Category: Education
LAUTECH OWNERSHIP: Makinde pays thank you visit to Oyetola
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, said on Monday that politics and other considerations cannot distract him and his colleague governors in the South-West...
Gunmen Kill Associate Professor In Benue
Gunmen on Saturday evening killed an Associate Professor with the University of Agriculture Makurdi, Karl Kwaghger, in Makurdi, the Benue State capital. According to The...
Boko Haram Slaughters Over 40 Rice Farmers In Borno State, Outshines The Nigerian Army
Emerging report reaching Page 36 on Saturday night, indicates that at least 44 Rice Farmers were killed by suspected Boko Haram terrorists, while harvesting their crops,...
BREAKING: ASUU agrees to call off strike, to receive N70bn
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has agreed to call of its eight -month strike which has grounded academic activities in the public universities . The union...
PURE WATER BOY WITH AMAZING MARKETING SKILLS OFFERED SCHOLARSHIP BY SINACH
A little boy has been offered scholarship by Nigerian Gospel singer, Sinach, after a video of the boy educating people on importance of water and energy went viral on...
UNIOSUN Student, Ikire Campus Commit Suicide After Posting Motivational Quote On His WhatsApp Status
It was a black tuesday in the whole community of Ikire, Osun State as a young vibrant student of UNIOSUN killed himself. The young boy goes with the name Juba is a 100...
UNIOSUN Student, Ikire Campus Commit Suicide After Posting Motivational Quote On His WhatsApp Status
It was a black tuesday in the whole community of Ikire, Osun State as a young vibrant student of UNIOSUN killed himself. The young boy goes with the name Juba is a 100...
138 Corps Members Test Positive For Covid-19
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control on Monday said 138 members of the National Youth Service Corps have tested positive for COVID-19 across the country. NCDC...
Gunmen Invade Ahmadu Bello University, Abduct Lecturer, Wife And Daughter
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded the staff quarters of Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Kaduna State, kidnapping a lecturer identified as Dr Bako. Bako was...
End to joint ownership of LAUTECH won’t affect Osun indigenes -Makinde
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State disclosed on Saturday that the dissolution of the joint ownership of Ladoke Akintola University , Ogbomoso would not affect the...
ASUU Meeting Ends, Government Sets Aside IPPIS, Agrees To Pay Outstanding Salaries
After weeks of negotiations and foot-dragging , the Federal Government on Friday accepted the demand by the Academic Staff Union of Universities that they be exempted...
News update, Friday 20/11/2020
News update, Friday 20/11/2020 **CNN should be sanctioned over Lekki Shooting report – Lai Mohammed **No going back on social media regulation – FG **2023: PDP set...
Saudi Arabia Offers Varsity Scholarship Slot To 424 Nigerians – Embassy
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia said it is offering 424 scholarship slots for Nigerian students to study various courses in Saudi universities. A statement by the Royal...
FG to engage 1st class and 2nd Class Upper Graduates as Teachers
The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono, said teachers without requisite qualifications, competencies and practicing license are presently...
FG reveals next action if Nigerian lecturers fail to resume
The Minister of Labour and Employment , Dr Chris Ngige , has expressed optimism that the prolonged strike action embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of...
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Awarded Women’s Prize For Fiction
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has been awarded the Women’s Prize for Fiction ‘Winner of Winners’ for her novel Half of a Yellow Sun. The public chose Chimamanda’s...
ASUU Strike: ASUU Advises Students To Acquire Skills, Travel And Have fun
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU has urged undergraduates to explore other areas of keeping themselves engaged while the 8-month long strike action...
Court Jails Final Year Student In Osun Over Internet Fraud
Lawal Olakunle, a final year student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, has been sentenced to one year imprisonment for duping an...
Strike May Continue For Years – ASUU
The Coordinator ASUU Akure Zone, Professor Olu Olufayo, flanked by Chairmen of ASUU of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, Ekiti State University and that...
NYSC hints on measures ahead of 2020 Batch B orientation
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) says there will be strict compliance with COVID-19 protocols at orientation camps. The 2020 Batch B Stream one Orientation Course...
6000 Prospective Corps Members To Resume Camp Nationwide
A total of 6,000 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps are to resume for the 2020 “Batch B” one-year mandatory program of the scheme across...
News update, Tuesday, 03/11/2020
**FG approves N5b bailout fund for airlines **Second COVID-19 outbreak imminent, health minister warns **EndSARS: Buhari directs engagements across geopolitical zones...
WAEC Releases 2020 Results
The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2020 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. WAEC had earlier delayed the release of the...
ASUU Strike To Continue As Meeting With FG Deadlocked
The ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continues as the meeting between the Federal Government and the leadership of ASUU held, late...
Lagos State Government Reopens Schools
The Lagos State Government has reopened private and public schools. Folashade Adefisayo, Commissioner for Education in the state, in a statement on Thursday said schools...
WAEC announces new date to release result
The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has said it postponed the release of the just concluded West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination...
ASUU makes demands from Nigerian govt on Lekki shooting
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has urged the Federal Government to lead the way in restoring peace and justice in Nigeria. ASUU also said that security...
Kwara Polytechnic suspends first semester examinations
The Management of Kwara Polytechnic, in Ilorin, has suspended the ongoing first semester examinations. Ajibola S. Jimoh, Deputy Registrar, Information and Publication,...
Photonews: Sensitisation begins as youths peacefully hang banners opposite a police station in Lagos
Happening now at Olojojo Bustop Oworo. They have just peacefully hanged some Banners facing Alonge Police Station Oworonshoki. Credit: Heralds Diary
Makinde closes schools in Ibadan, deploys Operation Burst to hot spots
…says we can’t allow those with ulterior motive to hijack protests …as govt unconditionally releases arrested protesters Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi...
Governor Ikpeazu approves reopening of Universities, Polytechnic, Colleges of Education.
Government and tertiary institutions in Abia State have been directed to reopen for academic activities with effect from Monday, October 26, 2020. Okezie Ikpeazu, the...
Lagos Directs Students To Stay At Home
The Lagos State Government has directed all pupils/students in public and private schools to stay at home following the tension generated by the anti- SARS protests....
University of Uyo students protest on ASUU strike
The National Association of Nigeria Students, University of Uyo chapter, on Friday embarked on a peaceful demonstration, calling on the federal government and the...
FG agrees to release N30 billion to striking lecturers
The Federal Government has agreed to release N30 billion earned academic allowance to the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Government will pay the money...
NYSC Camps Reopens November 10
The Federal Government has approved the reopening of all camps where the National Youth Service Corps orientation exercises hold on November 10 . The Minister of Youth...
ASUP regrets registering for IPPIS
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Anderson Ezeibe, has said that polytechnic lecturers regret enrolling on the Integrated Payroll and...
ASUU vows to protect University autonomy with their blood
The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, has vowed that they will protect university autonomy with the last...
