Education

NIGERIA’S newly-introduced secondary school curriculum will, for the first time, include modules on journalism, computer programming, artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, and fact-checking. Dada Olusegun, Senior Special Adviser to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Social Media, disclosed this in excerpts from the yet-to-be-released curriculum document, which he shared on Tuesday. According to the document, journalism will […]

THE Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), Katsina chapter, has called for the implementation of the Unified University Salary Scale by the Katsina State Government. Its Chairman, Mr. Murtala Kwarah, made the call on Monday in Katsina at a press briefing. He explained that one of the strict National Universities […]

THE Federal Government has announced the completion of a comprehensive review of curricula across basic, senior secondary, and technical education. Minister of State for Education Prof. Suwaiba Ahmad, made the announcement on behalf of the Minister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa. A statement on the announcement was made available to newsmen in Abuja on Sunday […]

THE proposed meeting which should have brought the Min­ister of Education, Dr. Tunji Alausa, and executive mem­bers of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to a round table to discuss the 2009 agreement and stop the looming strike failed to hold on Thursday. Recall that the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Uni­versities (SSANU) had […]

MEMBERS of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics have issued a fresh 21-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to address all lingering issues with the workers or risk a nationwide industrial action. The 21-day ultimatum, which began on 27 August 2025, was contained in a communique issued at the end of the association’s 77th […]