Members of the University of Lagos community of have welcomed the return of Professor OLUWATOYIN OGUNDIPE as Vice Chancellor of UNILAG. Lasgidi FM’s CHUKWUEMEKA OBIOMA visited UNILAG to share the views of some of the workers on the decision of President MUHAMMADU BUHARI. DADA IDOWU, who is an Administrative Officer of the UNILAG Senate, said the decision…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities says public universities in Nigeria would have died if not for its agitations. The umbrella body of lecturers in universities across Nigeria also said its continues engagement with the government is to make that the future of young Nigerians is protected. ASUU’s National President, Professor BIODUN OGUNYEMI, gave these indications during…
The Federal Government has approved the reopening of the Orientation Camps of the National Youth Service Corps nationwide on November 10, 2020. This comes after seven months that the NYSC Orientation Camps were closed due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus pandemic. The Minister of Sports and Youth Development, SUNDAY DARE, who made the announcement, said…
Lagos State Governor, BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU, has promised to offer car gifts to school teachers who perform well at the end of the year. Governor SANWO-OLU made the promise in a message to members of the Nigeria Union of Teacher at an event in Alausa, Ikeja to mark this year’s World Teachers Day. The Governor was represented by…
When federal universities and colleges reopen on Monday next week, members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities may not be available to teach the students. ASUU’s National President, Professor BIODUN OGUNYEMI, said the universities’ lecturers would not resume teaching without food in their stomachs. President OGUNYEMI said Nigerians should expect a long strike, as the Federal…
President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved an improved special salary structure for teachers in Nigeria. President BUHARI also directed that the service year for teachers should be increased from thirty-five to forty years. The Presidential directive was announced by the Minister of Education, ADAMU ADAMU, as a gift to Nigerian teachers on the occasion of World Teachers Day.