Out of the 18,098 admission seekers who registered for the 2023–2024 post-UTME test at the University of Ilorin, 16,920 presented themselves for the exercise that was held between February 19, 2024, and Friday, February 23, 2024. In a statement contained in the weekly bulletin of the institution, the screening exercise, which was entirely computer-based, was…
A group of National Youth Service Corps members has appealed to President Bola Tinubu for an increase in the allowances provided to corps members serving across Nigeria’s 36 states. Expressing their plight, they highlighted the necessity to take up additional jobs due to the escalating cost of living, rendering the current monthly allowance of N33,000…
Unless the Federal Government takes immediate steps and addresses the lingering contentious issues with the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), public universities in the country may experience another round of nationwide strikes soon. The Coordinator of Lagos Zone of ASUU, which comprises seven universities, Prof. Adelaja Odukoya, expressed this position on Friday at a…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declined to be part of the management of the student loan scheme introduced by the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Ahead of the rollout of the scheme scheduled to commence on Monday, 26 February, the 11-member special committee chaired by Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria,…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nsukka zone, on Tuesday rejected the emergence of a new Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System (IPPIS). Our correspondent reports that ASUU over the past four years had a running battle with the Federal Government over IPPIS, a payment platform which the union argued negates university autonomy. Zonal…
Nigerian students no longer attend regular lectures due to hardship occasioned by high cost of food, transportation and other items in the country, the National President of Nigerian Association Of Science Students, Comrade Henry Enyinstede has said. Lamenting the economic crisis in the country, which he noted was also adversely affecting the Nigerian students, Enyinstede,…
The Management of University of ilorin (UNILORIN) has released the 2023 Day 1 post utme results, candidate that wrote their exams on Monday 19th , February 2024 can now login their portal to check their result
A Professor of Law at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Joy Ezeilo, has lamented the depreciation of her salary’s purchasing power coupled with inflation, stating that it costs her up to one-fifth of her salary to buy water for her compound monthly. Ezeilo revealed this on her X handle on Saturday, adding that the N1m…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Abuja zone, on Monday, lamented the death of some of its members owing to Economic hardship in the country alongside poor remuneration of academics and unfavourable working conditions. The union said no fewer than 46 academics lost their lives in universities under the Abuja zone, namely the University of…
