ASUU disrupts ongoing exams to start another strike in LAUTECH

Barely a week after academic and non-academic staff in LAUTECH threatened to go on strike, the university gate has been shut again. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology has reportedly disrupted the ongoing second-semester examinations to begin another strike. Hashtag Campus gathered that the secretary of the union, Toyin Abegunrin confirmed the development saying the university lecturers are embarking on a two-week warning strike to express their displeasure with the non-payment of salaries and poor facilities in the institutions.The committee, comprising the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, National Association of Academic Technologists and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, accused Osun and Oyo states, which own the institution of deliberately trying to incapacitate the school so that their state individual universities could survive

The National University Commission (NUC) has reportedly suspended four courses at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife.

The National University Commission (NUC) has reportedly suspended four courses at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife. The four courses according to the Cable are: Law, Dentistry, Medical Rehabilitation, and Botany programmes. However, prospective students who selected any of the disaccredited courses in the 2018 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been advised to change their course or institution. Prospective students who selected any of the four courses in the just-concluded Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have been asked to change their course or institution. The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) have, therefore, sent a message to affected candidates to inform them of the changes.

Junior secondary school girls representing Nigeria have done the country proud

Junior secondary school girls representing Nigeria have done the country proud by winning the international global technology competition in Silicon Valley recently.The teenage girls reportedly defeated representatives from the United States of America (USA), Spain, Turkey, Uzbekistan and China to emerge the winner of the 2018 Technovation world pitch junior division in San Francisco, USA.
Apart from winning the competition, the five girls also set a record of being the first Nigerian teenagers to visit Silicon Valley where they will pitch their app to investors.

Cat found reading with students at Obafemi Awolowo University

It's not every day you find a cat sitting down like other students to study. This cat was photographed sitting on a bench with a book opened in between its paws in Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife. While students went to Awo cafe to read, the cat joined them, took up space on an empty bench and began looking through a book to the amusement of other studying students.I guess its about time animals begin on seek for knowledge as well.

Student takes his own life after discovering he had carry-overs in four courses

An undergraduate of the Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State, Aduba Daniel, reportedly committed suicide by drinking a deadly insecticide known locally as ‘Sniper’ after discovering that he had carry-overs in four courses. Daniel was found writhing in pain and immediately rushed to a hospital in the Amassoma area, where it was realised that he had drunk the whole bottle.The incident, as sad as it is, is the latest among several cases of suicide recorded in Nigerian universities between 2017 and 2018.

#UNICAL GIST: STUDENT CENTRE REOPENED AFTER A DECADE!!

It seems the almighty has finally answered the prayers of the students as authorities of the University of Calabar, have eventually re-opened the popular Student center after ten years of putting it under lock and key.

The current SUG president, Comrade Afufu Anthony, moved the notion for the re-opening of the centre which was accepted by the School Management.
Before it was shut down, the student centre used to be the fun/busiest spot on campus.
Lord knows the type of rat civilization the fumigators will encounter while cleaning the place up.
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