ASUU Appeals To President Tinubu To Pay Lecturers Eight Months Withheld Salaries
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has urged President Bola Tinubu to pay without delay the eight months’ worth of salaries that have been withheld from its members as a result of what it called “the 2022 patriotic strike action triggered by the Government’s failure” to uphold agreements made with the Union. As a […]
New Varsity Curriculum To Begin Implementation In September – NUC
The Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS), created for universities, will commence implementation in September, according to Chris Maiyaki, Acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC). The new curriculum, according to Maiyaki, will reposition Nigerian universities to be among the best in Africa, he said on Wednesday during the Stakeholders’ Colloquium on CCMAS […]
JAMB Stops Institution From Selling Application Forms For NCE, Distance Learning, Sandwich, Other Programmes
In accordance with a recent directive from the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), tertiary institutions are not permitted to sell admission forms for First Degree, National Diploma, National Innovation Diploma, Nigeria Certificate in Education, or other related courses for Full-Time, Distance Learning, Part-Time, Outreach, Sandwich, or other related courses. No institutions is now permitted […]
Kaduna Govt. Approves Reduction Of Fee In Tertiary Institutions
Kaduna State governor, Uba Sani, has reduced the current high fees in the state tertiary institutions by 30 percent as students will be paying 70 percent of their fees. In his remarks during a news conference on the “review of current fees regime in Kaduna State tertiary institutions” held at Government House, Kaduna on Monday. […]
NBA Investigates Alleged Sexual Assault By UNICAL Law Dean
The Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar, Prof. Cyril Ndifon, has been suspended following allegations of sexual assault. The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has formed an ad hoc committee to investigate the allegations. After the conclusion of the association’s most recent National Executive Committee (NEC), which was presided over by […]
Nigerian Student Returnees From Sudan Lament Over Difficulty Getting Admission Into Universities
Nigerian students who were evacuated from war-torn Sudan have lamented the tedious processes of getting admitted into Nigerian universities. Recall that a total of 2,518 stranded Nigerians were evacuated from Sudan in May 2023. On June 7, 2023, the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board unveiled modalities for the absorption of Nigerian students returning from war-torn […]
FG Speaks On Increase Tuition Fees Of Federal Universities
The Federal Government has refuted media reports claiming that the country’s federal universities’ tuition fees had increased. The administration claimed the reports are false and erroneous in a statement released on Wednesday by Dele Alake, Special Adviser to the President on Special Duties, Communications, and Strategy. According to Alake, the government is aware that several […]
UNILAG Raises Tuition From N19,000 To N100,750
The University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akoka in Lagos has increased its undergraduate students’ tuition fees. Following a meeting with the senior management team, the UNILAG branch of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) issued a statement on Thursday that included this information. The statement claims that the institution’s management raised the tuition for […]
Mmesoma Ejikeme Apologizes To JAMB Over Result Forgery
Mmesoma Ejikeme, the 19-year-old candidate in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) fraud case, has finally apologized to the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB). Ejikeme on Wednesday read an apology letter in the presence of an investigative hearing by the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee to probe the matter. In her letter […]
Gov. Umo Eno Orders The Renovation Of Public Primary Schools
Akwa Ibom State governor, Pastor Umo Eno, has ordered the immediate renovation and upgrading of facilities in all public primary Schools across the state. Governor Eno gave the directive on Friday when he embarked on an unscheduled inspection of facilities at Christ the King Primary School, CKS located along Wellington Bassey Way, Uyo. The statement […]
