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...
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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...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has formally granted approval for the establishment of eight science and technology education programmes to Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara. The new undergraduate programmes include Biology Education, Chemistry Education, Mathematics Education, Physics Education,...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, has approved the release of N500m as registration fees for 19 medical and 93 nursing students. The Executive Secretary of the Borno State Scholarship Board, Malam Bala Isa, disclosed this on while briefing newsmen on Tuesday in...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – As part of efforts to internationalize Nigerian institutions, the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, (TETFund) has said it is improving facilities in universities, polytechnics and colleges of education to attract international faculties and students. Executive Secretary of TETFund, Arc Sonny Echono, who disclosed this...
Peter Adeniran, an indigent 21-year old student of the Department of Linguistics, African and Asian Studies, University of Lagos, has promised not to disappoint members of alumni of the department for believing in him. Adeniran was speaking at a private ceremony organised by the department on Saturday,...
The Niger government says it has earmarked N20 billion in its 2024 budget for the take-off of the state university of education. Alhaji Umaru Bago, the state governor, disclosed this on Saturday in Minna, while inaugurating the committee saddled with the responsibility for the take-off of the university....
Kogi has released N497 million for the payment of 2023 West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) examinations fees for 15,033 students enrolled in the state’s public schools. “This is part of my administration’s commitment to free education and `Zero Out-of-School Policy’ for our young citizens to fulfil their God-given...