Education news

As the indefinite strike embarked upon by members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) entered its second week on Monday, November 12, parents and students have appealed to the union to call it off.

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the reported search of a private jet belonging to its presidential candidate, Abubakar Atiku, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja on Sunday, November 11.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has reportedly promised to give scholarships to foreign nationals who perform exceptionally well in the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME).

Herdsmen in Benue reportedly destroyed over 50 public schools in the state in 2018, the chairman of Benue State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr Philip Tachin says. He said over 20,000 pupils were also forced out of school.

48-year-old Bonisiwe Hlongwa worked as a domestic staff for more than 10 years until 2003 when she got married. She has now graduated with a teaching diploma and has already landed a job as a teacher. Read more on Legit.ng.

Former executive secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Peter Okebukola, has expressed worry over the high level of corruption reportedly going on in the academic sector in the country.