By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent NEW ANNUAL allowances for senior lecturers in Nigerian universities have received Federal Government (FG) approval, with full time professors set to earn an additional N1.8m and full-time readers N870,000. The FG described the benefit as a professorial cadre allowance and confirmed that it appl...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent has shifted in the long standing standoff between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities with the signing of a renegotiated agreement intended to stabilise Nigeria’s public tertiary education system. The agreement was signed and unveiled on Wednesday at the Tertiary...
By JKNewsMedia Reporter CRITICISM HAS followed the imprisonment of 52 students of Ambrose Alli University (AAU) Ekpoma. A human rights organisation, Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), has called for the immediate release of the 52 students who were arrested following a protest against rising kidnappings in the a...
By Joke Kujenya SALE OF application forms for the 2026 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) and Direct Entry admissions will commence later this month following an announcement by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board. The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB)Â confirmed that the application process for admission i...
By Olivia Nyere, JKNewsMedia Intern THE FEDERAL Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have noted that they will, on Wednesday, January 14, formalise a new agreement aimed at improving the quality of the university education system and ensuring stability, the Ministry of Education said. The ceremony will take place at ...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE FEDERAL Government has unveiled a series of measures to reduce examination malpractice in the 2026 West African Examinations Council (WAEC) and National Examinations Council (NEC) exams, focusing on tighter monitoring, improved data management, and stricter compliance with guidelines. Educa...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent TUESDAY, 23 DECEMBER, may be remembered as a historic day for Nigeria’s higher education sector, as the long-standing impasse between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) over the renegotiation of the 2009 agreement appears finally resolved. ASUU leadership...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent RENEGOTIATION OF the long standing 2009 agreement between the Federal Government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been concluded, signalling a significant development for Nigeria’s public university system and raising expectations of improved academic conditions and indus...
By Joyce Ayaba, JKNewsMedia Reporter APPROVAL FOR a significant policy shift in the career progression of public primary school teachers has been granted by the Ogun State Government, clearing the way for Graduate Primary School Teachers (GPST) on the Tutor Cadre to move from Grade Level 16 to Grade Level 17. The decision was announced [&hell...
By JKNewsMedia COLLABORATION BETWEEN Polaris Bank and Evolve Charity Trust has resulted in the distribution of school essentials to 1,000 students in ten public secondary schools across five states, including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). A release by the bank states that the 2025 exercise forms part of its ongoing Corporate Social Res...
