The Management of Bayero University, Kano has directed Monday, 10th July, 2023 for the commencement of 2022/2023 academic session for undergraduate programmes as approved by the Senate Below is the academic calendar: Registration commences on 10th July 2023 BUK notice on commencement of 2022/2023 academic session for undergraduatesFirst semester lectures Begins on Monday 24th July…
The 2023 NYSC BATCH B, STREAM 1 registration deadline has been extended; new deadline is 4th July, 2023
Parents and students of some universities across the country have cried out over the hike in school fees, saying the development could worsen their current economic pains and lead to mass students’ withdrawals, Daily Trust reports. Many universities, both federal and state-owned, have issued releases on upward adjustments of registration fees for courses being offered…
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has said the Student Loan Bill, which President Bola Tinubu signed into law is capable of sending many students out of school. On Monday, the president signed the bill saying it is a fulfillment of one of his campaign promises. Many, including critics of his government, had hailed…
The leadership of the National Association of Nigerian Students, on Tuesday, visited President Bola Tinubu over the student loan bill that he signed into law on Monday. The NANS delegation was led by the body’s National President, Umar Barambu. Speaking to State House Correspondents after engagements with the President, Barambu revealed that they urged him…
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…
