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The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Thursday announced a ban on admissions for candidates under the age of 18 into tertiary institutions and universities in the country. Mamman announced during the 2024 policy meeting…

The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, on Tuesday said the Federal Government has no plans to sell universities to private investors. Mamman clarified the Second Quarterly Engagement of the ministry with heads of units and…

The Federal Government through the Federal Ministry of Education on Tuesday, inaugurated an inter-ministerial committee to look into the activities of private and foreign universities operating in the country. The committee has, as…

Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, has urged the Federal Government to pay the N50 billion outstanding of Earned Allowances to universities and Inter-University Centres in the country. The SSANU National…

The regulatory agency for universities in Nigeria, the National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered the closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 general elections. In a letter…

President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the establishment of universities without a template for funding is one of the factors responsible for the falling standard of tertiary…

Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has revealed that it doesn’t have the power to compel universities to declare holidays in order to enable students to vote during the forthcoming general elections. The media aide to…

 Non-academic workers at Nigerian universities have announced plans to commence an indefinite strike on February 5, 2021. Joint Action Committee of Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) and Senior…

National Universities Commission (NUC) has directed vice-chancellors of universities to begin academic activities on January 18. The announcement was in compliance with the directive of the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19. MDB…

National Universities Commission (NUC) has ordered Vice-Chancellors of universities to suspend all academic activities amid increasing COVID-19 cases and the emergence of a new strain of the virus. Nigeria is currently experiencing its…

Executive Vice Chairman and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Communications Commission, Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta has inaugurated a 15-member Evaluation Committee for the assessment of the 2020 Telecommunications based research from…

Oyo state government has announced that public and private higher institutions in the state can reopen on September 28. The new development follows an earlier directive on reopening of primary and secondary schools slated for Monday…

Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said universities in the country will not reopen until the Federal Government honours the agreement it struck with the union. It would be recalled that Federal Government instructed…

Lagos state government has said final-year students will resume back to classrooms before those in lower levels. The state government made this known as tertiary institutions prepare to reopen next week Monday in Lagos State. Tokunbo…