Rivers, Enugu, Imo and Edo states took the lead in the establishment of state universities. The Rivers State University of Science and Technology was established in 1980, the same year the old Anambra State established Anambra State University of Science and Technology (now
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) yesterday said it had discovered 1 million illegal institutional admissions. The board said it was surprised that less than five per cent of affected students’ details had been uploaded on the board’s portal by the institutions,
It has been weeks since the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) went on strike. The union had embarked on a one-month warning strike on February 13 to press home their demands for better working conditions, and proper funding of Nigerian universities among other
Delta State University The Delta State University, Abraka, has backed out of the ongoing Academic Staff Union of Universities strike as the institution’s management also directed the students to immediately return for academic activities. PUNCH Metro gathered that the decision was reached after the
The National Board for Technical Education has banned all Diploma programmes other than the National Diploma run by some polytechnics and other Technical and Vocational Education and Training institutions across the country. This was contained in a statement by the Board’s Head of
The Lagos State University (LASU) has produced 112 First Class out of 7, 232 that would graduate for 2019/2020 academic session.The feat is the highest ever since the university was established in 1983 by the Lateef Jakande administration.The best graduating first-degree student of
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Nasarawa State University, Keffi Chapter, has pleaded with stakeholders in education sector to engage government at all levels in reaching a reasonable agreement with the union to avoid disruption of academic activities in universities due to
Eighteen-year-old, Chinasa Nweze, a former student of Lagoon School, Lekki, Lagos State, on Tuesday emerged the best overall in West Africa in the May/June 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). Nweze beat over 1, 500,000 million candidates that sat for the
ACADEMIC Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has extended its warning strike for another two months. The decision to extend the strike was taken at the union’s National Executive Council, NEC meeting held in Abuja last night. Although the union has not made any
•For missing farewell prayer session; • Management denies claim Parents and guardians of some students who recently graduated from the Landmark University, Omu-Aran, Kwara State have accused the management of the institution of withholding the National Youth Service Corps Scheme call up letters of
The wave of abduction of journalists that continues to grow under a so-called democratic government
Chadians vote for a president on Monday in an election purportedly aimed at ending military
– As Chief Okeke Thunders In line with his astute stance against the “cast system”
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), has responded to the incessant power supply in the