The Students Loan Bill recently passed by the National Assembly recommended two years imprisonment or N500,000 or both for students who default in repayment or anyone found aiding defaulters. As part of efforts geared towards addressing funding challenges in the country’s tertiary institutions of learning, the National Assembly recently passed the Student Loan Bill, which…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has kicked against the proposed introduction of education loans, stating that it has proven to be a monumental failure in Nigeria and some other countries where it was introduced. Emmanuel Osodeke, President of ASUU, made this known in a statement he signed, after the union’s National Executive Council…
The Federal Government has declared Monday, June 12, 2023 Public Holiday in commemoration of this year’s Democracy Day. In a statement issued Thursday in Abuja, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Interior, Dr Oluwatoyin Akinlade who made the declaration on behalf of the Federal Government, congratulated all Nigerians on the occasion. She said; “Nigeria’s…
The former Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has debunked a statement by a member of the House of Representatives, Aminu Goro, alleging that there was a plan to de-register the Academic Staff Union of Universities under the immediate past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Ngige, who served as the Minister of Labour and…
The President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Prof. Emmanuel Osodeke, Wednesday disagreed with the concept of subsidy removal as championed by the Federal Government. The University Don who alleged that the concept was riddled with insincerity and corrupt practices explained that Federal Government’s unwillingness to revamp the country’s refineries was a clear…
The Nigerian Labour Congress, on Monday, confirmed that it will no longer proceed with its nationwide strike planned for Wednesday. The decision was part of resolutions announced by the Speaker, House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila and confirmed by the President of the Nigerian Labour Congress, Joe Ajaero, after a nearly six-hour meeting between the Federal…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has granted an interim order restraining the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, and the Trade Union Congress, TUC, from going on strike from Wednesday as planned, until the determination of the motion on notice Justice O. Y. Anuwe issued the order on Monday and adjourned further hearing till 19…
The Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, has appealed to the Nigeria Labour Congress, to shelve its planned nationwide strike protest against fuel subsidy removal. This is as he reassured residents that his second term will focus more on all-inclusive government through the THEMES plus agenda. Sanwo-Olu who spoke at the sideline of…
The Head of Nigeria National Office of the West African Examinations Council, Patrick Areghan, on Thursday disclosed that 56 roadside operators were apprehended over their involvement in examination malpractice in the ongoing 2023 May/June Senior Secondary Certificate Examination. Areghan, who disclosed this while on an inspection tour to some schools in Abuja, added that about…
Students of higher institutions across the country living on and off the campus are having a rough time commuting to and within the school because of the removal of fuel subsidy that has led to high transport fares. Nigeria’s new president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, while giving his speech after being sworn in on Monday, announced…
