After a protracted strike action that lasted eight months, the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) suspended the strike last Friday. Concerned stakeholders can now heave a sigh of relief because eight months is a long time for students to…
FG, ASUU meet today, strike enters 183 days
The national president of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, has said the union will have a meeting with the Federal Government to address its ongoing strike action, today. The PUNCH had reported that since the end…
Alternate School Programme and the Humanitarian Imperative – Dapo Bruce
On Tuesday January 26, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari inaugurated an 18-member Presidential Steering Committee on the Alternate School Programme, (ASP). The President charged the committee to coordinate and lead the deployment of a National Plan which will address the issue…
UNILAG visitation panel concludes probe, submits report today
The Special Visitation Panel set up by the federal government to look into the management crisis at the University of Lagos has concluded its work and is set to submit report of its findings on Thursday (today) to the Minister…
Obi cautions FG against WASSCE cancellation
Vice-Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 election, Mr Peter Obi, has cautioned the Federal Government against the recent directive by the Federal Government through the Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, that schools in the…
We’ll jail parents who don’t send children to school –FG (Sun)
Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has said the Federal Government will soon a effect policy to prosecute parents who refused to enrol children of school age in schools across the country. Adamu made this known in Abuja, yesterday, when he…