The Federal Executive Council approves the establishment of 20 new private universities across Nigeria. The approved universities would get their provisional licenses from the National Universities Commission (NUC), which they will use for the next three years. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: Commotion As Derailed Truck Kills Pedestrian On Lagos-Ibadan Expressway Cult Members, Sponsors, Face 21 … Read more
Lagos State Government on Friday has reduced the tuition fees of Lagos State University (LASU). The Office of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Education made this known via Twitter. This is coming after students of the school protested over the hike in tuition fees by the institution’s authorities. In its reaction, SA Education … Read more
The management of Anchor University, Ipaja, Lagos, has confirmed the abduction of its Deputy Vice-Chancellor, Prof Johnson Fatokun, disclosing that the institution has made contact with him.
Governor Simon Lalong has promised to replace the former governing council for the institution Following an indefinite strike declared by lecturers of the Plateau State University in Bokkos, the state governor Simon Lalong has promised to replace the former governing council for the institution. The absence of the governing council is one among the reasons … Read more
The management of Maryam Abacha American University of Niger (MAUUN), Maradi, has awarded N1 million to a First Class graduating student of Law from the university, Maryam Abdullahi. Abdullahi, who hail from Kano State, emerged the overall best graduating Law student of the university. Mr Ali Kakaki, the spokesman of the university, made the disclosure … Read more
About thirty years ago at the Metropolitan Club, Kofo Abayomi Street (named after Kole’s father, Sir (Dr.) Chief Kofo Adekunle Abayomi) on Victoria Island, Lagos the hugely cerebral artist (Sculptor and Painter) Professor Ben Enwonwu pulled me aside just before the weekly Tuesday lunch to conspiratorially whisper as he surveyed the empty tables which would … Read more
“When the world around us changes for the worse, it’s not the snap of fingers which will bring it back to the earlier position, it will take courage, thinking, teamwork and sacrifices to bring normalcy to the chaos” – Shahenshash Khan. It’s globally acknowledged that education is the bedrock of development and the most important … Read more
For those that have religiously followed Nigeria’s return to democratic rule in 1999 with eyes on Lagos State, in particular, there is a name that will not go away in a hurry – Adeyemi Ikuforiji – the longest-serving speaker in the history of the state. For someone who began his political career as the general … Read more
The Governing Council of the Lagos State University (LASU), Ojo on Thursday dismissed three executive members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) chapter of the university. They include: Kemi Abodunrin-Shonibare, Union Treasurer and an associate professor, Department of African Languages, Literature and Communication Arts, Anthony Dansu, Senior Lecturer, Department of Human Kinetics, Sports … Read more
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board has started the processes for placement of candidates into all tiers of tertiary institutions for the 2019/2020 academic session.
Six students and a lecturer of the Madonna University, Okija, Anambra State, who have been remanded since February, have regained their freedom. They were granted bail on Wednesday by the Federal High Court 2 sitting in Awka and presided over by Justice Babatunde Quadri. Their arrest and detention followed a petition by the management of … Read more