President Uhuru Kenyatta is scheduled to meet with officials of teachers’ unions andMinistry of Education in a bid to resolve the current education impasse occasioned by the ongoing teachers’ strike.T…
Kwara Teachers Give 14-day Ultimatum Before Industrial Actions
Teachers in Kwara State have issued a-14 day ultimatum on the state government to pay the three months salary arrears of their members in the junior and primary school cadres or risk full scale indust…
Over 60 Illegal Universities Closed Down In Nigeria (Lists)
The National Universities Commission has released a list of illegal degree awarding institutions operating in Nigeria. The schools were published in the NUC's weekly bulletin dated August 24. Accor…
A Worthless PhD from Malaysia? Time for a Rethink.
I had been in Malaysia only a year before, but I could not fathom how, in just a few months, gigantic infrastructural developments had replaced the ubiquitous palm tree plantations across the country…
Governing Councils Of Federal Universities Not Dissolved — Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari has approved that the Governing Councils of Federal Universities be exempted, for the time being, from the dissolution of boards of Federal Government parastatals, agencies…
Governor Sani Of Niger State Decried The Conditions of Public Schools In His State.
Niger schools aren't fit for animals, says governor Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello yesterday decried the condition of public schools. He said they were sub-standard. The governor condemned…
Buhari Willing To End Bsc, HND dichotomy – JAMB Boss
The Registrar/Chief Executive of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, (JAMB), Prof. Dibu Ojerinde Wednesday said President Muhammadu Buhari is willing to implement the waver that will end the…
Buhari Decries Non- Payment of Teachers’ Salaries by States
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday in Abuja decried the current situation in which teachers go without being paid their salaries for many months in some states of the federation. Speaking after re…