The Joint Action Committee on Academics and Non-academic Staff Unions of Bauchi State-owned Tertiary Institutions on Thursday declared a total indefinite strike action over demands from the Bauchi State government. While declaring the strike via an issued communique, the committee’s chairman, Abubakar A...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has expressed strong opposition to the Federal Government’s proposed removal of the education tax, describing the plan as a threat to the survival of Nigerian universities. ASUU’s National President, Prof. Victor Osodeke, disclosed in an interview with The PUNCH ...
More than N18.5 billion has been paid to tertiary institutions as student loans, the Managing Director of the Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND), Mr. Akintude Sawyerr, has confirmed. Sawyerr, who spoke on a TVC programme monitored yesterday by our reporter, said additional N5.5 billion has been paid...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the poor working conditions among public varsities’ lecturers fuel the reluctance of qualified young academics to take up jobs in the university system. The chairman of the University of Ibadan (UI) chapter of the union, Prof. Ayo Akinwole, said t...
New Bursar of Yaba College of Technology, Lagos, Dr. Olusola Dada, will resume office today with Registrar, Mrs Henrietta Adebola Badejo. Acting Registrar, Dr E. J. A. Akinwale, said both appointments for a five-year tenure, were approved by the council. Dada is from Efon Alaaye in Ekiti State and an...
By Olubunmi Kusanu The stampedes in Ibadan, Abuja, and Okija, which claimed lives and left many injured, have highlighted a glaring need for enhanced security protocols, crowd control measures, and coordinated emergency responses at public events in Nigeria. These tragedies were not inevitable but a res...
