The Joint Action Committee of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) has rejected the sharing formula of the recently approved N50 billion Earned Allowances for both teaching and non-teaching staff in the institutions. It was gathered that the N50 billion is to be shared among the university-based unions, which include SSANU, NASU, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), and the National...

Professor Chris Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist at the University of Jos Teaching Hospital, and current Dean of Student Affairs at the University of Jos, Plateau State, has emerged as the new President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Professor Piwuna defeated his opponent, Professor Adamu Babayo from Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi, thereby succeeding Professor Victor Osodeke, a soil science expert from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Abia State. Piwuna assumes office...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has announced the emergence of Comrade Professor Christopher Goson Piwuna as its new National President. The development follows the expiration of the tenure of Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, who previously held the position. Professor Piwuna, a consultant psychiatrist and lecturer at the University of Jos, Plateau State, was declared the new president during the union’s National Delegates Conference held in the early hours of Monday. His emergence comes at...

The Director General of the Nigerian Law School, Professor Isa Chiroma has restated  the body’s commitment to zero tolerance to examination malpractices. Chiroma  disclosed this on Thursday during an investigative hearing in Abuja, held by the House Committee on Justice, chaired by Hon. Olumide Osoba, which focused on concerns related to the alleged withholding of Bar exam results and the backlog of students awaiting their Call to the Bar. The hearing followed a peaceful protest...

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has released the results of the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), showing that 78.50 per cent of candidates scored below 200. According to JAMB’s official statistics, out of the 1,955,069 candidates who sat for the examination, only 420,415 candidates (around 21.5 per cent) scored 200 and above while 12,414 candidates (0.63 per cent) scored 300 and above. Here is the full breakdown of the results: 320 and...