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Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, on Wednesday, said he won’t give the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) any excuse to go on strike again. Ngige, whose ministry is the negotiator between the varsity lecturers and the Federal Ministry of Education, said he would ensure the government keeps...

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the reinstatement of the suspended Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe. The President made this known in a statement by the Ministry of Education’s Director of Press and Public Relations, Ben-Bem Goong, on Wednesday. ”The President, Muhammadu Buhari, has approved the report...

There are 37 Nysc orientation camps in Nigeria, but how do you get to each of these locations? National Youth Service Corps scheme is a currently a compulsory 1 year program that every graduate in Nigeria must pass through, though there are some exemptions. Prospective corps members who are next...

The Minister for Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige has revealed that the federal government is unable to conceed to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) request of N110billion revitalization funds due to COVID19. He noted that FG is instead willing to release N30billion. He revealed that ASUU is proposing...

WASSCE 2020 Result- A Nigerian girl identified as Ogwubie Chikemzi Praise is being applauded by social media users after she got all A’s in her result. WAEC results for the 2020 examination was released yesterday. About 1,338,358, representing 86.99 percent of 1,538,445 candidates who sat for the examination obtained credit...

The West African Examinations Council, on Monday, announced that it withheld the results of 215,149 candidates who sat for the 2020 West African Senior School Certificate Examination in Nigeria. The Council said the results of the candidates representing 13.98% of the total number of candidates who wrote the examination are...

The Lagos State Government has approved the re-opening of schools for all classes in public and private schools across the State beginning from Monday, 2nd of November, 2020 while boarders in public schools are to resume on Sunday, 1st of the same month. Disclosing this today, Honourable Commissioner for Education,...

The Times Higher Education just released their World University Rankings for 2021 which includes more than 1,500 universities from 93 countries and regions. Sadly, only 6 universities from Nigeria made the list which is a clear indication of the lapses in the education system and the urgent need for a...