ASUU RAISES ALARM OVER RISE IN FIRST-CLASS GRADUATES FROM PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES

The National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, has criticised the rising number of first-class degrees awarded by private universities in Nigeria, describing it as a troubling trend. Speaking at an event held on DELSU campus, Abraka, Delta State, Osodeke warned that public universities might be tempted to adopt…

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ASUP SET TO EMBARK ON NATIONWIDE STRIKE

The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP), Kaduna Polytechnic Chapter, Comrade Abubakar J. Abdullah, says the union will shut down all polytechnics nationwide by December 2 due to the Federal Government’s failure to meet its members’ demands. According to him, on October 6, 2024, the union leadership issued a 15-day ultimatum to…

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FG ASSURES UNILORIN STUDENTS OF AFFORDABLE HIGH-SPEED INTERNET

The Minister of Communication, Innovation, and Digital Economy, Mr Bosun Tijani, has unveiled the plans of the Federal Government to connect students of the University of Ilorin with their peers across Nigeria and beyond through a high-speed broadband initiative modeled after ‘eduroam’, an international WiFi network that connects students across UK campuses in the United…

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