By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has called on the newly appointed Governing Council of the Federal University Lokoja, (FUL), to explore more opportunities for partnerships to bring about more development to the institution. Governor Ododo made this known when he received the...
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The Governing Council of Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS), has announced the appointment of Prof. Bashir Garba as the new Vice-Chancellor of the university. The Pro-Chancellor and Chairman of Governing Council, UDUS, Prof. Attahiru Jega, announced this in a statement obtained by News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja...
Registrar of Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is’haq Oloyede, has described the unbundling of Mass Communication in the nation’s tertiary institutions as untimely. Oloyede stated this on Tuesday in Ilorin while speaking at the 15th anniversary of 89.3FM, a radio station owned by University of Ilorin....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has said Nigeria’s education system was currently directed towards technology-enhanced learning to help nurture the thinking and creativity of the students. The Minister who disclosed this on Tuesday in Abuja, while taking a tour of the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has vowed to crack-down over substandard school building construction across the country, urging stakeholders including the State Universal Basic Education Boards (SUBEBs) to ensure quality in the delivery of school building projects. Executive Secretary of UBEC, Dr. Hamid Bobboyi, spoke...
Wife of Anambra Governor, Dr Nonye Soludo, has offered scholarship from primary school to Master degree level to Chukwuemeka Nwuzor, an eight-year-old Mathematics genius. Soludo made the announcement when she met with Chukwuemeka and his family at the Governor’s lodge in Awka on Wednesday. The News...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), has directed all institutions to now or never disclose all candidates illegally admitted prior to 2017 whose records are in their system within the next one month beginning from 1st August, 2024 or face the consequences....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) has denied a report accusing it of deliberately omitting some names of a group of Nigerian lecturers studying under the sponsorship of TETFund Scholarship for Academic Staff (TSAS) from Presidential bailout. Debunking the allegation in a...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Acting Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, has urged university administrative staff to acquire relevant computer software for the virtual learning environment as ICT literacy was no longer sufficient. Maiyaki stated this while delivering a lecture at...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued a letter of recognition for the establishment of Kwara State University of Education, Ilorin, to the Governor of the State, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. Acting Executive Secretary of NUC, Mr. Chris Maiyaki, presented the letter to AbdulRazaq, who was...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The Usmanu Danfidiyo University, Sokoto (UDUS) has appointed Professor Muhammed Mahuta as acting Vice Chancellor and Mallam Abubakar Saddiq Usman as Registrar. The university’s spokesperson, Ismail Mohammed Yauri, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, said the decision was reached at...
No fewer than 6, 700 applicants were currently jostling to take up 380 teaching jobs at various Secondary Schools in Enugu State. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the examination on Saturday in some of the designated centres for the examination, reports that the...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) suspended its planned industrial action following the Federal Government’s intervention regarding a contentious new scheme of service, an official said. ASUP Zone D Coordinator, Dr Iloma Richard, said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Port...
BY ANKELI EMMANUEL, Sokoto – The United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) has flagged off a 2-day media dialogue on Empowering Adolescent Girls and Young Boys to increase Retention, Transition and Completion of schools in Sokoto Stating objective of the media dialogue, held at the Pinnacle Hotels, Sokoto,...
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT) has commended President Bola Tinubu for the bold step taken to ensure Local Government financial autonomy. The union, however said that funding of basic education, including teachers’ salary should be handled by state governments, financial autonomy of the councils, notwithstanding. The National...
By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – The management of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU), Bauchi, has denied media reports that it is planning to close down the institution due to economic hardship bedeviling the country. The management, in a statement through the Director, Information and Public Relations, Zailani...
Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), University of Abuja chapter, has announced the suspension of its 82-day strike with immediate effect. Chairperson of ASUU, Dr Sylvanus Ugoh, announced the suspension of the strike at a news briefing in Abuja on Monday, short after the congress held by...
The University of Ilorin has emerged the best institution at the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB) National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit Award (NATAP-M Award) for the year 2021 and 2022. The ceremony was held during the 2024 JAMB policy meeting and 4th edition of the National Tertiary Admissions’ Performance-Merit...
The Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) says it has not started negotiations with the Federal Government to address contentious issues in the new scheme of service. ASUP Zone D Coordinator, Dr Iloma Richard, who stated this at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, said that...