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Lecturers at Plateau State University have called off their three-week indefinite strike after the state government agreed to commence a pension scheme, implement the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement, and pay outstanding arrears.
Nigerian teachers have until October 12, 2026, to apply for the $1 million GEMS Education Global Teacher Prize, with expanded eligibility now including digital and non-formal educators.
The Trade Union Congress has suspended its planned shutdown of Federal Unity Colleges after a emergency meeting with the Education Minister, giving a newly constituted seven-member committee two weeks to review the controversial King's College concession. The union warns the strike is only paused, not cancelled, and could resume if its concerns are not addressed.
UNILAG Vice-Chancellor Prof. Folasade Ogunsola warns that unregulated AI use is eroding students' critical thinking, urging universities to adopt innovative assessments and ethical guardrails
MDCAN's UCH Ibadan chapter says government has increased medical student admission quotas faster than it has delivered promised infrastructure, warning the mismatch risks undermining training quality at the College of Medicine, University of Ibadan.
As her five-year tenure winds down, outgoing Lagos State University Vice-Chancellor Prof. Ibiyemi Olatunji-Bello has charged her successor, Prof. Ayodeji Badejo, to be patient but courageous in decision-making, prioritise staff and student welfare, and build on the institution's remarkable achievements. Badejo, a professor of Guidance and Counselling, assumes office on September 21, 2026, inheriting a university that has grown its internally generated revenue from N3bn to N13bn under Olatunji-Be
ASUU's Benin Zone has condemned the Ondo State Government for a month-long strike affecting AAUA, OAUSTECH and UNIMED, accusing it of underfunding and delaying the 2025 FGN-ASUU agreement even as Edo and Delta move to implement it.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) at Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University, Makurdi, has suspended its four-week-old 'No Pay, No Work' strike after the university administration made progress in addressing demands for the full payment of the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance and Professorial Allowance. The union directed members to resume duties on Friday, September 11, 2026, following a resolution of some of the issues that triggered the industrial action.
The Federal Government has approved the takeover of all Higher National Diploma admissions by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) from the current session, in a decisive move to end illegal and compromised admissions in polytechnics. The reform, disclosed in a circular by the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE), also pegs part-time National Diploma admissions at 50 per cent of full-time quotas and reaffirms a ban on NCE/HND combinations for NYSC mobilisation.
The Plateau State Government has directed all public and private primary and secondary schools to resume on Monday, September 14, 2026, following a week-long closure triggered by a suspected diphtheria outbreak that has claimed at least 27 lives and infected over 300 others. As schools reopen, authorities are urging vigilance, hygiene compliance, and immediate reporting of suspected cases, warning that concealing symptoms could fuel further transmission.
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has declared there is "no going back" on its threat to shut down Lagos State's three public universities—LASU, LASUED, and LASUSTECH—after the state government failed to respond to a 14-day ultimatum. With the deadline now expired, lecturers are poised to down tools over the non-implementation of the 2025 FG/ASUU agreement, demanding the Consolidated Academic Tools Allowance (CATA) and other welfare provisions.
Education Minister Tunji Alausa has dismissed claims that King's College, Lagos was sold, clarifying that the Federal Government retains legal ownership and oversight under a Public-Private Partnership concession with the King's College Old Boys' Association.
