 6,377 For 2021/2022 Session
The Lagos State University on Monday matriculated 6,377 students into various Facilities and Schools in the University for the 2021/2022 academic session. The Vice...
News Update, Tuesday, 06/09/2022
** FG suspends proposed telecoms tax ** PDP Crisis: We will show Ayu what ‘Boys’ can do — Wike ** APC has no hand in PDP crisis, says VON DG ** 2023: Atiku will...
Barambu From Ahmadu Bello University Emerges NANS President
Barambu, a student of Economics and Development Studies got 292 votes to defeat his closest rival, Umar Farouk Lawan who scored only 8 votes. The National Association of...
NANS ELECTION: Tinubu’s Alleged N300m Bribe Scattered Nigerian Students Association Election
An inner tussle has engulfed the management of National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) over allegations of N300 million bribes from the All Progressives...
News Update, Thursday, 01/09/2022
** Muslim/Muslim ticket: Focus should be on need for good governance – Obasa, others ** Atiku, Tambuwal, PDP fault suit by Wike, Ekamon against party’s primary **...
UNIOSUN Student Allegedly Mocks Colleagues Affected By ASUU Strike After Completing Last Paper
A final year Student who is alleged to be a Uniosun student has took to social media to mock students who are affected by the ASUU Strike. He did this after he completed...
We Need To Act Fast On ASUU, Economy – Osinbajo Tells APC Governors
The vice-president, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday, received governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress who came on a felicitation visit in his office at the...
KWASU Students Found Naked And Dead In Hostel
Two students of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, identified as Tobiloba Daniel and Arewa Abayomi, have been found dead in a hostel room. The 200-level...
El-Rufai’s Son Calls For Scrapping Of “Useless” ASUU
Bashir, one of the sons of Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai, on Monday, described the Academic Staff Union of Universities as a ‘useless union’ that...
EKSU Resumes Academic Activities
The Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti, has announced the resumption of academic activities despite the ongoing strike of varsity workers. In a statement signed by the...
FULL LIST: Candidates For NANS Election
The National Association of Nigerian Students has said it would be conducting its election on Saturday. This is the full list of the candidates and the positions they...
News update, Tuesday, 23/08/2022
**Lawyer sues Buhari, AGF, others over alleged unlawful interference with NDDC **Atiku, Obi, Shettima attend NBA conference **Tinubu, I will replicate Lagos achievements...
ASUU Threatens To Cancel 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 Academic Sessions Over Federal Govt’s Refusal To Pay Lecturers’ Salaries For The Past 6 Months
ASUU Threatens To Cancel 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 Academic Sessions Over Federal Govt’s Refusal To Pay Lecturers’ Salaries For The Past 6 Months. President of...
Four students drown in Lagos beach shortly after collecting their WAEC result from their school
Four students of the Kuramo Senior College in Lagos drowned in the Elegushi bar beach today August 16. Eight of the students visited their school to collect their...
STRIKE CONTINUES AS ASUU-FG MEETING ENDS IN DEADLOCK
A senior member of ASUU, who craved anonymity told Channels Television that members of the Briggs renegotiation committee did not come with any new offer on the table....
LAUTECH Shuns Ongoing ASUU Strike, Fixes August 18 For Resumption
LAUTECH stated that the resumption date for academic activities for the 2021/2022 academic session would be August 18, 2022. The Ladoke Akintola University of...
University Lecturers, ASUU To Meet Nigerian Government Over Six-month-old Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities is scheduled to meet with representatives from the Nigerian government tody to discuss its ongoing strike action which is now in...
16-yr-old Obinna from Imo bags A’s in his WAEC and smashed JAMB with 331score
. Uchegbu Obinna John-Paul, an indigene of Ohaji Egbema in Imo state has taking over the social media following his excellent results in WAEC and JAMB examinations,....
WAEC Releases Result
WAEC’s Head of National Office, Patrick Areghan made the disclosure on Monday while speaking at a media briefing. The results of students who sat for the recently...
Nigerian Students Set To Impeach 45 Year Old NANS President, Asefon
Nigerian Students Begins Move To Impeach President, Asefon Over Alleged Incompetence, Illegal Tenure Elongation Some members of the National Association of Nigerian...
ASUU STRIKE: Go and beg ASUU – Kenyamo Tells Parents
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, SAN, has asked parents whose wards are in government-owned tertiary institutions to appeal to the...
Rwanda increases salaries of teachers by 88 percent, improves conditions of service
Teachers in Rwanda are the latest to join the world’s good earners. The government has announced a pay increment of 88 percent for primary school teachers, effective...
Pastor Cancels Oversee Scholarships For Nigerian students Due To High Dollar Rate
According to the Man of God Philanthropist, from January 2023, No more new intakes for OPM overseas scholarship because of the over growing dollar rates. However, he...
ND 2 Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree Declare Missing
. Ataneye Victor Sunday, An ND2 Civil Engineering Full Time Student of Osun State Polytechnic Iree who resides at New City Hostel, Ladoja, Igaa 2 has been declared...
Gbajabiama Pictured In Harvard, Studying Amidst ASUU Strike
Femi Gbajabiamila, the Speaker of Nigeria’s lower legislative chamber, the House of Representatives, has gone to Harvard for a leadership course. He shared photos of...
Collect Money From Looters To Pay ASUU – Femi Falana
Constitutional lawyer, Femi Falana SAN, has called on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to recover funds from looters to fulfil its agreement with...
News Update, Monday, 25/07/2022
** Rights groups ask Buhari to assent NYSC trust fund Bill ** Terrorists threaten to abduct Buhari, El-Rufai, kill Abuja-Kaduna train victims if… ** I’m playing my...
News Update, Monday, 25/07/2022
** Rights groups ask Buhari to assent NYSC trust fund Bill ** Terrorists threaten to abduct Buhari, El-Rufai, kill Abuja-Kaduna train victims if… ** I’m playing my...
News Update, Monday, 25/07/2022
** Rights groups ask Buhari to assent NYSC trust fund Bill ** Terrorists threaten to abduct Buhari, El-Rufai, kill Abuja-Kaduna train victims if… ** I’m playing my...
Ex-Emir, Sanusi’s Son Graduates From UK Varsity
Mustapha, one of the sons of the former Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, has graduated from the University of Portsmouth, London. He bagged a first class in Economics...
Resolve ASUU strike in two weeks, Buhari directs Adamu
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu to resolve the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike and...
Photonews: After Public Outcry, Ogun State Government Provides Tables And Chairs For Students Of St. Kizito High School
After the pictures of students from St. Kizito writing promotional exam on bare floor went viral, the Ogun state government has quickly reacted by providing chairs and...
Photonews: St. Kizito High School Students, Iwopin, Ogun Watetside, Writes Promotional Exam On Bare Floor
Photos of St. Kizito’s High School Students Iwopin, Ogun Waterside, writing their Promotion Exams, on the bare floor earlier today, 18th July, 2022.
Comedian Seyi Law’s Wife Graduates From UK Varsity
Stacy, the wife of comedian, Seyi Law, has graduated from Coventry University, in the United Kingdom. An elated Seyi Law, shared photos from the graduation and recounted...
Nigerian Students, Parents Must Troop Out For #EndASUUStrike Protest – Sowore Calls For Mass Action, Condemns Fuel Price Hike
The presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, Omoyele Sowore, has asked Nigerian students affected by the strike action of the Academic Staff Union of...
Jigawa Governor’s Son Graduates From UK Varsity
Mohammed Sani Badaru, the son of Jigawa State Governor, Badaru Abubakar, has graduated from Brunel University London, in the United Kingdom. Wife of...
Jigawa Gov’s Son Graduates From UK Varsity
Mohammed, the son of Jigawa State governor, Abubakar Badaru, has graduated from Brunel University, London. His graduation comes days after the son of Rivers State...
News Update, Friday, 15/07/2022
** Osun Guber: Wike absent as Atiku, Okowa, PDP Governors storm Osogbo for Adeleke ** APC postpones Tinubu’s running mate unveiling ceremony indefinitely **...
Tinubu, Shettima Meet NANS Leadership In Osun Few Days To Election
The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu and his running mate, Kashim Shettima, on Wednesday, held a meeting with the leadership of the...
Seyi Makinde, Ikpeazu Present As Wike’s Son Graduates From UK Varsity
Jordan, the son of the Rivers State governor, Nyesom Wike, has graduated from the University of Exeter in the UK. Present for his graduation, alongside his parents and...
“We’re done with negotiations, Strike can end tomorrow” – ASUU
Hope rose again for students of public universities as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) yesterday said it had completed negotiation with the Federal...
News Update, Tuesday, 05/07/2022
** 2023 Elections: APC finally settles for El-Rufai as Tinubu’s running mate ** 2023: I’ll unite all aggrieved PDP members – Atiku ** 2023 Census: NPC...
ASUU Strike Forced Me Into Urgent Search For Husband -Gombe Varsity Student
A 200 level student of Gombe state University made this known on his social media handle. “I cannot take it anymore, our continued staying at home following the...
Group Mobilises University Students For Mass Protest To End ASUU Strike
A civil society, Save Public Education Campaign, has called on the striking university lecturers, students and parents across the country, to get ready for mass...
ASUU proffers solution to ongoing strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has observed that resolving its ongoing strike action could be done by the adoption of the transparent payment platform,...
News Update, Thursday, 23/06/2022
** We’ll decentralise national grid, invest $550m to boost power supply – Buhari ** Buhari presides over FEC meeting, nominates Mohammed Shehu as RMAFC chairman **...
News Update, Friday, 17/06/2022
** 2023: Atiku announces Okowa as running mate ** We’ll rescue Nigeria, Okowa says after nomination ** Okowa suitable for president after me, says Atiku ** Nigeria...
Buhari Is Enjoying While Future Of 1.5Million University Students Is At Stake Over ASUU Strike – Sowore
Human rights activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, has said that President Muhammadu Buhari is enjoying the lingering...
News Update, Thursday, 16/06/2022
**Professor Wole Soyinka Losses Brother ** Electoral Act: Reps to override Buhari’s veto on statutory delegates ** APC Presidential primary: COSEG congratulates...
ASUU STRIKE IS COMPLEX – LAI MOHAMMED
The Federal Government has said issues around the ongoing industrial action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other three university...
Colleges of Education lecturers begin 4-week strike
The National Executive Council of the Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has commenced a four-week strike, effective from Tuesday 14th June. The strike...
News update, Wednesday, 15/06/2022
**Ekiti Guber: Tinubu, Sanwo-Olu, 13 governors drum support for APC candidate **INEC assures Nigerians: Ekiti guber election will be historic **Buhari holds talks with...
ASUU disassociates itself from berekete intervention fund, rejects 50 million donation
..The leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has rejected the sum of 50 million naira that was donated as part of an intervention fund. Ahmed Isah...
Adesanya Polytechnic Best Graduating Student Calls Out Ogun State Governor, Commissioner For Education Over Failure To Fulfil Promise Of N1million Cash Prize
Olamide Olanipekun the best graduating student at Abraham Adesanya Polytechnic has called out the ogun state governor, Dapo Abiodun and the commissioner for education,...
News Update, Friday, 10/06/2022
** APC Governors pay congratulatory visit to Tinubu ** Tinubu, Adamu, 11 APC governors meet over running mate ** Buhari to address Nigerians on June 12 ** Sanwo-Olu to...
News Update, Sunday, 05/06/2022
** 11 APC Govs tell Buhari to cede power to South, as APC Northern governors back southern presidential candidate ** Meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari concluded,...
Radio Presenter, Ahmed Isah, To Raise N18bn For ASUU
Popular radio presenter on Human Rights Radio, Ahmed Isah, popularly known as the ‘Ordinary President’, has announced his bid to help the government raise N18billion...
Bandits Release Female NYSC Corps Member After N2million Ransom, N100,000 Recharge Cards
Faith Onoriode, a female member of the National Youth Service Corps, who was kidnapped by bandits on the Abuja-Kaduna Road, has been released. It was learnt that the...
News Update, Tuesday, 31/05/2022
** Methodist Prelate, Uche, others regain freedom ** Labour Party Convention: Peter Obi emerges Presidential candidate ** Pat Utomi steps down for Peter Obi at Labour...
UK Offers Work Visa To Graduates From World’s Best Universities
The United Kingdom has said it will grant work visas to graduates from the world’s best universities in an expansion of its post-Brexit immigration system that is...
News Update, Friday, 27/05/2022
** 2023 elections’ll be fair, Buhari insists ** Tinubu set Ondo on path of prosperity, says Akeredolu ** Gbajabiamila cleared to contest sixth consecutive term **...
ASUU Polytechnic Lecturers, Others To Get N34 billion Minimum Wage Arrears
The federal government says it will spend about N34 billion as arrears of minimum wage consequential adjustments in the education sector effective from 2019. The...
Lagos School Teacher Flogs 12-year-old Boy Over Homework, Victim Vomits, Dies
Emmanuel Amidu, a Junior Secondary School 2 pupil of Simple Faith Schools, Agbara area, has died at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Surulere in Lagos State. The...
Video: Students Storm Ooni’s Programme In Osun, Protest ASUU Strike
Students, on Saturday, stormed the venue for a programme, Royal African Young Leadership Forum, an initiative founded by the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi. The...
ASUU Strike: NANS To Shut Down Nigeria’s International Airports
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), alongside the National Association of University Students, South-West zone, has directed over 22 million Nigerian...
Nigerian Soldiers Open Fire On Students Protesting Prolonged ASUU’s Strike In Ondo
Some Nigerian Army personnel on Tuesday harassed and shot at students who are protesting against the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities...
34 Lawyers Defend Two Killers Of Sokoto Student, Deborah Over Alleged Blasphemy
Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force on Monday arraigned two suspects, Bilyaminu Aliyu and Aminu Hukunci, in connection with the lynching of Deborah Samuel, who was...
Nigerian Varsity Students Block Major Highways In Osun, Oyo, Ondo, Ogun Over Prolonged ASUU’s Strike
Students of tertiary institutions across the country have taken to the streets to protest the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU)....
Protest Rocks Ogun State As University Students Take Over Oru Road, Demand End To ASUU Strike
Protest begins in Ogun State as Olabisi Onabanjo University Students takes over Oru Under bridge, Ago Iwoye. It was also revealed that Tasued students occupied Ijagun...
College Student Burnt Alive In Sokoto For Allegedly Insulting Prophet Muhammad
A female student of Shehu Shagari College of Education in Sokoto, Shahu was this morning beaten and burnt to death over alleged religious blasphemy. The school...
“Apart From Churning Out Half-Baked Graduates With No Skills, What Else Do They Do’ – Lauretta Bombs ASUU
President Buhari’s personal assistant on New Media, Lauretta Onochie in an article she titled “The Habitual Greed Of The Academic Staff Union Of Universities, ASUU,...
ASUP To Embark On Two-week Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has announced that it will embark on a two-week warning strike from May 16 over the Nigerian government’s failure...
Actress, Genevieve Nnaji Allegedly Admitted Into Psychiatric Hospital In US
Popular Nigerian actress, Genevieve Nnaji has allegedly been admitted into a mental institution in the United States of America. Blogger, Gistlovers reported that she...
ASUU Strike Is A Mission To Rescue Nigeria’s Education From Total Collapse – Ex-ASUU President Says
Prof Abiodun Ogunyemi, a former president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has accused the ruling class of systematically destroying Nigeria’s...
Rain Traps Corpers In Ikeja, Lagos
As the rains pounded Lagos on Friday, some members of the National Youth Service Corps were spotted in Ikeja taking shelter. Some stayed close to the entrance of a...
ASUU Strike: University Students Block Entrance To Airport Gate In Benin
Students of various institutions In Edo state who started their protest last week to call for an end to the persistent closure of their Universities have continued on...
UNILAG Students Stage Protest, Demand Immediate Resolution Of Crisis Between ASUU And FG
Students of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) have staged a protest to demand an immediate resolution of the crisis between the Academic Staff Union of Universities...
News Update, Monday, 09/05/2023
** SERAP sues Buhari, wants court to declare pardon for ex-govs Dariye, Nyame illegal ** House of Reps cancels Monday’s emergency plenary session as Speaker, others...
Islamic group, MURIC lambasts Nigeria’s open university, NOUN for holding exams on fridays, demands apology
It is not only outrageous, repulsive and detestable, it is also anti-Muslim and neo-imperialist. It smacks of articulated religious fanaticism. An Islamic group, Muslim...
NYSC anthem composer Adetiran dies at 74
The composer of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) anthem, Dr Oluwole Adetiran, is dead, The Nation has learnt. He was 74. More details shortly…
