Category: Education
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Why FG Can’t Stop Funding Public Universities — ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has disclosed that it is unconstitutional for the federal government to completely halt funding of public universities. The Union President, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke, made this known during a chat with Channels TV, on Thursday. Osodeke said this in reaction to a report where the Minister of Education,…
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Why We Won’t Back Down on Fees Increment – UNILAG
As protests over increase in fees continue at the University of Lagos, the Vice Chancellor, Prof. Folashade Ogunsola, has said there is no going back on the new fees introduced by the institution. She, however, assured the student that none of them would be made to drop out over the increment, saying the…
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Jubilation as Suspended Osun Rector Dares Governor Adeleke, Returns to Office
Staff members of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree were thrown into jubilation when the suspended rector of the institution, Tajudeen Odetayo resumed office after months of suspension by Governor Ademola Adeleke. Odetayo resumed his office around 8 a.m. amid jubilation by the staff of the institution. It was gathered that Governor Adeleke had suspended…
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BREAKING: Missing 200-level FUNAAB student found, admitted to hospital
According to the police command in Ogu state on Monday, September 4, the missing 200-level student of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Solomon Destiny, has been found. The police command through its spokesperson, SP Omolola Odutolaand, noted that Solomon is currently receiving medical attention at an undisclosed hospital. Odutolaand disclosed this…
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France bans Muslim students from wearing ‘abaya dress’ in schools
Female students will no longer be allowed to wear the loose-fitting abaya dress favoured by some Muslim women, Sky News reports. The move comes almost 20 years after France banned headscarves from state schools. According to the media platform, Children in French state schools will no longer be allowed to wear the abaya, a long…
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Why UNILAG Students plan to embark on protest
Some students and ex-students of the University of Lagos under the aegis of the Students Solidarity Group Against Fee Hike, have said they would protest the recent increment in the fees of students by the management of the university on Tuesday, September 5. In a statement by one of the coordinators of the group, Mr…
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How 8 Secondary School Students Build Robot That Can Define Complicated Terms
A team of eight brilliant Nigerian girls successfully built a humanoid robot in Sagamu, Ogun state. The girls are students of the Federal Government Girls College, Shagamu, where they built the complicated machine. A video posted on Twitter by Channel TV shows the girls demonstrating how the machine works. The robot looks tall and has…
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BREAKING: Gov Sani slashes school fees for tertiary institutions in Kaduna (full list)
To help parents and wards cope with the economic hardship that attended the federal government’s removal of the petrol subsidy, the Kaduna government has decided to reduce the tuition fees of some tertiary institutions in the state. The state government’s decision affected at least five institutions, including universities and colleges. Below are the affected schools:…
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Drama as 30 students of AAU graduated while living outside Nigeria
At least 30 students of Edo state-owned Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, wrote exams and graduated from the institution while they were living outside the country in the past two years. A member of the Special Intervention Team (SIT) of the University, Mr. Austin Osakue, revealed this last weekend, while submitting the progress report of…
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Varsity Dismisses Five Staff for Criminal Offences
No fewer than five staff have been sacked by the management of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, with 21 others undergoing investigation for various criminal offences. This was made known by the chairman, Special Intervention Team (SIT), Mr. Austin Osakue, in Benin while submitting the progress report of the SIT to Governor…