African American University honours The Guardian editorial board member, Jacob Akindele, with PhD in Creative Writing

Dr Jacob Olubanji Akindele with the Chancellor and Founder of the University, Prof Ben Ezeohagwu By Banji Ayoola The stars shone brightly and twinkled repeatedly two weeks ago as celebrated writer and an editorial board member of the flagship of the Nigerian media, The Guardian, Prince Jacob Olubanji Akindele, was conferred with PhD Honoris Causa […]

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ASUU: Students kick against court judgement

The National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has faulted the court judgement which mandated the Academic Staff Union of Universities,ASUU, to call of its seven month strike. The National Industrial Court of Nigeria on Wednesday ordered the ASUU to call off its ongoing nationwide strike. ASUU has been on strike since February 14 to press […]

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Buhari’s wife, Aisha under fire for celebrating daughter-in-law’s graduation in UK amid ASUU strike

First Lady, Aisha Buhari, has come under criticism after she shared the graduation photographs of her daughter-in-law across her social media pages on Tuesday. Zahra Bayero-Buhari, who got married to President Muhammadu Buhari’s son, Yusuf, in August 2021, graduated from a UK university on Tuesday. Aisha’s critics berated her for being insensitive to the plights […]

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Knocks as Buhari’s daughter-in-law graduates from UK varsity

Some civil society groups, on Tuesday, described as “insensitive” a post made by the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, on her Facebook page celebrating her daughter-in-law’s graduation from a United Kingdom university. They also asked her to apologise to millions of Nigerian students stuck at home as the seven-month strike by the Academic Staff […]

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ASUU warns court against forcing lecturers back to work

The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, has warned that the quality of teaching in the nation’s universities will be negatively affected if the National Industrial Court (NIC) forces the union to return to work. He stated this on Tuesday during a meeting between the union, the leadership of […]

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ASUU Strike: Protesting university students set to ‘shut down’ Abuja Airport road

Students of public universities in Nigeria have said all is set to ground activities at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport at the nation’s federal capital territory (FCT), Abuja. The latest decision followed the success recorded in Lagos on Monday when human and vehicular movement into and from the Muritala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) was obstructed […]

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Low turnout as Oyo primary schools’ pupils resume for new session

Adeniran, left, during the monitoring of resumption of Oyo State primary schools’ pupils for the 2022/23 academic session on Monday, September 19, 2022 Govt urges parents: Send your children back to school Sets 50% benchmark for pupils’ promotion Oyo State Government on Monday decried the low turnout of pupils in public schools, as schools resume […]

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Ondo primary schools resume new session amid vandalisation reports

SUBEB members, Hon Saka Yusuf Ogunleye and Princess Ademulegun Brown inspecting one of the vandalised primary schools in Akure, while monitoring the resumption of Ondo State primary schools pupils for the new academic session on Monday SUBEB invites police, security agents to wade in, stop further looting Appeals to Deji of Akure to intervene By […]

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FG debunks taking ASUU to court, hints of fresh negotiation

Gbajabiamila meets union over strike today The Federal Government did not take the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to court over its prolonged strike, Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has clarified. In the same breath, Ngige claimed he would have failed in his duties if he did not refer the matter to […]

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