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I don’t know if Lamido Sanusi remains our Chancellor – UNIBEN VC

By Peterson Ibi/Benin Ten months after Mallam Lamido Sanusi Lamido was deposed as Emir of Kano, the Vice Chancellor of University of Benin (UNIBEN), Prof. Lillian Salami, has asked the Federal Ministry of Education to clear the air on the status of the former Monarch as the Chancellor of the institution. Sanusi, who was appointed […]

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FG releases guidelines for reopening of schools nationwide

Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu The Federal Government on Monday released guidelines for the reopening of schools across the nation. The government, however, did not disclose the date for school reopening. The Federal Government has released guidelines ahead of the planned resumption of schools at every level in the country but failed to disclose the […]

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Ekiti Varsity lecturers threaten strike over unpaid nine months salaries

Fayemi The Academic Staff Union of Universities, The Academic staff of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) has raised alarm over their unpaid salaries, which is running into the ninth months now. The lecturers, under the aegis of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU) said it would no longer cooperate with the university authority, as […]

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Ede Poly Rector in trouble for keeping king-size bed in his office

The Rector of Federal Polytechnic Ede, Dr. John Adekolawole, has drawn the ire of the institution’s staff after installing a king-size bed in his office. The Academic Board of the Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, has in turn, passed a vote of no confidence on him citing 21 grounds for its decision. Chairman of the […]

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COREN grants full accreditation to LAUTECH Engineering courses

Ologunde All seven engineering courses at the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, have been granted full accreditation by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN). Registrar of the Council, Prof. Joseph O. Odigure in a letter dated April 7, 2021, addressed to the Institution’s Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Olufisayo Ologunde, said […]

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Buhari approves dissolution of Babalakin-led UNILAG Governing Council, voids removal of Ogundipe as VC

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that the Governing Council of the University of Lagos headed by Dr Wale Babalakin be immediately dissolved. The president also overruled the decision of the Council to remove Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe as Vice Chancellor of the institution. According to a statement issued by Ben-Bem Goong, Director Press and Public Relations at […]

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Attack on lecturers: ASUU Rejects AAU’s Probe Panel

Obaseki, receiving the Report of the Joint Implementation Team on Public Libraries from the Chairperson of the Committee, Mrs. Grace Sanni, at the Edo State Government House By Peterson Ibi/Benin The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, chapter, has rejected the committee set up by the University Administration to probe […]

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Attack on lecturers: ASUU Rejects AAU’s Probe Panel

Obaseki, receiving the Report of the Joint Implementation Team on Public Libraries from the Chairperson of the Committee, Mrs. Grace Sanni, at the Edo State Government House By Peterson Ibi/Benin The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, chapter, has rejected the committee set up by the University Administration to probe […]

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ASUU may end strike within one week – Minister

The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, on Thursday said the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may be called off within one week. The minister stated this at a meeting with the Senate Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund in Abuja. He said that the ministry and other major stakeholders […]

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70 percent of Kebbi children out of school, as Northwest states falter in domesticating Child Right Act

Stakeholders have called for the domestication of the Child Right Act in all the states in the North West to help protect the rights of children in the region in accessing education. Though the Act made the provision of education to all children compulsory, only Kaduna state in the region has domesticated the law. The […]