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Varsity crisis deepens as students reject planned SSANU, NASU strike
By Chukwuemerie Anyene
The resolve of the non-teaching staff unions of universities to embark on what they call a “comprehensive and total strike" from February 5, 2021, seems not to go…
UniCal set to resume February 5 with virtual learning
By Joseph Kingston, Calabar
The senate of the University of Calabar has said the institution would officially resume academic activities for the 2019/2020 session on February 5, 2021,…
Post-UTME : Food vendors make brisk business in Nsukka
Food vendors and shuttle drivers are making brisk businesses at the ongoing post-University Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) holding at the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN).…
Strike looms as Ebonyi Government, ASUU Meeting End In Deadlock
By Ruth Oginyi
The meeting between the Academic staff union of the Universities, ASUU National and Ebonyi State Government Tuesday ended in deadlock.
Recall that ASUU-EBSU had…
Anambra teachers to comply with resumption directives
Prof. Kate Omenugha, Anambra Commissioner for Basic Education has commended Teachers and Education administrators across the state for complying with the Jan. 18 resumption directives…
Prof Sunday Elom emerges AE- FUNAI Vice-Chancellor
By Ruth Oginyi
Sunday Oge Elom, a Professor of Medical Biochemistry has been appointed the new Vice-Chancellor of Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu-Alike, Ebonyi State.
The…
University of Calabar to resume Feb 5 — VC
The Senate of the University of Calabar has announced Feb. 5 as its resumption date for the 2019/2020 Academic Session, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Florence Obi, has said.
Obi, who…
Ebonyi govt harps on COVID-19 protocol as schools resume
Ebonyi government on Monday directed schools across the state to observe the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) COVID-19 protocols as schools resumed across the state.
Dr…
Unizik don, Onyejiaka attracts grant to remodel, construct offices in varsity
By Gabriel Chy Alonta
Dr. Joseph Chukwudi Onyejiaka of the Department of Estate Management, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state, has…
Amidst rising coronavirus cases, Nigeria confirms January 18 school resumption date still stands
Amidst the rising cases of coronavirus in the country, including fatalities, the Federal Ministry of Education has announced that the January 18 school resumption date stands.
A total of…
University of Ibadan announces resumption date, cancels 2019/2020 session
The authorities of the University of Ibadan have approved February 22, 2021, for the resumption of academic activities in the institution.
It was gathered that the university also…
Unizik SSANU, NASU join national protest over IPPIS irregularities, others
By Chidex Onyemah
The Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, chapter of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and the Non Academic Staff Union, Wednesday, joined their national…
NECO releases 2020 SSCE results
The National Examinations Council has released the 2020 Senior School Certificate Examination results.
This was disclosed by the Registrar, Professor Godswill Obioma, while speaking at…
COVID-19: VCs, ASUU clash over Universities’ resumption
Vice Chancellors of some federal and state universities and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, were at daggers drawn yesterday over resumption of universities in the face of…
Vice Chancellors counter ASUU, say Universities can resume
Vice-Chancellors of some federal and state universities in Nigeria have expressed readiness to reopen schools.
Though the Academic Staff Union of Universities had said that varsities…