The Governing Council of the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) has approved the appointment of Professor Uduma O. Uduma as the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution. His appointment takes effect from February 11, 2026, following the expiration of the tenure of the incumbent Vice-Chancellor. Isa Yuguda, Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of the Governing Council of …
The Katsina State Government has ordered the immediate closure of 32 private tertiary institutions found operating without proper accreditation or licences from regulatory bodies. The Commissioner for Higher, Technical and Vocational Education, Dr Muhammad Isah Kankara, disclosed this during the 2026 pre-budget defence session before a committee chaired by the Commissioner for Budget and Economic …
Civil society organisation, Speak Out Africa Initiative (SOAI) has faulted the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN) and its Enugu Campus (UNEC) over the imposition of a compulsory ₦30,000 developmental fee on students, describing the policy as “daylight extortion” and a violation of the right to education. In a statement released on Thursday, SOAI condemned the …
The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), on Thursday, staged protest in Abuja to demand the immediate implementation of several long-standing agreements reached with the Federal Government. The protest, which took place at the Yakubu Gowon University …
National president of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Audu Titus Amba, has called on the federal and state governments to implement all the approved teacher welfare packages. The union described them as essential to repositioning the education sector for quality learning outcomes. Amba, who stated this in Abuja recently, urged government at all …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has dismissed the Federal Government’s last-minute appeal to suspend its proposed warning strike, describing it as “too little, too late”. Speaking on Channels Television’s breakfast show, ‘The Morning Brief’, on Thursday, ASUU President Dr Chris Piwuna criticised the government’s slow response to the union’s long-standing demands, saying officials …
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has screened 176 exceptional underage candidates who scored high marks in the 2025 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The screening exercise, designed to ensure that only outstanding and well-prepared candidates below the age of 16 are considered for admission into tertiary institutions for the 2025/2026 academic session, was …
Human Capital Africa (HCA), The Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG), The Aliko Dangote Foundation, and the African Philanthropy Forum launched two powerful coalitions aimed at combating the learning crisis across Africa. These coalitions—the African CEOs’ Coalition for Foundational Learning and the Africa Philanthropy Coalition for Foundational Learning—will harness collective influence, resources, and expertise to drive …
The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) and the Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU) have declared a one-day nationwide protest for Thursday, October 9, over the Federal Government’s failure to address their long-standing demands. The decision followed a comprehensive review by the unions’ Joint Action Committee (JAC) on October 6, …
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has begun mobilizing its members nationwide in preparation for a possible warning strike, as the 14-day ultimatum issued to the Federal Government approaches. The ultimatum, announced on September 28, 2025, followed what the union described as the government’s continued neglect of long-standing issues affecting Nigeria’s university system. Government’s …
