OAU shut down indefinitely, students ordered to vacate campus

Following the continuous protest by workers of the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), authorities, on Thursday closed down the institution indefinitely, halting academic activities. The school management made this known in a circular released from the Division of student Affairs (DSA) of the school. It ordered students to vacate the campus immediately. “All newly admitted students of the... Read More

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May 26, 2016

LASU’s best graduating student shares a touching story about his father

A son of a contract security guard, Michael Arowosegbe, on Wednesday, emerged as the overall best graduuating student from the Lagos State University, Ojo. Arowosegbe (24 years old) graduated with a first class degree in Biochemistry and a Cumulative Grade Point Average 4.86 to emerge the best out of 17,000 other students that graduated from... Read More

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December 24, 2013

ASUU strike: FUT Minna to start exams in February

by Akintomiwa Agbaje The senate of the Federal University of Technology, FUT, Minna has announced that it would commence semester examinations for students on February 10, 2014. This will happen after resuming for the second semester of the 2012/2013 academic session on January 6, 2014. The Vanguard reports: FUT’s information officer, Lydia Legbo, told the... Read More

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November 28, 2013

University of Abuja directs students to resume on Sunday

by Muyiwa Daropale The University of Abuja has ordered it’s students to resume on Sunday, 1st of December. Daily Trust reports that the directive was contained in a statement issued this morning and signed by the University’s registrar. The Federal Government this morning gave the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) a 7-day ultimatum to call off... Read More

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August 20, 2013

Iyinoluwa Aboyeji: ASUU strike – It’s time Nigerian universities joined the big leagues (Y! FrontPage)

by Iyinoluwa Aboyeji To be honest, despite how callous the average Nigerian might think, the government’s position is not atypical from what is obtainable in many countries whose education systems we admire,…. Heart broken as I am that so many young people are idling away at home because of the recent ASUU strike, I feel like... Read More

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