Education

OAU lecturer wins $5m Gates Foundation grant to tackle maternal deaths in Nigeria

An Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, researcher, Prof. Ibraheem Awowole, has secured a $5 million grant from the Gates Foundation…

4 weeks ago

Benue seals two schools over forced textbook purchases

The Benue State Government has sealed Orenda and Opal Schools over alleged violations of its textbook policy and victimisation of…

4 weeks ago

FG releases allowance for non-academic tertiary workers

The Federal Government has released the Consolidated Non-Academic Staff Tertiary Institutions Allowance (CONTA) to non-academic staff of federal universities, polytechnics,…

1 month ago

FG pays SSANU eight months’ salary arrears to avert strike

The Federal Government has released eight months’ salary arrears owed members of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU)…

1 month ago

FCT teachers’ strike: ASUSS orders members to ignore NUT, resume work

The Academic Staff Union of Secondary Schools (ASUSS), FCT Chapter, has directed its members to ignore the indefinite strike declared…

1 month ago

Edo lecturer dies in hotel room during sex

A senior lecturer at Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Dr Matthew Uwuigbe, has died after allegedly slumping in a hotel…

1 month ago

250,000 march across France as student protests over schools escalate

More than 250,000 people took to the streets across France on Tuesday as a student-led protest over worsening school conditions…

1 month ago

Delta varsity suspends Pro-Chancellor Kila over professor title controversy

The Michael and Cecilia Ibru University, Delta State, has asked its Pro-Chancellor, Anthony Kila, to step aside from his responsibilities…

1 month ago

SSANU ‌‍⁠⁠‍⁠⁠‍‍‌‍⁠‍‌threatens strike, gives FG 14-day ultimatum over salary arrears

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has given the Federal Government a 14-day ultimatum to pay outstanding salary…

1 month ago

JAMB to conduct UTME in Canada from 2027

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced plans to begin conducting the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in…

1 month ago

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