King's College, Lagos, has been shut down by its staff union following the Federal Government's directive for the immediate handover of the 116-year-old school to the King's College Old Boys' Association. The closure has thrown the planned Sunday resumption of students into uncertainty, with the school's Parent-Teacher Association saying it will determine by Thursday whether the resumption will proceed, according to Punch.

The Federal Ministry of Education has directed that King's College, Lagos, one of Nigeria's oldest and most prominent secondary schools, be concessioned to the King's College Old Boys Association (KCOBA). According to Vanguard, the ministry ordered an immediate commencement of the handover process, which would transfer management of the institution to the alumni body. Further details on the terms of the concession arrangement were not provided in the report.

The Committee for the Defence of Human Rights (CDHR) has rejected the reported concession of King's College and called for an immediate reversal of the arrangement. According to the group, while it recognises the contributions of alumni associations to educational development, there is a clear difference between supporting public schools through donations and assuming management control of such institutions under a concession deal. The organisation insisted that public schools should not be handed over to private interests.

Parents have threatened to shut down Nigeria's unity colleges over plans to concession Kings College, Vanguard reports. In a statement, the parents argued that unity colleges were established as national institutions offering quality, affordable education to Nigerian children regardless of social class, ethnicity, religion or financial capacity. They warned that any policy placing these schools beyond the reach of ordinary Nigerians must be reconsidered, and vowed to resist the concession arrangement if the government proceeds with it.

The Osun State Government has dismissed opposition from the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to the extension of the tenure of Professor Clement Odunayo Adebooye as Vice-Chancellor of Osun State University (UNIOSUN). According to the state government, the university is governed by law rather than the preferences of any staff union, and it therefore rejected ASUU's position on the tenure extension.

The Nnamdi Azikiwe University branch of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU-NAU) has begun an indefinite strike over what it describes as an incomplete August salary. According to Vanguard, the union resolved at its congress on Monday in Awka to withdraw its services, activating a 'no pay, no work' action at the institution, also known as UNIZIK, until the alleged salary shortfall is addressed.