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Female inmate Okike Chinyere bags Best Graduating Student Prize
A female inmate of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Lagos State Command, Okike Chinyere, has emerged as the best graduating student of the Peace and Conflict Resolution department, National Open University (NOUN).
Strike: ASUU to hold emergency NEC meeting Sunday
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) will on Sunday, March 13, hold an emergency National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Abuja to take a position on the next line of action.
NANS blocks Lagos-Ibadan expressway over ASUU strike, fuel scarcity
Some students under the aegis of National Association of Nigerian Students have blocked the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway by preventing free flow of vehicles in and out of Lagos the Commercial nerve centre to other part of the country.
Lagos Lawmaker Hon. Kasunmu rolls out 1000 Free JAMB Registration for students in Ikeja II
In furtherance of his efforts to make qualitative education accessible to students of Ikeja Constituency 2, Hon. Adedamola Richard Kasunmu (ARK), representing Ikeja Constituency 2 at the Lagos State House of Assembly, has made provision to give out 1000 JAMB Registration Pins to students in the constituency in the current registration process.
ASUU shuns FG’s inauguration of renegotiation committee
Efforts to woo members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities ASUU, back to the negotiating table may have hit a brick wall, as executive members of the striking union failed to take part in the inauguration of the 7-man committee set up by the federal government to renegotiate their existing agreements.
NANS vows to stage joint protest with ASUU if strike persists
The Southwest Zone of the National Association of Nigerian students has threatened to stage a joint protest with the Academic Staff Union of Universities should the Federal Government refuses to meet their demands.
University Education Is Not For Employment, Says ASUU UNILAG Chairman
Mr Dele Ashiru has faulted the belief that university education is tailored for employability, maintaining that graduates from the institutions are supposed to be employers of labour.
Nigerian lawmakers reject bill stopping public officials’ children from foreign schools
The House of Representatives has rejected a bill to stop public officials from sending their children and wards to schools abroad without approval of the Minister of Education.
2022 UTME: JAMB registers over 500,000 candidates, targets 1.5m
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, on Thursday, said it has, so far, registered over 500,000 candidates for the 2022 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).
Lagos set to enforce Child Protection Policy in Schools
The Lagos State Government, through the State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency and the Office of Education Quality Assurance, is set to commence the implementation of its Safeguarding and Child Protection programme in schools.