By Bolanle BOLAWOLE IN THE first instalment last week, the response to the question whether the new FG-ASUU agreement will end strikes in our universities was ambivalent. “Yes” to some but “No” to others. “Yes” if the agreement is seen as a means to an end and not an end in itself. If it is […]
By Bolanle BOLAWOLE YOU CAN’T believe this, but it is the truth, uncomfortable and damning as it is: Since the return to civilian rule in 1999 (many argue we yet do not have democracy properly so-called), the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities (ASUU) has embarked on strike actions totalling over 57 months – almost [&hel...
By Ofem John, JKNewsMedia Intern, UNICROSS PERSISTENT DELAYS in the release of students’ results at the University of Cross River State (UNICROSS) have been attributed to technical difficulties linked to a transition to a new digital results portal and resistance from individuals alleged to have benefited from flaws in the former system, the...
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 Bolanle BOLAWOLE VISIT ANY of our institutions of higher learning and you begin to see toddler-undergraduates all over the place! Boys and girls who should still be in SS1 are already preparing to graduate! Merely looking at them testifies to the fact that they lack the much-needed maturity. They may pass through the university […]
By Joke Kujenya A THOROUGH reassessment of the newly announced governing boards for Nigeria’s tertiary institutions has been mandated by President Bola Tinubu preceding their planned inauguration and retreat. The Federal Ministry of Education recently disclosed the nominees for positions such as chairmen, pro-chancellors, and board membe...
