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Akwuegbu enrols in London University after retirement from football
Former Super Eagles striker, Benedict Akwuegbu, has enrolled in a London University to pursue a career in sports management 10 years after he called time on his football career, Orient…
Anambra community decries its poor-quality public schools
By Praise Necherem
Youths in Osumenyi, Nnewi South local government area of Anambra state, have expressed dismay over hat they alleged to be abandonment of the only two public secondary…
ASUU blames FG for crisis bedeviling education sector
By Oluseyi Dasilva
Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at the weekend, warned that his union would executes its next agenda if the…
ASUU faults FG over poor public varsities conditions
By Gabriel Chy Alonta
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has accused the federal government of attempting to kill public universities in the country. The union’s president,…
COVID-19: Pupils, students excited as schools resume in Anambra
By Gabriel Chy Alonta
It was with great excitement and reservations that pupils and students in primary, secondary schools in Anambra state returned to the classroom amidst the lingering…
UniCal’s VC, Obi, to formally assume duty December
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
The first female vice chancellor of the University of Calabar (UniCal), Professor Florence Obi, who emerged from a 13-man contest, will officially assume duty…
UniCal lecturers vow to shutdown campus over unpaid entitlements
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
Placard-carrying members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, University of Calabar Chapter, Wednesday, protested over years of unpaid…
Female education, crucial to national development – AGF
The Accountant-General of the Federation, Ahmed Idris, says educating the girl-child remains necessary, if the nation’s quest for development is to be achieved.Idris was quoted as having…
ASUU warns against reopening schools without adherence to COVID-19 protocols
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Ibadan chapter, has warned against the reopening of schools without provisions for schools to meet COVID-19 precautionary…
Anambra Ministry of Education approves gradual reopening of schools
The Ministry of Basic Education in Anambra has approved gradual reopening of schools in the state, in line with the ministry’s approved timetable for the completion of the 2019/2020…
ASUU urges NUC to investigate alleged frauds in some universities
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Sokoto Zone, has called on the National Universities Commission (NUC), to investigate alleged frauds by Vice Chancellors (VCs) of some…
Jobless UNN graduate threatens to sell or burn degree, NYSC certificates
By Our Reporter
Godwin Joseph Ochie, a political science graduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has threatened to sell or burn his degree and the accompanied National Youth…
COVID-19: Imo teachers vow not to resume school until govt settles salaries
By Buchi Iwuji, Owerri
Secondary and primary school teachers in Imo state have stated that they may not go back to classes, even if the state government orders the resumption of all…
ASUU in Benin rejects IPPIS, opts for UTAS
The Benin Zone of Academic Staff Union of Universities, (ASUU), has opted for University Transparency and Accountability Solution (UTAS), which it developed as their preferred mode of…
Abia indigenes in diaspora donate 250 transistor radios to students
By Joe Akwarandu, Umuahia
Local Government Education Secretaries have been enjoined to exhibit a high level of transparency and honesty in the distribution of transistor radio sets…