NYSC announces 2024 schedule for the orientation course for Batch A Stream Two
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) has released information on its mobilization schedule for the 2024 Batch 'A' Stream Two Orientation Course to the...
WAEC releases results of first Computer-based WASSCE
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has released the results of the first-ever Computer-Based West African Senior School Certificate Examination (CB-WASSCE) for private candidates,...
Nigerian govt should support private universities – Peter Obi
The federal government has been urged to assist private universities in the nation by Peter Obi, the Labour Party's (LP) presidential candidate in the...
SANU, NASU declare a seven-day warning strike.
In response to the nationwide strike in 2022, the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) have announced...
Undergraduates in Imo protest high tuition, extortion, intimidation
In response to the high cost of living, expensive tuition, inadequate facilities, inadequate infrastructure, inadequate instruction, extortion, and intimidation at their various universities, students...
Rival cults group clash in FUTO, Student killed, others injured
In an event involving a cult, one student at the Federal University of Technology Owerri, or FUTO, Owerri, killed and multiple others were injured.
A...
Direct entry: JAMB commences registration February 28
Direct Entry (DE) Forms are now available for purchase both nationally and in a few carefully chosen international locations through the Joint Admissions and...
Suspended UNICAL dean, lawyer granted bail in response over alleged sexual harassment
Probation was granted to Prof. Cyril Ndifon, the suspended Dean of the University of Calabar's Faculty of Law, by a Federal High Court in...
States varsities oppose House of Representatives’ decision to stop the N683 billion TETFund intervention
The House of Representatives Committee on Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) decided to stop the 2024 TETFund investment in state-owned universities. This decision has been met with protests from the Committee of Pro-Chancellors of State-Owned Universities (COPSUN).
In a press statement signed by Suleiman Abubakar Mahdi, the Secretary of the committee, on behalf of the chairman, it stated that the directive was unprecedented.
According to Mahdi, the House Committee's decision violates the theory of the separation of powers and may spark confrontation between the various branches and levels of government.
“It...
Nigerians, other foreign students get Canada 2years study visa ban
For the next two years, postsecondary institutions in the Canadian province of British Columbia are not allowed to accept Nigerians or other international students.
Marc Miller, Federal Immigration Minister disclosed this recently in a statement.
According to Miller, the measure aims to decrease new student visa issuance by 35...