The Social Sciences Students Association of Nigeria (SOSSAN) has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to put an end to the ongoing strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) so that academic activities can resume.In an open letter jointly signed by Ini Ogenecaro, the National Chairman, and Cyprian Precious, the National Secretary of the association, the students urged the government to use the looted funds recently recove...

MINISTER of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has decried continuous fall in the standard of education in the country. Adamu, who spoke in Yola, the Adamawa State capital during official commissioning of completed projects in the college, lamented a situation in which graduates can neither read nor write in a tolerable manner.He said the situation was a cause for concern, adding that students and teachers need to sit up and face their tasks squarely if the situation is...

The Special Assistant for the President on Media (Vice President) Mr. Laolu Akande has announced that the government has selected 200,000 graduates under its graduates unemployment plan.According to him, 150k of these graduates will be teachers while about 20k will be employed as health workers.He also claimed preference was given to graduates in the Northeast of the country. In fact 60% of those employed will come from the Northeast and states that had low...