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...
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President Bola Tinubu has assured Nigerians that his administration will continue to promote the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) to improve access to higher education in the country. Tinubu gave the assurance at the 13th Convocation and Investiture of the third Chancellor of the National Open University of...
The Management of the Plateau University, Bokkos, has denied allegation making the rounds that the National Universities Commission (NUC) was planning to shut down the institution. The Registrar of the University, Mr Yakubu Ayuba, denied the allegation in a statement on Sunday in Jos. The News Agency of...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – National Universities Commission (NUC), on Monday, said less than 10 per cent of the two million students in the Nigerian universities are enrolled in private universities. According to the commission, there are 149 private varsities in the country. The acting Executive Secretary, NUC,...
By DANJUMA JOSEPH, Lafia – Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule has rewarded 50 first class graduating students of the Federal University of Lafia (FULafia) N500,000= each, as well as a one-month skills acquisition training at the Wing Commander Abdullahi Ibrahim Vocational and Technical Institute in Lafia. Gov. Sule,...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja Education Minister, Prof Tahir Mamman has directed the National Universities Commission (NUC) to expedite action towards the completion of the Nuclear Energy Curriculum to enable some Nigerian Universities and the Nigerian Atomic Energy Commission as well as Polytechnics to commence the training of Nuclear...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has blamed the proliferation of illegal degree awarding institutions on parents whom he said had placed a premium on university certification. The Acting Executive Secretary, Mr Chris Maiyaki, said this on Sunday in Abuja during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC), has debunked a purported report by some national dailies and social media that it has discovered about 100 Professors in Nigerian universities. The Acting Executive Secretary of the commission, Chris Maiyaki, who stated this in a statement on Monday...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – The Covenant University, Ota, Ogun Sate, has denied that four fake professors, among those purportedly discovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC), are from the university. The University’s Head of the Communication Unit, Ms ChiChi Ononiwu, stated this in a statement issued...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The University of Lagos (UNILAG) has denied that five fake professors, among those purportedly discovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC), are from the university. This is contained in a state ent by the university’s Head of the Communication Unit, Mrs Adejoke Alaga-...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun, has denied having in the institution, some of the fake professors listed in a social media post that has gone viral. The social media post, sourced from a broadcast medium, listed 100 names as being fake professors in Nigerian universities,...
The Management of Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma, Edo, has called for the arrest and prosecution of operators of illegal satellite campuses in the name of the university. The university in a statement on Saturday, while reacting to a recent report credited to the National Universities Commission (NUC), described...
By AUSTIN TSENZUGHUL, Bauchi – The Management of Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University (ATBU) has said none of the fake Professors allegedly uncovered by the National Universities Commission (NUC) is a staff of the institution. The Director, Directorate of Information and Public Relations, ATBU, Zailani Bappa, made the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – The National Universities Commission (NUC) has identified at least 37 illegal universities operating in Nigeria. Acting Secretary of the National Universities Commission (NUC), Chris Maiyaki, disclosed this on Wednesday when he spoke with newsmen in Abuja. Maiyaki explained that some...
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has commended the Federal Government (FG) for suspending the evaluation and accreditation of degree certificates obtained from institutions in Benin Republic and Togo. NANS also called on the government to extend its sanction to Nigerian tertiary institutions offering courses without...
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the Medicine and Surgery degree programme of Veritas University, Abuja, its vice-chancellor, Prof. Hyacinth Ichoku said in Abuja on Saturday. Veritas University is owned by the Catholic Church. Speaking at the 12th convocation of the institution and the conferment of degrees...
The House of Representatives has invited the Acting Executive Secretary, National University Commission (NUC), Director General, Council of Legal Education over termination of law programme at the National Open University Commission (NOUN). Others invited included heads of the Nigeria Law School, the Chairman of the Board of Benchers...
As the strike by Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trade Union Congress (TUC) enters second day, court activities at the Federal High Court (FHC), Abuja were going on smoothly. A check by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Showed that judges, staff, lawyers and litigants in the high-rise...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – The Federal Government has disclosed plans to allocate 25 percent of the national budget to the education sector. Minister of Education, Prof Tahir Mamman disclosed this on Monday in Abuja while declaring open a 2 day National Conference on Equal Opportunity on...