The management of the University of Abuja has ordered twenty-four-hour security patrol within and around the campus of the institution. The security team has been strengthened with the recruitment of hunters and local vigilantes to patrol in areas that are not fenced. This comes after repeated attacks by armed men and successful kidnapping of some lecturers and…
A lecturer at the Kwara State University, Pelumi Adewale, has been asked to go home because of a case of sexual harassment. This comes nearly two months after Adewale was dragged before a Magistrate’s Court in Ilorin on September 11, 2021. The Vice-Chancellor of the university, Mustapha Akanbi, announced that a female student, identified as Tosin Adegunsoye,…
The West African Examinations Council has released the results of the 2021 Senior School Certificate Examination. The Head of the Nigeria National Office of WAEC, Patrick Areghan, announced the results one month and two weeks after the end of the examination on October 8. Areghan said over one point five million candidates sat for the examination in…
The Academic Staff Union of Nigeria, ASUU, has issued a three-week strike notice to the Federal Government. ASUU wants the Federal Government to address all issued in the agreement reached between both sides in December last year. The issues include unpaid academic earned allowances and universities revitalization fund, which have been pending for almost one year. ASUU…
The police have rescued the six staff of the University of Abuja abducted by gunmen on Tuesday. The FCT Police Command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the development in a statement. Adeh in the statement disclosed that the abducted victims were rescued through a joint operation with other security agencies.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has called on the government to provide enough funds for education to properly provide security for schools. ASUU’s National President, Professor Emmanuel Oshodeke, made the call because of the attack and abduction of some lecturers and their family members at the University of Abuja staff quarters. Also speaking on the incident,…