There are no indications yet when academic activities will resume in Nigeria’s public universities as the negotiation between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is yet to reach a conclusion. ASUU says it has not heard from the government concerning its demands. The Federal Government’s renegotiation committee, which is chaired by the Pro-Chancellor of Alex …

St. Francis Catholic Secondary School, Idimu, Lagos has improved on its 2021 feat as 34 of its students in the just concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) scored above 300 out of 400 marks. Four years ago, a student of the school, Master Chibuzor Monwuba, 16, obtained the overall best result in Nigeria in the UTME. He scored 358 marks. …

An NGO, the Inclusive Education and Individualised Education Programme (IEIEPC) has adopted Blue House (now known as IEIEPC House) at Modupe Cole Memorial Child Care and Treatment Home, Akoka, Lagos. This is part of its intervention as members of the NGO recently joined the school in its inter-house sports competition. A member of IEIEPC Board, Mr Ademola Olusunmade said the …

If all goes well, the protracted crisis in Nigeria’s universities may be over soon… at least for now. Following the three-part meeting with unions within the universities, the Federal Government expressed optimism that the decisions reached would yield fruits next week. In a statement yesterday, the Head of Press and Public Relations in the Federal Ministry of Labour and Employment, …

President Muhammadu Buhari has appealed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to consider the plight of students and call off the ongoing strike. At the 19th National Productivity Day at the State House, Abuja on Thursday, the President also urged students of Nigeria’s public tertiary institutions to exercise patience as the government strived to address the nagging issues …

World renowned novelist from Nigeria, Chimamanda Adichie is to be awarded her 16th honorary doctorate degree by the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium on 28th April. According to the Editor-in-Chief, Glazia Communication, Omawumi Ogbe, the ceremony would take place at the university’s main campus in Louvain-la-Neuve, located 20 kilometers from Brussels. Ogbe said that the institution, which was founded by …

Havilah Group, a records management and archiving solutions company, has endowed an annual N500,000 prize for the best graduating student of Library Science and Information Technology at the University of Jos. Its Chief Executive of the company, Otunba Lanre Adesuyi announced the prize during a thank you visit to Havilah Group in Abuja by the Vice Chancellor of the university, …

Renegotiation between the striking university lecturers and the Federal Government is expected to start this week with the inauguration of a community charged with that responsibility. The four-week ‘roll-over total and comprehensive strike action’ declared by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), enters its last week. According to the Director of Press and Public Relations in the Ministry of …