The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says 90 per cent of indigent students of University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) cannot afford to pay the new increased registration fees and charges by the institution. NANS made this known in a reaction to the new measure announced by the university’s Registrar,...
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By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – The Directors of Research and Development of Universities in the Northeast have held their maiden meeting at the Borno State University (BOSU) on Thursday . A statement issued and signed by Abba A. Massa, The Public Relations Officer, (Office of the Vice Chancellor), BOSU...
By DOMINIC AKPENSUEN, Lafia – A private institution, under the aegis of Famous Star Institute Of Management and Technology (FSIMT) Karu, in Nasarawa State, has offers scholarship to students for two years National Diploma programme. Addressing the students at the institution campus in Masaka during orientation, the Director of...
Gov. Douye Diri of Bayelsa on Tuesday expressed regret at the estimated 250,000 out-of-school children in the state, saying the figure was worrisome and alarming. He urged parents, traditional rulers and community leaders to join hands with government to reverse the trend. Diri spoke during the inauguration of a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has on Monday approved the sum of N4,736,782,352.21 for the award of 219 research grants to successful participants under the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) National Research Fund (NRF) programme for the 2021 grant cycle. A statement issued by the Acting...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has given an assurance of a hitch-free 2023 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME), as it concludes plans to kick start the process on Feb.14. The Registrar of the board, Prof. Ishaq Oloyede, gave the assurance in an interview with the News Agency...
The Management of The Polytechnic, Ibadan has suspended the Students’ Union Executives and its activities indefinitely, over alleged protest by students in the early hours of Monday. The institution in a statement by its Registrar, Mrs Modupe Fawale, on Monday in Ibadan, also postponed the first semester examination intended...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has approved the suspension of four students of the institution identified in a viral video and found culpable of partaking in an unlawful act of water ritual on a fellow female student. The announcement of the suspension is...
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Abiodun Adebayo, disclosed this during the 17th Convocation Ceremony and Conferment of First and Higher Degrees, and presentation of prizes in Ota. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a total of 1,934 students graduated this academic session from the institution, whose convocation was tagged...
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), North East Region has described the sudden increase in students’ registration and school fees upward by 150% or 200% as a complete threat to students educational rights. The Vice President of NANS , Comrade Suleiman Muhammad Sarki, stated...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, has unveiled 50 new textbooks published by Nigerian authors under the sponsorship of the Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund). Speaking at the public presentation of the textbooks on Thursday in Abuja, the minister said the publications would end...
Prof. Musa Yakubu, the Dean of Student Affairs, University of Ilorin (UNILORIN), says the institute’s charges remains the least compared to other federal universities in Nigeria. Yakubu stated this while speaking with newsmen at the University on Wednesday to justify the adjustment in the institution’s school charges for students....
By SADIQ ABUBAKAR, Maiduguri – Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum on Wednesday visited Amity University, at Noida in New Delhi, India. Established in 2005, Amity University ranks amongst top Universities in the world according to a 2016 record. The University offers over 300 postgraduate and undergraduate courses with...
About 460 students benefited from the 2022 Dangote Scholarship Award Programme in Ibeju-Lekki, Lagos State, on Wednesday. The Executive Director, Dangote Group, Mr Edwin Devakumar, said 443 secondary schools and 17 tertiary institutions benefited from the scholarship programme aimed at improving the quality of education in Ibeju-Lekki communities. According...
The Speaker of the House of Representatives has denied committing himself to offsetting the arrears of salaries owed members of Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) by the Federal Government. The denial is contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday by the Chairman House of Representatives Committee...
The House of Representatives candidate for Ebonyi/Ohaukwu federal constituency of Ebonyi, Chief Ndubisi Chibueze-Agbo, has offered scholarships to children of late Ikechukwu Udoka, who was killed by gunmen in the area. Udoka was a member of the Ebubeagu security outfit, set up by the state government. Chibueze-Agbo, of the...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar, Prof. Florence Obi, has announced the promotion of 30 academics to the rank of Professors and Associate Professors in the university. The announcement is contained in a release signed on Monday in Calabar by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Gabriel...
The Vice Chancellor of the University of Calabar and Chairman of Senate, Prof. Florence Obi, has announced the appointment of two female Deputy Vice Chancellors (DVC’s) of the institution. The announcement is contained in a release signed on Monday in Calabar by the Registrar of the institution, Mr Gabriel...
Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Peter Obi, on Friday pledged to end incessant lecturers strikes and resultant closure of the nation’s universities, if elected. Speaking in Yenagoa, during the party’s campaign in Bayelsa, Obi also promised to clean all the environmental pollution in the state, as well as other...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – Vice President Yemi Osinbajo says budgetary allocations alone cannot sustain the running of public universities and that the future of the university system depends on the adoption of independent but creative sources of funding, including the establishment of an endowment fund. Prof. Osinbajo was...