The Academic Staff Union of Universities has warned that “in the absence of visible and concrete efforts at addressing pending issues and meeting its expectations, 2025 will be a year of long-drawn confrontation between the union and the Federal Government.” Describing efforts made by the Federal Government to address its issues last year as window-dressing […]
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The Federal Executive Council on Monday approved the renaming of the University of Abuja as Yakubu Gowon University. The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, revealed this to State House correspondents after the council held its last meeting for 2024 at the Aso Rock Villa, Abuja. Idris said, “The third item is that
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The Federal Ministry of Education has suspended a staff member of a federal college over allegations of engaging in an immoral video conversation with a former female student. The Ministry described the incident as “totally unacceptable” and handed the individual over to the relevant authorities for investigation and possible prosecution. In a statement issued in
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The Federal Government has announced changes to the Governing Councils of the Federal University, Oye-Ekiti, and the Federal University, Lokoja. A statement from the Federal Ministry of Education, on Wednesday, explained that the adjustments, approved by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, are intended to promote national cohesion and improve governance within the affected institutions.
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The Joint Action Committee of the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions and the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities has stated that there has been no official communication from the government regarding its ongoing strike. On Monday, the JAC of SSANU and NASU commenced an indefinite strike over four months of withheld
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The Federal Government plans to allocate 25 per cent of revenue from the proposed development levy to the Student Education Loan Fund in 2025. This is according to a new bill titled, “A Bill for an Act to Repeal Certain Acts on Taxation and Consolidate the Legal Frameworks relating to Taxation and Enact the Nigeria
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No fewer than 5,000 indigent pupils from remote communities in Oyo State have benefited from the recently launched Federal Government BAT-STEM initiative. The three-day educational outreach programme, organised by the Presidential Community Engagement Office (South-West), is part of the Federal Government’s BAT-STEM project, which includes scholarships, training, education, and mentorship. According to a statement made
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The Owerri Zone Academic Staff Union of Universities has asked the Federal Government to stop paying lip service to public education in the country. Zonal coordinator of the zone, Dennis Aribodor, accused the Federal Government of underfunding public education in the country at a press conference in Owerri, Imo State, on Monday. He also accused
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The Federal Executive Council has proposed a bill that would allocate 30 per cent of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund’s (TETFund) resources to the Student Loan Scheme. The bill aims to amend Section 3 of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund Act No. 16, 2011, which addresses the establishment of the TETFund. Mr Bayo Onanuga, the
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THE Federal Government has earmarked N47.5 billion for the upgrade of 50 secondary schools nationwide and to equip them with state-of-the-art teaching and learning infrastructure. Executive Secretary of the National Senior Secondary Education Commission (NSSEC), Dr Iyela Ajayi, disclosed this while flagging off the infrastructure upgrade at Government Secondary School, Koton Karfe, Kogi State. According
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With 332,715 students registered and over 18,000 already receiving payments, the initiative is touted as a major step towards removing financial barriers to education in Nigeria. The most significant change in the 2024 Education Loan Act is its new governance structure. The Act sets up the Nigeria Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) as a business-focused corporate
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The Management of the National Youth Service Corps has insisted that the increase of corps members’ allowance, following the approval of a new minimum wage of N70,000 for workers, will be determined by the Federal Government. The acting Director of the Information and Public Relations unit of the NYSC, Caroline Embu, made this known to
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The Chancellor of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti, Aare Afe Babalola, SAN, has faulted the Federal Government’s decision to bar students under 18 from writing examinations conducted by the West African Examination Council and National Examination Council and as well gaining admission to universities in the country. Afe Babalola, who said that the new policy
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The proposed meeting between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities was rescheduled from Monday till August 28. A highly placed source within the National Executive Council of ASUU told our correspondent on Monday that: “Our meeting with the Federal Government will now hold on August 28.” Public university lecturers, following resolutions
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The Federal Government has scheduled a meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) leadership for Monday to address the union’s grievances and the strike notice. Tribune Online reports that ASUU had given the government a 21-day strike notice on Wednesday, calling on the President Bola Tinubu administration to resolve lingering issues affecting Nigerian
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The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, has expressed displeasure over the merging of technical colleges with colleges of science, saying it eroded the gains of establishing technical colleges across the country. Mamman spoke this in Abuja on Wednesday at a one-day stakeholders’ meeting on “The Challenges and Issues Affecting Technical Colleges” in the country.
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The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics says it has not started negotiations with the Federal Government to address contentious issues in the new scheme of service. ASUP Zone D Coordinator, Dr Iloma Richard, who stated this at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said that the proposed document could severely harm polytechnic education
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The Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman, has promised to negotiate with the teaching and non-teaching workers of the Nigerian universities. This was in response to the ongoing protests by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions. The unions are demanding,
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The Nigerian Education Loan Fund (NELFUND) has announced the inclusion of twelve additional state government-owned tertiary institutions into its student loan application portal. This development brings the total number of participating state institutions to 48, up from the initial 36. The announcement, made through a press statement dated July 10th, 2024, signed by Nasir Ayitogo,
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The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has urged the Federal Government to fulfil its promise to remove its members from the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS). Dr Joshua Silas, the Chairman of ASUU, Federal University, Lokoja (FUL) chapter, made the call on Tuesday during a protest by members of the union at
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