Afe Babalola: Poor funding responsible for woes in Nigeria’s tertiary education

Founder of Afe Babalola University, Ado Ekiti(ABUAD), Chief Afe Babalola(SAN), has decried the poor funding of public universities, stating it accounts for the despicable condition of tertiary education in the nation. Babalola lamented the Federal Government has consistently underfunded education sector with meagre allocation of seven percent of the national budget. He spoke in ABUAD […]

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ASUU unaware of FG N15.89 billion payment to varsities – Ogunyemi

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) says it has not been briefed on the alleged payment of N15.89 billion to universities by the Federal Government, two months after it embarked on strike. The union’s National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in […]

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ASUU may soon call off strike as FG moves to meet demands

Government raises hope on new minimum wage The protracted strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) may soon to be called off. Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, who gave the hint in Onitsha, Anambra State said that funds had been provided to meet most of the demands of the union. […]

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Death

What has a beginning must have an end. So after this life given you to spend, You’ll to the beyond get another birth, Which those left on earth refer to as death.   Death, the great exterminator, Terminates what the Creator With love had cared to bring to life, And then such mortal life deprive. […]

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