Senate stops move to restrict NYSC members’ postings

President of the Senate, David Mark

The Senate on Wednesday, rejected a bill seeking to amend the Act establishing the National Youth Service Corps. The bill seeks to prohibit the posting of corps members to states where there are conflicts.

Senate confirms legality of post-UTME test

The Senate has accepted the recommendation of its committee on Education that there is no illegality in the conduct of the Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations, conducted by Nigerian universities.

ASUU calls off Nationwide Strike

ASUU President, Prof Ukachukwu Awuzie

After months of inactivity in all university campuses nationwide, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Wednesday announced the suspension of its industrial action with immediate effect.

ASUU denies plan to call off strike

ASUU President

IBADAN — THE Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, has dismissed claim by the Minister of Education, Professor Rakayat Rufai, that the union will call off its ongoing strike Monday.

NANS demand immediate probe of NNPC

The National Association of Nigerian Students has demanded an immediate probe of the activities of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation from 1999 till date.

Universities to reopen in January - Minister

Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu

The Minister of Labour and Productivity, Chief Chukwuemeka Wogu, has raised hopes of universities across the country reopening in January.

Scholarship for orphans

Minister of Interior, Mr. Abba Moro

Minister of Interior Abba Moro has announced plans by the Federal Government to sponsor the education of children who lost their parents to the Christmas day bomb blast at St. Theresa’s Catholic Church, Madalla, Niger State.

UK blacklists medical graduates from 9 Nigerian universities

Medical graduates from nine universities in Nigeria will no longer be able to obtain licenses to practice in the United Kingdom, following a decision by the UK's General Medical Council (GMC) to ban the higher institutions.

The Menace of Young Prostitution in Nigeria

Prostitutes in front of a gogo bar in Pattaya, Thailand

They are virtually everywhere: at street corners; behind residential homes; inside their school hostels, in front of highbrow hotels, bars, shops, restaurants and other public places. They are the new female hustlers who debase womanhood without any qualms.

ASUU Strike: Accede to demands – CPC, CNPP urge

ASUU President, Prof Ukachukwu Awuzie

The Congress for Political Change and the Conference of Nigeria Political Parties have urged the government to accede to the demands of the member of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to adequately fund universities and 70-year retirement limit for its members.

ASUU strike: ‘Unplanned breaks affect students’

ASUU President, Prof. Ukachukwu Awuzie

Psychologists have identified incessant breaks in academic sessions of public universities as a major factor contributing to the decline of education quality in the country.

ASUU strike paralyses activities in nigerian universities

ASUU President, Prof.Ukachukwu Awuzie

Academic activities were disrupted and students left to ponder their futures on Monday as the strike called by the Academic Union of Nigerian Universities began across the nation.

ASUU begins strike, accuses FG of insincerity

ASUU President, Prof.Ukachukwu Awuzie

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities has ordered its members to embark on strike following the Federal Government’s refusal to implement the agreement it signed with the union in 2009. The strike commenced midnight on Sunday.

ABSU Gang Rape: Please Sign Online Petition to President Goodluck Jonathan et al

THE PETITION

The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the Inspector General of Police of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Alhaji Hafiz Ringim; The Abia State Governor, Dr Theodore Orji and his chief law officer,

ABSU Gang Rape Scandal: Abia Government Lies Exposed; As Crime Scene Is Identified

Theodore Ahamefule Orji, governor of Abia State was photographed in a shrine prior to his election in 2007

Contrary to Abia State government’s denial that five male students of the state university gang raped a young woman, a popular news site, the Sahara Reporters has identified the crime scene as well the names of two of the perpetrators.

ASUU strike: FG’s last minute efforts to forestall action fails

Minister for Labour and Productivity, Mr. Chukwuemeka Wogu

A tripartite meeting called at the instance of the Federal Government to stop the Academic Staff Union of Universities’ strike has ended in a deadlock.

2 Arrested Over ABSU Gang Rape, 1 more suspect named

ASUU declares seven-day warning strike

The Academic Staff Union of Universities on Friday issued a one-week warning strike to protest the non-implementation of the 2009 FGN-ASUU Agreement.

NECO results released, another mass failure recorded

Another mass failure has been recorded by students across the country in the just announced 2011 June/July Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) results.

Abia Police, ABSU students differ on Gang Rape video

THE Abia State Police Command and some students of Abia State University have disagreed over the gang rape of a student by five suspected cult members.