The management of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin (KwaraPoly) has raised an alarm over encroachment of its land by suspected land grabbers in the state. On the sideline of the institution’s 28th convocation ceremony, the Rector, Engineer Abdul Jimoh Mohammed told the media that 41 percent of its land areas had been encroached upon. “The Polytechnic is currently occupying six …

Government-owned universities are gearing up for resumption of classes following the suspension of the industrial action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which last eight months. On Friday, the University of Port Harcourt released the reviewed academic calendar for 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 sessions, which indicated that the first semester 2021/22 examinations for full time students will run for …

Exactly eight months after it started, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has suspended its industrial action that has shut down federal universities and many of their state counterparts. ASUU is expected to make a formal pronouncement later on Friday about the “conditional” suspension of the action. The union’s National Executive Council took the decision at the end of …

The Federal Ministry of Education has announced Miss Adeola Adefemi, an English teacher with the Oke-Odo Senior High School, Alimosho in Lagos State, as the Best Teacher in Nigeria. At a national event held recently in Abuja to commemorate the annual World Teachers’ Day, Vice President Yemi Osinbajo presented the Award to Adefemi, saying that the event was designed to …

Grace Schools have affirmed its commitment to providing adequate resources to equip and empower its teachers in order to enhance academic growth of the students. The Executive Director, Mrs  Olatokunbo Edun said that the school remains strongly committed to promoting capacity development of the teachers through various professional development programmes. She explained that, beyond the annual celebration of teachers, Grace …

A Professor of Microbiology at the College of Medicine, Folasade Ogunsola has broken the glass ceiling by emerging the first female Vice Chancellor of the University of Lagos in its 60-year history. Chosen on Friday night, Prof. Ogunsola becomes the 13th substantive Vice Chancellor of the university after being picked by the selection committee of the institution. Prof. Ogunsola, daughter …

Ten academic staff of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) – six of them Professors – died between 14th February and now, according to the university branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU commenced its now protracted industrial action on 14th February, demanding Federal Government’s implementation of the Memorandum of Action on funding for revitalisation of public universities, which …

Ondo State Governor, Arakunrin Rotimi Akeredolu has been commended for his commitment to sound basic education in the state, which has started to yield positive results judging by the performance of pupils in terminal examinations. During a courtesy visit to his office in Akure by the management of Universal Learning Solution Initiatives (ULSI) executor of Jolly Phonics Project, the Executive …

The Federal Government has reversed itself on the earlier directive through the National Universities Commission that its universities should be re-opened despite the seven-month strike action by the Academic Union of University Staff (ASUU). Earlier in the day, the government – also through the NUC – had directed Vice-Chancellors, Pro-Chancellors and Governing Councils to re-open federal universities. Withdrawing his own …

The Vice-Chancellor designate of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), Prof. Wahab Egbewole has condoled the family of Malam Abidu Yazid, who was Pro-Chancellor of the university until his death last week. The VC led a nine-member delegation from the university to pay a condolence visit at the residence and family house of the deceased in Katsina. He described the death …