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The Federal Government has approved the licensing of 37 new universities in Nigeria. The approvals were granted during an extraordinary session of the Federal Executive Council (FEC) on Monday. Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the extraordinary FEC meeting presided over by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo at the Presidential […]
The National Universities Commission has ordered the closure of universities across the country to enable students to participate in the 2023 forthcoming elections. This was contained in a letter addressed to vice-chancellors of all universities and directors of inter-university centres dated 3rd February 2023. The NUC noted that the directive was based on the directive […]
The House of Representatives has urged the National University Commission (NUC) to give university students and others break in order to participate in the 2023 general elections. The parliament made the call through the National Universities Commission, NUC, the National Board for Technical Education, NBTE, the National Commission for Colleges of Education, NCCE and the […]
Bayero University Kano, Department of Mass Communication has emerged best in Nigeria having scored 99.7% in the last Nigerian Universities Accreditation’s (NUC) exercise. Amongst all the Department of Mass Communication accredited nationwide in January 2022, BUK Mass Communication Department is the highest on the scoresheets. The Head, Department of Mass Communication, Bayero University, Kano, Dr. […]
A 12MW Solar Hybrid Power Plant for the University of Maiduguri and its teaching hospital is nearing completion, just as the Buhari Administration will continue to invest in the nation’s tertiary institutions to achieve greater results, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo stated this in his remarks on Thursday at the formal […]
Amid the ongoing shutdown of academic activities in public universities, the Federal Government of Nigeria has approved the establishment of twelve (12) new private universities in the country. The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) have been at loggerheads with the Federal Government since 2009 over an agreement reached which include the revitalization of universities. […]
The Chancellor, Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Ogun State, His Eminence, Edidem Ekpo Okon Abasi-Otu V,the Obong of Calabar has appealed to the Visitor to the University, President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency reconstitutes the University’s Governing Council. The Chancellor made the appeal while delivering his speech at the 28th and 29th […]
The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Monday identified the Shehu Shagari University of Education (SSUE) as the first discipline based tertiary institution of its kind in the entire northern region of the country. Hitherto known as Shehu Shagari College of Education (SSCOE), it was upgraded by Gov. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to the status of a […]
In line with extant rules, the Federal Government has announced the appointment of principal officers for the four newly established universities in the country. The Federal Ministry of Education made the announcement in a statement to newsmen in Abuja on Tuesday through its Director, Press and Public Relations, Mr. Ben Goong. According to the statement, […]
The tussle over the lingering issues between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government is far from being over. The Nnamdi Azikiwe University branch of ASUU, has threatened to embark on another indefinite strike if the Federal Government fails to implement the agreement it reached with the union in 2009. They […]