The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), has faulted the decision of the Federal Government on the dissolution of the Governing Councils of all federal universities in the country. The union said that the move was inimical and a major setback toward the growth and development of university education...
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Gov. Abba Yusuf of Kano State says the first batch of foreign scholarship policy will commence academic activities in various universities by September. This is contained in a statement issued by his Acting Press Secretary, Mr Hisham Habib, in Kano on Saturday. Yusuf announced this at the Government House...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Deputy Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Mr Chris Maiyaki, has taken over the affairs of the commission pending the appointment of a substantive one. The outgoing Professor Abubakar Rasheed handed over to Maiyaki Friday at a small event with Former ES...
By BARBARA KALU, Awka – The Anambra State Government has offered scholarship to Miss Nkechinyere Umeh, an indigene of the state who has the highest score in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The state Commissioner for Education, Prof. Ngozi Chuma-Udeh, who made this known in a statement...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC) Professor Abubakar Rasheed has voluntarily resigned from the NUC to continue lecturing at the Bayero University Kano where he was appointed from Professor Rasheed who stated this to newsmen on Monday in Abuja said he...
The top scorer in the 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examinations with a cumulative mark of 360, is a student of Deeper Life High School (DLHS), Lagos Campus. The Registrar, Joint Admissions and Matriculation Examinations (JAMB), Prof. Ishaq Oloyede had revealed during the 2023 policy meeting in Abuja that Umeh...
If there is any reason as to why Elder Sheriff Oborevwori led Delta state Government must pay disciplined attention attention to funding education in the state, it is the recent news report that the senator representing Delta Central Senatorial District of Delta State, Chief Ede Dafinone, recently, paid an...
Ms Emmanuelleem Blatmann, French Ambassador to Nigeria, said France has invested 600,000 Euros for the promotion of French language in Nigeria. Blatmann revealed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sideline of the solidarity fund for innovative projects (FSPI) launch in Abuja. According...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has announced the National Minimum Tolerable scores for admission into universities, polytechnics, colleges of education as 140, 100 and 100 respectively. The JAMB Registrar, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede stated this at the 2023 Policy Meeting of Tertiary Institutions...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) is contemplating a new policy where candidates wishing to sit for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) would be required to use their personal phone devices to take the examination. The Registrar and Chief Executive Officer of JAMB,...
Gov. Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi on Friday said his administration would declare state of emergency in the health and education sectors. Dr Monday Uzor, Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to Nwifuru, made this known in a statement on Friday. According to him, the governor made the remark during a courtesy...
By GRACE AUDU – Popular Abuja-based socialite and President of Ior Gboko Foundation, Terhemen Jimmy Ajim, has been awarded a Doctorate Degree (PhD) in Leadership and Management by the London Bridge Business School (LBBS), United Kingdom. The Doctorate Degree investiture ceremony, held on Friday in Singapore, coincided with the...
BY RICHARD ABU, Makurdi – The newly established Federal College of Education (FCE) located at Odugbo in App local government area of Benue State recently held her maiden matriculation with the Provost of the College, Professor Joel Eriba expressing commitment to uplift academic and infrastructural facilities of the young...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, and the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, are exploring ways to strengthen collaborations to boost service delivery to Nigerians. The Registrar of TRCN, Prof Josiah Ajiboye, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, said the...
Vice-Chancellor of University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has announced the promotion of 35 academic staff members of the institution to professorial cadre. Obi made this known at the 234th Senate Meeting, held at the institution’s Senate Chamber on Tuesday in Calabar. According to her, 13 professors and 22 associate...
The African Forum Scotland, Centre for Policy Research and Development, has conferred a fellowship award on the Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Prof. Kabir Bala. A statement issued by Malam Auwalu Umar, the Director, Public Affairs Directorate of the university, on Monday in Zaria, said the award...
The Kogi Government on Monday announced plans to raise N15 billion for the establishment of a third State University to be sited in Kogi Mr Wemi Jones, State Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, made the disclosure while briefing newsmen shortly after the State Executive Council (SEC) meeting in...
The Petroleum Technology Development Fund (PTDF), on Monday in Abuja, shortlisted over 5,000 applicants nationwide for award of scholarship for the 2023/2024 academic session overseas scheme. The Head, Oversees Scholarship Scheme in the PTDF, Mrs Bolanle Kehinde-Agboola, said this at a selected interview exercise for the shortlisted candidates for...
The administration of former Kano state governor, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has spent over N20 billion on 111,687 indigent students for overseas post graduate foreign scholarship in 14 countries. The administration also sponsored postgraduate students in five private universities, the Nigerian Law School and other internal universities from June 2015...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Borno State University (BOSU) has held its fourth matriculation ceremony for the 2022/2023 academic session .a The grand ceremony took place at the University premises where the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Umar Kyari Sandabe , ably assisted by the DVC Admin, Prof. Fanna Inna Abdurrahman,...