The Federal Government on March 7, 2022, inaugurated a seven-person committee tasked with the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement reached with the Academic Staff Union of Universities and the other three unions including, The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and…
A total of 3,135 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination and Direct Entry examinations candidates who scored 300 and above in 2018, 2019 and 2020 did not gain admission into tertiary institutions. The figure is based on the admission statistics prepared by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board for the three years. The statistics for 2018, 2019…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Thursday expressed optimism about its ongoing meeting with the Prof. Nimi Briggs committee, describing the negotiation as being progressive. Speaking on Thursday, the National President, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, said the union had been negotiating with the Briggs committee since last week over its demands. ASUU commenced its…
Makayla Malaka, a young singer who debuted in the music industry in 2019, has reached yet another milestone with the release of her first book, ‘The African Princess,’ on Children’s Day in Nigeria. The book is a magnificent tale of hope, love, courage, and the value of the girl child in a male-dominated society, and…
In the early1970s, 80s, and 90s, school farming was a major component of academic curriculum, and there were no exemptions as to who participated in practical agriculture. All students trooped to the farms on designated days. The idea behind this was to make agriculture an integral part of school culture, so that students are well…
At least 1.7 million candidates are set to take part in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) nationwide scheduled to run from May 6 to May 16. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) stated that the examination would be conducted for 1,761,338 candidates that successfully registered for the examination in 755 registered computer-based…
10-year-old Lagos girl was suspended from Chrisland School after she was raped by a male classmate. Social media went agog last week over the claim made by a socialite Ubi Franklin that a 10 year old girl was raped at Dubai having travelled there for a school competition. The Nigerian preteen, whose identity was protected…
