By ARMSTRONG ALLAHMAGANI, Bauchi – No fewer than 17 courses have been accreditated at the Sa’adu Zungur University (SAZU) formerly known as Bauchi State University by the National Universities Commission (NUC). The Public Relations Officer of the institution, Auwal Hassan, in a statement he signed and made available to...
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Legal luminary and elder statesman, Chief Afe Babalola, Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has warned the Federal Government to stop mass approval of licenses for new universities. Babalola, who is the founder of the Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti (ABUAD), said that approving establishment of universities without consideration for quality...
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday inaugurated six projects at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), marking the institution’s 37th convocation and 50th anniversary celebrations. Represented by Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu, Executive Secretary of the National Universities Commission, Tinubu urged prudent fund management for the development of additional infrastructure in Nigerian universities....
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved a new university of Education and Entrepreneurship for Cross River State. The university will be sited in Akamkpa, one of the major towns in the state. The new institution will be the second owned by the state...
NUC approves establishment of 2nd Ebonyi State University of ICT, Science and Technology in Oferekpe
NUC approves establishment of 2nd Ebonyi State University of ICT, Science and Technology in Oferekpe
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of Ebonyi State University of ICT, Science and Technology, Oferekpe. Presenting a letter of recognition of the new university to Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State on Thursday, Executive Secretary of NUC, Prof. Abdullahi Ribadu,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has called on the general public to disregard Doctor of Medical Laboratory Science (DMLS) programme in any university in the country, saying it is not approved. The commission, which disclosed this in a statement signed by its Acting Director...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the establishment of the Abdulsalami Abubakar University of Agriculture and Climate Action in Mokwa, Niger State. The announcement was conveyed in a letter addressed to Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umar Bago, dated December 2, 2024. The acting...
By DAVID IORJA, Abuja – President Bola Tinubu has announced the appointment of Chief Executive Officers (CEO) for the National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC). The President in a statement on Friday by his Special Adviser, Information and Strategy, Mr Bayo Onanuga,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) and the Commonwealth of Learning (COL), Canada, have partnered to tackle the challenges of graduate employability and entrepreneurial skills development. Speaking at a three-day Stakeholders Capacity Workshop in Abuja on Thursday, the NUC Acting Executive Secretary, Chris Maiyaki, urged...
By IBRAHIM MOMOH, Lokoja – No fewer than 41 Students graduated with first class from the Federal University Lokoja, (FUL) Kogi State. This was disclosed by the Vice Chancellor of the institution, Prof. Olayemi Akinwumi at the main campus of the ivory tower on Monday. The VC added that...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has directed the exclusion of third-party research grant funds of federal universities and research institutions from the Treasury Single Account. In a letter from the National Universities Commission (NUC)to Vice Chancellors, dated 6th September 2024 and made available to newsmen on...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given the Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi, full approval to run Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) ,LL.B. Law and four other programmes. The other four programmes that received the nod of the commission included Physiotherapy, Radiography, Agriculture and...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has identified poor governance, academic corruption and inadequate funding as some of the critical issues affecting tertiary education in Nigeria. The Acting Executive Secretary of the NUC, Chris Maiyaki, made this statement during the 2024 Registry Lecture at Babcock University, Ilishan, on Tuesday....
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 JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has given full accreditation for all the take-off academic programmes of Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi State. A statement signed by Registrar of CUSTECH, Ms. Olufunke Hudson, said the full accreditation status highlights the...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has directed outgoing vice chancellors in federal universities to nominate their deputies to temporarily serve as acting vice chancellors. This was conveyed by the National Universities Commission (NUC) in a letter to the outgoing vice chancellors, which was dated May...
ASUU wants Tinubu to intervene in its demands The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has called on President Bola Tinubu to look into the yearnings of the union to reposition the nation’s tertiary institutions. The union decried the neglects of its demands by the past administrations, saying the...
The Minister of Education, Prof. Tahir Mamman has pledged to flush out persons in public and private organisations working with fake certificates. Mamman made this known while speaking in Abuja on Friday when he received the report of an Inter-Ministerial Investigative Committee on Degree Certificate Milling from the...
No fewer than 931 staff of Universities, Polytechnics and Colleges of Education across West Africa have graduated from an intensive 13-week training on the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). Speaking to newsmen at the end of the graduation ceremony in Abuja on Tuesday, Prof. Emeritus Peter Okebukola, said...