The Court of Appeal will decide on the suit filed against the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by the Federal Government on 26th January. Last September, the government dragged ASUU before the National Industrial Court of Nigeria (NICN) over the failure of the union to call off protracted its strike, which eventually last nine months. Although the NICN ruled …

The President/Chairman of Tompolo Foundation, Chief Government Ekpemupolo (well known as Tompolo) on Friday donated 458 single seater desks worth millions of Naira to the Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko in Warri South West Local Government Area of Delta State. At the combined matriculation for the 2019/2020, 2020/2021 and 2021/2022 academic sessions of the university, the Executive Secretary of Tompolo Foundation, …

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) in the Diaspora has elected Comrade John Ogar from the University of Sierra Leone, as its president. Prince Ogar takes over from Evidence Ahayere, whose tenure has come to an end. He was declared the winner after he scored the highest votes to beat Comrade Abdulrazak Abdulrahman from the South Africa University in …

The management of the Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State has denied allegations of covering up some students caught absconding from school to lodge female classmates in a hotel for sex romps. The Principal, Mrs Tofunmi Akamo said on Wednesday that the students, numbering six, were picked up from the hotel by the school, adding that the incident happened once. …

The Students Loan Bill recently passed by the National Assembly recommended two years imprisonment or N500,000 or both for students who default in repayment or anyone found aiding defaulters. As part of efforts geared towards addressing funding challenges in the country’s tertiary institutions of learning, the National Assembly recently passed the Student Loan Bill, which has faced much criticism, into …

Staff, students, alumni, and parents of Lagos City College (now known as Lagos City Senior College) were in joyful mood as their school clocked 70 years on Tuesday. In their grand outfits, they arrived at the school grounds in Sabo, Yaba for the epoch moment. The Lagos City College Old Students Association (LACCOSA) collaborated with the school and the Parents-Teachers …

The management of the Grace College of Education, Osogbo has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA), Akungba Akoko, Ondo State for the commencement of degree programmes in some education-related courses. According to a statement by the Proprietor of the College, Amos Adetunji, the MoU empowered the institution to run degree programmes in education-based courses in …

No fewer than 48 bills were introduced for the establishment of new universities across the states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory, according to an examination of the Senate and House of Representatives 2022 legislative proposals. Some of the bills were proposed at the height of the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), which lasted …

The House of Representatives on Wednesday accused the President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osedeke of misleading the public on the intervention of Speaker, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila in the union’s faceoff with the Federal Government. It said that Osedeke’s approach to negotiations and his penchant for political brinkmanship were the main reasons ASUU’s strike lingered for …

Lagos State Government is unlocking the pulse of education by enforcing that children of school age are kept in the classrooms. At the Stakeholders meeting on out-of-school children survey held at Providence Hotel, Ikeja, on Monday, the Commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget, Mr Sam Egube said that the survey is to drastically reduce the worrisome rate of children who …