By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The University of Maiduguri was on Saturday enveloped in a frenzy of academic recollection as Vice President Kashim Shettima shared his reflections on the significance of education and service to humanity. Speaking during the 24th Combined Convocation Ceremony of the university, Sen....
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The Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Ota, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, says Nigerian universities must engage in intensive and impactful research to attain world class status. He added that the universities must necessarily embark on such research in addition to teaching and rendering community service to attain global standards. A...
The Federal Government has announced the reversal of the implementation of payment of 40 per cent of Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) from Nigerian universities to the government. President Bola Tinubu made the announcement at the 75th Anniversary and 2023 Convocation ceremonies of the University of Ibadan on Tuesday....
Prof. Muftau Ijaiya of the Department of Finance, University of Ilorin, has said Nigeria is ranked 109th on the Global Financial Literacy ranking. Ijaiya stated this in Ilorin at the 245th Inaugural Lecture of the University entitled: “Money Matters in All Matters”. He described financial literacy as the...
The Vice-Chancellor, Covenant University, Otta, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, has said that Nigerian universities require intensive and impactful research, alongside teaching and community service to emerge world class. Adebayo said this at a workshop held at the University of Benin on Thursday. The workshop was captioned, “University ranking: Experiences...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has disclosed that the full deployment of blackboard digital learning platform in Nigerian tertiary institutions would go a long way to fast-track educational development of the country. Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman, made this known on Thursday while...
By RICHARD ABU, Calabar – As part of deliberate campaigns to create awareness on the existence of the upcoming institution known as Ave Maria University, the new Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Professor Ignatius Onimawo, has charged Nigerians craving for quality education of their children to bring them...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Vice Chancellor of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), Professor Aliyu Shugaba has said that the institution is set to hold its combined 24th Convocation ceremony on Saturday, where at total of 20,048 students will be graduating from the institution. Prof. Shugaba said...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The President of the Nigerian Academy of Letters, Professor Sola Akinrinade, has lamented the decline in the quality of entrants into the Nigerian university system and advocate urgent intervention to stem this worrying tide. Akinrinade noted this on Tuesday at a policy...
… As court issues production warrant on correctional centre Bail application for three suspects, who were apprehended during the 2023 UTME for registration infractions, and who were facing trial at the Federal High Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, has suffered another setback following the failure of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Colleges of Education Academic Staff Union (COEASU) has kicked against a new Federal Government’s policy requiring partially funded education institutions to remit 40 percent of their Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) to the FG’s coffers. Recall that last week, the government said...
The management of the University of Ilorin (UNILORIN)u has awarded various sums of money amounting to over N49 million to nine of its academic staff. The institution disclosed this in a memo addressed to members of its community by its Senate Research Grant Technical Committee on Monday. The...
The Yusuf Maitama Sule University Chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Kano State, has condemned alleged persistent neglect of the institution by the state government. The ASUU branch Chairman, Dr Suraj Suleiman, and its Secretary, Dr Mansur Saeed, in a joint statement on Sunday in...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has welcomed the decision of the Senate to probe alleged admission racketeering in universities, saying the exam body would be vindicated. The Senate had on Wednesday agreed to investigate allegation of admission racketeering in the nation’s universities, following a motion moved...
At least 20 students of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) were on Saturday rushed to the university’s teaching hospital following a stampede at an examination hall at the campus. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the stampede occurred where the students were billed to write the...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Jalingo – The Rector, Taraba State Polytechnic Suntai, Dr. Ayuba Ibrahim Abarshi, has called on parents to be watchful over the activities of their children. Dr Ibrahim made this appeal in a press statement release from the institution and sign by the registrar of...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Damaturu – The Association of Primary School Headmasters and Principals of Junior Secondary school in Yobe State have unanimously endorsed Governor Mai Mala Buni ‘s reform agenda on education. This was disclosed on Friday during an interactive session between the Ag. Education Secretary, Nguru...
By BARBARA KALU, Port Harcourt – The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), has commenced a Computer-Based Test, CBT, for 5,000 thousand applicants from the Niger Delta region for its Foreign Postgraduate Scholarship programme, as part of its efforts to provide more opportunities for the youths. Over 20,000 graduates registered...
By MARK JANG, Jos – The Academic staff of the Plateau University, Bokkos, have embarked on an indefinite strike to press home their demands. The Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) of the university, Dr Monday Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday...
BY RICHARD ABU, Abuja – The Vice-Chancellor of Ave Maria University, Piyanko Professor Ignatius Onimawu has assured members of the University community and its environs that he would reposition the institution to become a centre of academic excellence most especially in the areas of research, academic and...