Prof Abiodun Ogunyemi, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has asked the federal government to stop playing a game of manipulation and deception in his latest revelation on why the union is yet to call off the strike.  The ASUU President who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme on Monday November 9,…

The management of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC) has announced that the results for the 2020 West African Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) will be released today, Monday November 2.  The exam body which made the announcement on Sunday evening, said the results will be released by 10:30am. The tweet read;  “This is to inform candidates that sat…

A student of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) was allegedly kidnapped on her way to Kogi state on Monday, October 26, and her kidnappers are asking for 100 million Naira. Adebayo Oluwatomiyin Oyiza, 18, is a 200 level Human Nutrition and Dietetic Student of AAU. According to friends of Oyiza, the teenager was kidnapped in Okene. They took to Twitter…

Schools in Ibadan, Oyo state capital have been directed to resume normal academic activities from Monday October 26 by the state government.  The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Olasunkanmi Olaleye who made the announcement, said the decision was taken after a review of the situation in Ibadan metropolis. The statement read;  “His Excellency, Governor Seyi Makinde, directed the…

A staff of the Federal University Dutse (FUD) in Jigawa State identified as Shehu Abdulhamid, has been kidnapped in Kano State. Spokesperson of the university, Abdullahi Bello, who confirmed the incident on Friday, October 23, said that Abdulhamid was abducted on Thursday, along Kano-Maiduguri highway in Gaya Local Government Area of Kano. Abdulhamid, a clinical…

The Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities have again disagreed on the payment platform which will be used in disbursing the salary arrears and the N30 billion earned allowance of university lecturers. While the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige offered to pay the salary arrears and the N30 billion Earned Allowances of the university lecturers…

Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has stated that the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) continous strike is boosting the ongoing nationwide protests of #EndSARS. The Minister who said this at the ongoing reconciliatory meeting between representatives of ASUU and government, also affirmed that they are not trying to replace the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS)…

The decomposed body of a senior administrative staff of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) in Nasarawa State, Mrs. Angelina Tyem, was discovered in her apartment in Lafia in the early hours of Sunday, October 4, four days after she reportedly disappeared. Tyem was a former candicate for the Akwanga North constituency in the 2019 General…

The Federal Government has announced October 12 for full reopening of 104 Unity Schools across the country. The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, made the announcement at a press conference in Abuja on Thursday, October 2. He said State Governments and private school owners are at liberty to reopen based on guidelines developed for the safe reopening of…