Following the impact of the coronavirus on the economy in Nigeria, Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo has disclosed yesterday that the Federal government has concluded plan to create a “Payroll support” for private school teachers and artisans in the country. Osinbajo also revealed their administration has already secured some hectares of land in about 11 states of the federation to build thousands of houses of two-bedroom apartments at the cost of N2 million to address the housing deficit in the country.

President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the appointment of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Channels Television, John Momoh as the acting Chairman of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) Governing Council. The Permanent Secretary of the Federal Ministry of Education, Sonny Echono made this known in a letter titled, "Emergency Meeting of the Governing Council of University of Lagos" where he urged Momoh, who is also the president of the UNILAG Alumni Association to convene an emergency meeting in a bid to approve the nomination of Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as acting Vice-Chancellor of the University.

Following the protest that broke out at the University of Lagos last two weeks by, the Academic Staff Union of the University (ASUU). And the subsequent appointment of an ad-hoc committee by President Muhammadu Buhari, to investigate the matter and proffer solution. The Senate of the University of Lagos has finally settled for Prof. Folasade Ogunsola as the Acting Vice-Chancellor.

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Chairman, Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Wale Babalakin and the Vice-Chancellor, Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, to step aside. Ben Goong, Director of Public Relations, Federal Ministry of Education, said this in a statement on Friday. Babalakin and Ogundipe were directed to recuse themselves from duty “pending the outcome of the Special Visitation Panel” set up by the president. The seven-member panel, which is chaired by Tukur Sa’ad, former Vice-Chancellor of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, has Victor Onuoha, Ikenna Oyindo, Ekanem Braide, Adamu Usman, and Jimoh Bankole as members.

The Governing Council of the University of Lagos (UNILAG) has on Wednesday announced the removal of the institution's vice-chancellor, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, appointing Prof. Theophilus O. Soyombo in an acting capacity. The sack was after crisis between Ogundipe and the governing council brewed over infractions and gross misconduct allegations, resulting in an emergency meeting by the council at the National Universities Commission (NUC) in Abuja led by the pro-chancellor and chairman of the council, Dr. Wale Babalakin (SAN).

The Joint Action Committee (JAC) of the Non-Academic Staff Union (NASU) and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU) has embarked on industrial action with effect from school resumption. The national President of SSANU, Comrade Samson Ugwoke who spoke on behalf of JAC in Abuja disclosed that the leadership of SSANU and NASU were under tremendous pressure by its principals thus, “a strike action has been declared to commence effective from the date of resumption of work after the lifting of COVID-19 lockdown.