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  Minister of Information, Mr. Labaran Maku, said on Wednesday that activities of the Federal Government would be grounded if all the demands of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities were met. Maku stated this while responding to questions from State House correspondents after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja. The […]

  It is often said that a teacher’s reward is in heaven alone. The reason for such a belief is not far-fetched – teachers in this part of the world are some of the most poorly paid professionals, with some graduates being paid as low as N20,000 per month. In spite of this, a recent

  The host of the 2013 Nigerian Universities Games, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, has unveiled the logo and mascot for the tournament which is scheduled to hold from October 3 to 13. According to the Vice-Chancellor of OAU, Prof. Bamitale Omole, the authorities of the university have made arrangements and put final touches to renovation

  The lack of resolution in the negotiations between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government have prompted students in Ekiti State to threaten to storm private universities, Tribune reports. According to the students, the government’s insensitivity regarding the ASUU’s demands were because their own children are educated in foreign and

  Fourteen-year-old Titilayo Fasoro, unlike some of her contemporaries, has never been afraid of Mathematics. In fact, she has always scored good grades in the subject right from her primary school days. According to her, the least she has scored in the subject is 80 per cent. Therefore, for the SS1 pupil of Hallmark Secondary

  A seven-man robbery gang led by a lady, Chioma Ezekwesiri a Law graduate from the University of Lagos, has been arrested along with six other members of her gang by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, in Lagos while attempting to rob Bolatito Hotel, Kola Bus Stop, Ijaiye, Lagos. The alleged mastermind and ringleader, Chioma

  Covenant University, which is a private Christian University owned by Living Faith Church founded by Bishop David Oyedepo, recently released their student handbook (2013/2017). In it, the school listed a number of clothing items not allowed within the school premises. They banned practically everything, no jeans, no short skirts, no pencil skirt, no sleeveless

  There has been a marked rise of very good secondary schools all over the continent. Whilst government schools within African countries started off the best, following independence, much has changed. For the most part, private schools (we consider missionary school as private) outperform government schools. In addition, international schools have taken Africa by storm.

(By Dotun Onimole) Rising from a meeting with the Senate Committee on Education, the National Association of Nigeria University Students (NANUS) yesterday distanced itself from the ongoing dispute between tertiary unions and the federal government. The national student body, led by its national president, Peter Bassey Asuquo, insisted that the Academic Staff Union of Universities

  (By Uchechukwu Udoji) The Oyo State Government on Monday reiterated its commitment to capacity building in science and mathematics education, in line with its aim of restoring the pacesetting status of the state in education. The state Commissioner for Education, Adetokunbo Fayokun, said this in an interview with journalists shortly after declaring open the