The Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige on Tuesday met with the leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities. The meeting was the first since ASUU declared its warning strike last week over what it termed as the Federal Government’s refusal to honour its agreement to implement the Memorandum of Action signed with them in…
Twenty-five thousand and eight private candidates have scored credit passes and above in at least five subjects, including English and Mathematics, in the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination. The number of credit passes represents forty-eight-point-six percent of the total number of candidates who sat for the for examination. The Head of WAEC National Office, Patrick…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities has decided to embark on a one-month strike to press its demands from the government. This was part of the decisions at a meeting of the National Executive Council of ASUU, which lasted until the early hours of yesterday. The university lecturers said they decided to stage the protest as a…
The Lagos State Polytechnic is now officially known as the Lagos State University of Technology, Ikorodu. The Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Gboyega Akosile, said the National Universities Commission has approved the new university. He said Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu was in Abuja to receive the NUC certificate of approval for the new university. The Lagos State…
A total of two hundred and thirty-eight graduands among twelve thousand, two hundred and seven that will be taking part in the fifty second convocation ceremonies of the University of Lagos will bag First Class in various degree programmes. Unilag Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe who made this known during a pre-convocation press conference, said the convocation will…
Most schools in Lagos State have resumed for a new academic session, as directed by the state government, after the Christmas and New Year holidays. Lasgidi FM’s Chukwuemeka Obioma visited some schools on the island, including Kuramo Primary School, Kuramo College, and Victoria Island Secondary School, to monitor the resumption. However, some of the school staff told…