Former colleagues and friends at the University of Lagos, UNILAG have held a day of tributes for the late the former Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Oyewusi Ibidapo-Obe who passed on last month. The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, in his tribute described the deceased as a born scientist who made outstanding contributions to scientific knowledge in the…
President Muhammadu Buhari has presided over the meeting of the Federal Executive Council on his return from Daura, Katsina State, where he spent four days. Members of the Federal Executive Council observed a moment of silence for two former cabinet members – late Alfa Wali and late Tony Momoh, who died recently. Meanwhile; the Council considered several…
The Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, are insisting on going on strike from Friday this week. Leaders of both SSANU and NASU made the declaration after failing to reach an agreement with the Federal Government on their demands. SSANU and NASU leaders, who represent non-teaching staff of universities, met…
The Oyo State Government has given out appointment letters to five thousand new teachers for public schools. Chairman of the Oyo State Teaching Service Commission, Akinade Alamu, said that the new teachers have also been directly to resume work immediately. Alamu said that the teachers were appointed after a long and careful process of screening and verification,…
Primary and secondary schools in Abia State will resume on Monday next week, September 28, 2020. The State Government took the decision to enable the schools complete the 3rd term of 2019-2020 academic session, after one week of revision classes. It said the third term promotion examination would be conducted from Monday, October 5, to Friday, October,…
Normal activities have resumed at the Lagos State University, Ojo. This followed the suspension of the protests by the academic and non-academic staff of the university, which started on Monday. The Head of the Centre for Information, Press and Public Relations at LASU, ADEMOLA ADEKOYA, confirmed that final year undergraduate students would begin lectures next week. Chairman…