Education
I’m proud of my Nigerian educational background –American varsity don
A Nigerian-American university don, Dr. Johnson Akinleye, has hailed the impact of early education in Nigeria.
Akinyele, who is the 12th Chancellor of North Carolina Central University, NCCU in 2017, grew up in Ile-Ife, present day Osun state where he majorly schooled before travelling abroad f [...]
Non-academic staff of universities begin warning strike this week
Barring any change of plans, the Non- Academic Staff of Nigerian Universities would embark a one-week industrial action this week, beginning from Monday, August 19th
The staff, under the aegis of the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities, SSANU, and Non-Academic Staff Union of Unive [...]
NUC gets two new Deputy Executive Secretaries
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has approved the appointment of Dr Suleiman Ramon-Yusuf and Dr Kidado Kumo as Deputy Executive Secretaries Academic and Administration respectively.
The appointment which took effect from 20th of June 2019, were approved by the Governing Board of NUC f [...]
JAMB withdraws result of another candidate
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has withdrawn the result of an 18-year-old candidate, Unekwe Kingsley, for falsifying his scores of the 2019 Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME.
Kingsley, who participated in the exercise with registration number 95176817BA score [...]
NUC orders shutdown of three illegal universities
The National Universities Commission, NUC, has ordered three illegal degree-awarding universities recently uncovered to immediately shutdown their activities.
According to advertisements placed on some national dailies, last week, the commission said the proprietors and of the illegal degree mi [...]
FG increases book development grant to N4.9bn
The Federal Government through the Tertiary Education Trust Fund, TETFund, has increased its book development intervention in tertiary institutions from N2.9billion to N4.9 billion.
Executive Secretary of TETFund, Prof Suleiman Bogoro, said the increase was to ensure massive development of manu [...]
WAEC mulls introduction of CBT
The West African Examinations Council, WAEC, has said effort is being put in place to introduce Computer Based Test, CBT, in order to reduce examination malpractices.
Registrar of WAEC, Dr Iyi Uwadiae, who disclosed this in Abuja at the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Educational [...]
NANS moves to stem robberies in UNIUYO
Following series of robbery incidents at female hostels in University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, the National Association of Nigerian Students, NANS, has set up a Police Students’ Relations Committee.
National President of NANS, Mr Danielson Akpan, said the committee would check frequent ro [...]
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