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The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has given a two-week ultimatum to the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to resolve the strike, embarked upon by university lecturers. Mr. Michael Olukoya, the NUT President stated this in Abuja at the end of the Union’s meeting with teachers’ representatives across the country

Below is an open letter addressed to His Excellency, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, on the issue of sexual harassment and corruption by Lagos State University (LASU) lecturers. Dear Sir, The issue of intimate harassment and misconduct by lecturers in Nigerian universities has always been reoccurring in some of our universities and many lecturers have been

Walking to school helps children concentrate in lessons better and may even reduce the need for medication for conditions like ADHD, new research suggests. A survey of more than 2,500 pupils showed that 80 per cent of those who walked to school reported feeling calmer and more able to concentrate when they got there.  They

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko (AAUA) advised parents to keep their children at home, warning that members were ready to resist the management’s plans to recall students to campus despite the ongoing strike. This advice followed a statement by the Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Olufemi Mimiko, who said he

Public university system in the country is heading for a total shutdown as members of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions, NASU, will tomorrow begin a nationwide strike to protest two months unpaid salaries by government. NASU members who are expected to shut down all social amenities such as power and water

The fear of bad luck really can be reversed by carrying out rituals like touching wood and throwing salt, according to a new study. Touching wood is the most common superstition in Western culture used to reverse bad fortune or undo a ‘jinx’, while other cultures maintain similar practices, like spitting or throwing salt, after

With millions of people across the world living in urban slums and an ongoing food shortage in poor countries, students from Montreal have come up with a novel and sustainable food source – flour made from insects. Dubbed Flour Power, the team from McGill University plan to farm grasshoppers in poor areas of countries including

  Federal Government, yesterday, appealed to Nigeria Union of Teachers, NUT, to shelve its proposed solidarity strike with Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The Supervising Minister of Education, Mr. Nyesom Wike, made the appeal in Abuja, at a meeting with the members of NUT on the proposed industrial action. It will be recalled that

The Osun State government yesterday inaugurated the Salvation Army Middle School in Osogbo, the state capital. The school is one of the 100 elementary, 50 middle and 20 high schools being built under the O’School initiative. Governor Rauf Aregbesola said the inauguration was a reaffirmation that Osun’s education policy is headed for success. According to

Baba Umar, the Chairman of Kano state task force, revealed on Wednesday the shutting of 69 private schools due to their inability to meet the educational standards and functioning under bad conditions. “The 69 illegal schools were also operating under disturbing conditions and this is against the laws governing the establishment of schools in the