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The Director General of the National Youth Service Corps, Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, has hinted that the Federal government is set to increase the monthly allowance of the Corps members once the ongoing negotiations on the new minimum wage are completed. Ahmed also warned the corp members against posting camp activities on social media, saying…

This is to inform the University Community that, the Kwara State Government has declared Monday July 8, 2024 as public holiday to commemorate the first day of the Islamic lunar calendar (Muharram 1446). In view of this, all staff are directed to observe the holiday. Please note that those on essential services are to be…

Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig.- Gen. Yushau Ahmed, has warned corps members to stop posting camp activities on social media. The D-G said posting happenings in camp on social media is a violation of the scheme’s standing rules and policies. Ahmed, who spoke during a visit to the NYSC Orientation Camp…

Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq has approved Monday, July 8, 2024, as a public holiday in the state in commemoration of the new Hijrah Year (Muharram) 1446. Muharram is the Muslim’s first lunar month. The first day of the Muharram 1446 falls on Sunday, July 7, 2024, according to many calculations. The Governor shares in…

The Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos, said the union may consider going on strike if the government does not respond to its demands after all the nationwide protests. For some weeks now, ASUU chapters have been engaging in nationwide protests. They also wrote open letters to the Federal Government to request that…

At last, the federal government, Thursday, inaugurated the governing councils of universities, polytechnics and other federal tertiary institutions in the country. The inauguration came barely one year after the government dissolved the governing councils of all of its tertiary institutions, leaving them to operate without governing councils. Recall that President Bola Tinubu, in June 2023,…

Members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, University of Lagos, and students on Thursday protested against the nine unresolved demands of the union by the Federal Government. The students who came out to support their lecturers displayed placards with inscriptions including “education is life; proper funding of university education is non-negotiable; lecturers too want…

The authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Thursday shut down academic activities in the institution indefinitely. The university, in a statement by its Public Relations Officer, Dr Benedicta Ehanire, attributed the decision to the refusal of the students to shift grounds on their demands. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that the…

The federal government has summoned a meeting with the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) on Thursday, July 4, at the Office of the Minister of Education. The meeting is coming on the heels of the expiration of a two-week ultimatum issued by the leadership…

IT was hell for commuters in the Ugbowo axis of the Benin – Lagos Highway as for seven hours, students of the University of Benin barricaded the Main gate axis of the road which created a gridlock that stretched over three kilometres from both axes of the road while those familiar with the terrain tried…