IJEBU IGBO — Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) in public polytechnics in Nigeria said they would go on strike if the government fails to meet their demands. The lecturers said the strike action became inevitable as the one-month ultimatum the union gave the government expires next week Wednesday, and insisted that the Federal Government must meet its demands before the expiration of the one-month ultimatum. Addressing newsmen, after an emergency congress of ASUP Zone...

LAGOS — Lagos State Ministry of Education has ordered the reopening of all Chrisland Schools shut across the state. This was contained in a press statement by the Lagos State Commissioner of Education, Mrs Folasade Adefisayo, made available to newsmen on Saturday. According to the statement, the schools which were shut in the wake of alleged sexual misconduct of some students in Dubai and the video that went viral on socio media will be reopened...

LAGOS — The Lagos State Government, on Saturday, ordered the reopening of all Chrisland Schools that were shut down over controversies surrounding an immoral act engaged in by some students of the school. The decision of the government was contained in a press statement signed by the State’s Commissioner of Education, Mrs. Folasade Adefisayo. It was earlier reported that the state government had shut down all Chrisland Schools in Lagos State on April 18, 2022....

The Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) has said that the Federal Government is not giving priority to tertiary education in Nigeria. The union through its President, Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, said the government addressed the issue of fuel subsidy with a budget of N4 trillion, whereas, it ignored issues concerning university education Speaking during a programme on Channels Television on Wednesday, Osodeke asked the government to take N200bn from the N4trillion budgeted for subsidy to...

LAGOS — David Ibiyeomie, founder and senior pastor of Salvation Ministries, has advised parents against buying smartphones for their children until they get admission into the university. The cleric was speaking on how to properly raise children in the wake of the dust trailing the sex tape scandal involving some pupils of Chrisland School in Lagos. Recall that a video involving students of Chrisland school, Lagos went viral on social media on Monday eliciting various...

The National Common Entrance Examination (NCEE) for admissions into federal unity colleges has been postponed. The examination earlier scheduled for April 23, 2022 has now been postponed to May 7. Mr. Azeez Sani, Head of Information and Public Relations Division of the National Examinations Council (NECO) made this known in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. The extension of the deadline, according to Sani, is to give states with low registration...