In line with its commitment to assist Africa attain its Agenda 2063 and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Mastercard Foundation says it will sponsor 400 scholars in the continent to study at the University of Oxford. The scholarship which is…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) Friday, October 14 suspended its 8-month-old strike conditionally after a meeting with its national executive committee. The suspension is coming after the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) agreed to modify the Integrated Personnel…
Eunice Afolabi Bauchi State Government has announced the introduction of girls-only schools at the senior secondary level across the state. The State Commissioner for Education, Aliyu Tilde, explained that the introduction of girls-only Secondary School Level (SSL) was meant to…
Eunice Afolabi The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed that it will appeal the order by the National Industrial Court (NIC) directing the suspension of its seven months old strike. In a brief statement by the Chairman of…
Eunice Afolabi The National Industrial Court has ordered the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), to suspend the ongoing Strike. While delivering a ruling on the interlocutory injunction filed by the Federal government, Justice Polycarp Hamman impeded ASUU from continuing…
An Non-governmental organisation, Tracka NG, has called the attention of the Bauchi State Government to intervene by renovating a secondary school, Yakubu Bauchi College of Islamic Studies, where over 1500 students sit on bare floor to learn. According to the…
Eunice Afolabi The Nigerian government has been advised to address barriers responsible for the increasing number of out-of-school children in the country. The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Country Representative to Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, gave the advise to journalists on…
The Federal Government has set up a tactical committee to review the 2009 Agreement reached between the government and the university-based staff unions as part of its efforts to end the protected strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities,…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has appealed to President Muhammadu Buhari to intervene and foster peace between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the administration by holding a meeting with the relevant parties…
In a bid to ensure a conducive learning environment for children in Lagos, Human Development Initiatives (HDI) has trained representatives of School Based Management Committee (SBMC) on promoting the rights of children in schools. The two day training was conducted…
