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ARMY ARREST FOUR DURING FEE HIKE PROTEST IN UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN

Officers of the Nigerian Army have reportedly arrested and detained four individuals amid a protest against fee hikes at the University of Ibadan. Report says that the detained protesters, identified as Aduwo Ayodele, Made Gbadegesin, Olorunfemi Adeyeye, and Nice Linus, were apprehended and bundled into an Army van during a demonstration earlier today. In a circulating video made by the National Secretary of the African Action Congress, Adeyeye, a man […]

May 13, 2024 35

Education

TINUBU SIGNS STUDENT LOAN BILL INTO LAW

President Bola Tinubu has signed the Student Loans Act into law. The development follows individual reviews by both the Senate and the House of Representatives of the report from the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and TETFund. President Tinubu stated that the main aim of the new law was ensure that Nigerian children are not denied the right to education which he described as the tool to effectively fight poverty. He […]

April 3, 2024 23 2

Education

SSANU, NASU begin 7-day warning strike

The Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and the Non-Academic Staff Union, NASU, have declared a 7-day warning strike to demand the payment of four months of withheld salaries of their members, following the 2022 nationwide strike. The decision was part of the resolution of the joint action committee of the two unions, after a meeting which held in Akure at the weekend. President of SSANU, Mohammed Ibrahim, made […]

March 11, 2024 22