BENIN — Academic activities were on Tuesday grounded at the Ugbowo campus of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) sequel to the warning strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). ASUU declared a four-stroke after its National Executive Congress (NEC) met in Lagos to press the Federal Government to implement the 2009 agreement. Students, who reported for classes at the campus, were stranded as no lecturer turned up for lectures. The News Agency of...

By Anastasia Mbabie AWKA — Many Nigerian tertiary students from Polytechnic and Colleges of Education have expressed concern over the stressful nature of regularization exercise by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB). The JAMB regularization procedure is designed to regulate National Diploma, Higher National Diploma, and National Certificate of Education type of admission to clear up the JAMB status of a prosperous student, as well as ensure that JAMB has current admission detail that...

Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State has identified funding as the major challenge in addressing the problems in the education sector in the state after years of insurgency and neglect. Buni, stated this on Friday while appreciating friends, colleagues and well-wishers for donating generously on Thursday at the launching of the Yobe State Education Trust Fund. In a statement by his spokesman, Mamman Mohammed, the Governor noted that the donations will contribute to improving...