Create Your Future! Schedules for the Education UK Exhibition 2014 in Lagos & Abuja.

The Education UK Exhibitions are here again! British Council Nigeria invites you to meet face to face with representatives of over 50 UK institutions (universities, colleges, schools) at the Education UK Exhibition 2014, holding this February in Abuja and Lagos.

The exhibition is a great opportunity to get first-hand information about the various study options available to you at a variety of UK institutions including boarding schools, further education colleges and universities offering a range of qualifications from A-levels to PHD’s.

NANS, Stop Urinating On Our Heads- By Modiu Olaguro

By Modiu Olaguron

 "The blind leading the blind is not so upsetting, more jarring is the blind leading the sighted."

The academic staff union of universities (ASUU) have been on strike for the past ninety days; according to the ASUU chairman- Dr. Issa Fagge, the strike action became imperative because the federal government had failed to honour the agreement it made with the union in 2009.

As it has always been whenever ASUU strikes, the university students are always at the receiving end of it as we are left with no other option than to sit idle at our homes recounting our losses especially the inevitable extension of our academic years in school.

Though no student in his or her right senses would want to extend

ASUU rejects FG offers

Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, yesterday, rejected. the N130 billion the Federal Government disbursed into the university system, as part of efforts to persuade striking lecturers to call off the strike which began on July 2.

Nigerian students spend N100bn on tuition in Ghanaian varsities

Over 200,000 Nigerian students studying in Ghanaian universities are reported to expend over N100 billion annually as tuition outside sundry fees.

Former lawmaker and educationists, Senator David Iornem, who disclosed this yesterday at a briefing to mark his 64th birthday anniversary in Makurdi, said the figure represented a major capital flight from the country.

114 graduate with first class in Covenant University

A total of 114 students of the Covenant University, Ota, in Ogun State graduated with first class honours, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The first class students were among the 1,466 who were awarded various degrees at the institution’s 8th convocation ceremony.

The Chancellor of the University, David Oyedepo, said at the event that 720 of the students made Second Class (Upper Division), 565 Second Class (Lower Division), and 67 Third Class.