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The unions said the contending issues include payment of earned allowances, university staff schools matter, renegotiation of 2019 FGN/unions agreement among others.   Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) members Nigerian university workers have said that they would embark on a warning strike from Monday until their demand to the government is met. The planned one-week strike, which will last from August 19 to 23, is coming four months after the Academic Staff Union of Nigerian Universities suspended their two-month strike. In a letter on Friday, the non-academic unions comprising the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities and Non-Academic Staff Union of Universities, said, “At the expiration of the 14-day ultimatum on August 18, 2019 without a positive response from the Federal Government of Nigeria, members shall proceed on a five-day warning strike in all branches from Monday 19 to Friday 23 August 2019.” The unions said the contending issues include paym

The portal for OAU POST-UTME registration has been updated with the information below. CHANGE OF COURSE EFFECTED ON THE ADMISSION PORTAL All candidates that applied for change of course on the JAMB site can check the changes on the Admission portal and proceed to register for the Post UTME if they have not done so yet. The deadline for post utme registration has been extended. Those with held or awaiting result have the grace to upload their olevel before then. The new deadline for the POST-UTME registration is now 26th August, 2019.

The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB have called on universities and other tertiary institutions in the country to regularly download and update their record at any given time in other to remain up to speed with the list of applicants seeking admission into their institution as forwarded to them by the board. The Zonal Coordinator JAMB in Katsina state, Mr Mohammed kankia told the Nation exclusively during an interview in his office in Katsina, that constant refreshing of the portals will ensure that no candidate seeking admission is denied the opportunity due to negligence occasioned by the attitude of such an institution He said ’’several factors may necessitate change of institution by an applicant, including: choice of course of study, inability to meet up with the requisite admission cut off mark, pressure from parents particularly due to change of locations, etc’’ ‘’we have made the process open and more simplified for them, and we have informed them firs

Following the directives from Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) must all upload their olevel on jamb caps portal, no candidate with awaiting O’level (WAEC, NECO, NABTEB) result will be admitted into any tertiary institution in Nigeria. It’s therefore essential that candidates Upload their O’level result on JAMB CAPS Portal, which is a prerequisite for getting admission into any Nigeria University . You might have visited a cafe or a computer centre for the uploading of your olevel result, and unknown to you or the operator that the uploading wasnt successful. Below is how to check if your O’level Result has been uploaded on JAMB CAPS Portal It advisable to use Mozilla Firefox or chrome browser! Step 1 : Visit https://www.jamb.org.ng/efacility../ Step 2 : Login in with ur username and password. Step 3 : use d search button and type in caps or Click on check admission status. Step 4 : Check 2019 Admission status will come up. Step 5 : Kindly click

The Public Relations Officer of the Obafemi Awolowo University, Mr Abiodun Olanrewaju has commented on the recent suicide by a student of institution named Opeyemi Grace Dara from the department of English and Literature While speaking with Journalists, He sympathized and also appealed to students against taking their lives because of poor academic performance. In his words, Olanrewaju said, “We sympathise with the parents and guardian of the deceased called Dara. We just want our students and young ones to know that depression is not a thing they should encourage, no matter the situation or circumstance they find themselves. ""We want to appeal to students, particularly OAU students, to take things easy. Any child that fails, that is why the University says ‘you can rerun a course, you can resit a course’, people out there also face challenges and when you are in school, failure or repetition of a course or particular subject is also part of the challenges students must f

The Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, in Osun State has been thrown to mourning following the death of a student identified as Opeyemi Grace Dara. The deceased who was in the Department of English and Literature was said to have committed suicide after a dose of lethal substance popularly known as snipper. Although the details of the incident were still sketchy, our correspondent learnt that she took her life following the poor academic performance. But the authorities of the institution confirmed that the deceased committed suicide due to depression occasioned by poor academic records. A copy of her academic records obtained from her page on the school portal indicated that she had many outstanding courses. She was said to be having five outstanding courses and 12 Special Electives. A source said, “A student in the Department of English and Literature at OAU in Ile-Ife, Opeyemi Grace Dara, whose set finished their final year exams just last semester has committed suic

In this article, you will learn how to withdraw money from the ATM without using your Card. You could visit an ATM, just to find out you didn’t even hold your card with you; or you might need to withdraw money as a matter of urgency, but you just can’t find your card; or you might get caught in a situation where you really need cash. The world is a global place and each new day draws us closer to more technological advancement. Gone are the days when if you lost your card you can’t withdraw money using the ATM until you apply and wait for weeks to get a new one from your bank. Today, you can withdraw money from the ATM without using a Card. Below are highlighted instruction from different banks and how you will go about it. How to Use Access Bank Cardless Withdrawal Service To use the Access Bank cardless withdrawal service, follow the below procedures: Dial “*903#” from your registered mobile number. Select Withdraw Money Enter the amount you want to withdraw and valid

The closing date for registration of screening of all UTME candidates is 11th August 2019. The facility for DE candidates will be available as from Thursday 15th August, 2019. After Registration, DE Students should ensure that their transcript is forwarded by the Awarding Institution to the Admission Office, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife for DE Admission processing. UTME Candidates will also be required to participate in the Post-UTME screening on their allotted date and time between 31st August and 4th September, 2019. It should be noted that the Direct Entry (DE) candidates will not be participating in the Screening. The printing of postutme exam slip which contains the summary of the examination date and venue commences on 19th August, 2019. Candidates using awaiting result are expected to have uploaded their results before then.

On the proscribed OAU students' Union issue! If you've been following the news about the university recently, you'd figure that the school management has been talking about reinstating the students' union a lot. The management has either said something about reinstating the union or something related to it at least four times in less than 2 months, which is a lot considering the way things work here. This trend has given hope to students that are aware of it - although, some think it's a game and that the management has a plan which does not include reinstating the union soon. However, there is a context to this. Basically, you have to understand that the only reason why the management has been talking about reinstating the union repeatedly lately is because the management has been in positions or places where they have to just say something about the union, it's not like they released circulars to assure that they are working towards reinstating it the way t