EDUCATION

[Breaking] ASUU: Court adjourns proceedings till Friday

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2022

The suit against the Academic Staff Union of Universities which was filed by the Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has been adjourned, The PUNCH reports. The matter came up before Justice Polycarp Hamman of the National Industrial Court of Nigeria in Abuja. The

EDUCATION

LAUTECH Alumni empowers graduate who returned certificate, other with N1m

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2022

The Global President of Ladoke Akintola University of technology, Ogbomoso, (LAUTECH)Alumni Association Worldwide, and Warri based Oil Magnate, Hon Solomon Onilede, and other executive members, on Saturday extended the empowerment packages to the LAUTECH graduate who returned his Certificate and two other less privileged graduates. TheCandourNrws reports that the

EDUCATION HEALTH

Over 10,000 students in 40 Lagos schools are asthmatic’

Daily Dispatch September 12, 2022

Over 10,000 Lagos State students between the ages of 12 and 14 in 40 schools have asthma symptoms, an international study, which involved lungs doctors in six African countries, including Nigeria, Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda and Zimbabwe, has revealed. This was disclosed at the weekend during stakeholders and public engagement on Achieving Control of […]

EDUCATION

SERAP sues Buhari, wants court to declare refusal to meet ASUU’s demands illegal

Daily Dispatch September 11, 2022

SocioEconomic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) and five university students have filed a lawsuit against President Muhammadu Buhari, asking the court to “declare unlawful the refusal by the Federal Government to meet ASUU’s demands, which has occasioned the prolonged strike action and violated the students’ right to quality education.” Joined in the suit as

EDUCATION

What The Education Tax Is Doing in Nigeria’s Public Tertiary Institutions

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2022

By Aisha Attahiru Jega Some of the most prevalent challenges confronting public tertiary institutions in Nigeria are funding, management problems, obsolete equipment, poor learning facilities and infrastructure. Chief among these that deals the worst blow is funding. Most of the public tertiary institutions in the country are grossly underfunded. When there were just a few

EDUCATION

ASUU: Buhari warns Adamu against signing new agreement

Daily Dispatch September 7, 2022

Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has said the Federal Government is considering an upward review of the salary of tertiary institutions’ lecturers to 23.5 per cent. The minister said salaries of professors would also be reviewed by 35 per cent. Adamu disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja when he presented the position paper of […]