The National Universities Commission (NUC), has ordered a closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. In a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres, the regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, noted that the directive was based on the directive of […]
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Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have finally agreed to call off their eight-month strike that placed academic activities on hold. The national executive council (NEC) of ASUU made the resolution to suspend the industrial action during its overnight meeting from Thursday to Friday. Confirming the decision, Chris Piwuna, vice-president of the […]
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The Federal Government is considering setting up an education bond to finance infrastructure in public universities, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. Buhari made the idea known at University of Ibadan on Saturday on the occasion of the institution’s 2018 Convocation and 70th Foundation Day Ceremony. Laolu Akande, Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to […]
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The Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai ,says the Army University is expected to commence academic activities before the end of the year. Buratai made this known during an interactive session with media executives in Abuja on Thursday. He said that the university would run courses in the sciences and humanities and that admission […]
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A former Vice Chancellor of University of Ibadan, Prof. Olufemi Baniro, has charged African countries, including Nigeria, to find solution to their problem of under development, rather than relying on help from international communities. He gave the charge last weekend at the University of Benin, during the innaguration of a Centre of Excellence in Reproductive […]
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A university in the U.S. state of Connecticut was closed on Monday after 100 students fell ill. The affected students at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury were suffering from vomiting, diarrhoea and stomach pains. University President, John Clark, said in a statement on Monday that crews would be working to sanitise and disinfect two […]
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The Ekiti State University, EKSU, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, on Thursday called of its 3-month old strike. NAN reports that members of the union in the university embarked on strike since January over unresolved staff welfare issues and unpaid salaries. At a marathon ASUU meeting held on Thursday, 53 per […]
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Lecturers under the aegis of the Joint Union of Tertiary Institutions (JUTI), Nasarawa State Chapter, on Friday, have embarked on an indefinite strike after the state government failed to meet their demands on welfare issues. Announcing the strike in Lafia, Mr Samuel Bashayi, who doubles as the Chairman of the College of Education Academic Staff […]
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The federal government has approved the Tertiary Trust Fund (TETFund) 2016 intervention budget of N213.4billion, the highest ever to be distributed to tertiary institutions. The Executive Secretary, TETFund, Dr Abdullahi Baffa disclosed this at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday. Giving a breakdown of the budget, he said each of the 40 federal universities […]
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