Members of the Association of Resident Doctors, Osun State University chapter, on Friday, convened an emergency general meeting, to discuss the spate of insecurity in the hospital environment. The association described the…
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Gunmen Invade Community Near LAUTECH, Abduct Two
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have invaded Abaa, a community near the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, and abducted two persons. PUNCH correspondent gathered that the gunmen stormed the community which…
Gov. El-Rufai Vows To Sack All Striking Lecturers
Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State has threatened to sack all the Kaduna State University (KASU) lecturers if they continue to observe the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike. According to…
ASUU seeks bill to regulate foreign education for special Nigerians
Prof. Kingdom Tombra, Chairman of the University of Niger Delta University Wilberforce Island chapter of the union, made this known at the solidarity protest organised by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) on…
Just In: OAU, ABU students’ unions, coalition back NLC protest
The nationwide protest declared by the Nigerian Labour Congress has been met with wide acceptance from students, workers and right groups. The NLC has slated the protest for Tuesday, July 26…
JAMB, others reduce cut-off marks for 2022 admissions
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for degree awarding institutions for the 2022 admission process. The minimum cut-off marks for polytechnics is 100…
2022 UTME: Ekiti Indigene Emerges Overall Best Student
THE Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board(JAMB) has announced that an indigene of Ekiti, Adebayo Eyimofe, scored the highest mark in the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination(UTME) with 362. Adebayo wrote the examination…
Hope dashes for Nigerian Students as COEASU Extends Strike
Lecturers in the Nigerian colleges of education have extended their ongoing strike by three weeks. The lecturers, under the aegis of Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union, blamed their decision on the…
ASUU strike dashes hope of Nigerian students as union disowns faction
Hopes of undergraduates returning to the classroom anytime soon have again been dashed as the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has ruled out any possibility of suspending its six months old…
Good news as Buhari issues ultimatum to minister to resolve university disputes
President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, to resolve the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and other university-based unions. ASUU had commenced…