The National Universities Commission has phased out Mass Communication degree in Nigerian universities.
The commission said it had unbundled Mass Communication into seven separate degree programmes to meet current demands.
The NUC Executive Secretary, Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, said this would take effect from the 2020 university admission year.
Speaking with journalists in...
Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife in Osun State, will graduate 7,209 students at its 44th convocation ceremony coming up between Wednesday December 11 and Saturday December 14, 2019.
At a pre-convocation press briefing, the university’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. Eyitope Ogunbodede, disclosed that 124 would be graduating with first class honours. He...
Workers of the Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti grounded academic activities at the institution on Monday following the dismissal of over mass retrenchment.
The institution had on December 5 sacked over 900 workers institution who alleged to have been illegally recruited between 2016 and 2017, during the tenure of Governor...
The Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, JAMB, has adopted 140 as the minimum cut-off mark for degree awarding institutions for the 2022 admission process.
The minimum cut-off marks for polytechnics is 100 while colleges of education is 100.
This was made known at the ongoing Policy Meeting on Admissions presided by...
The University of Abuja has said it will award first-class certificates to 26 graduands at its 24th convocation, which will take place on February 15.
Speaking at the pre-convocation briefing on Thursday in Abuja, the vice-chancellor of the university, Abdul-Rasheed Na’allah, said a total of 26 students would be awarded...
Ogun State Governor Prince Dapo Abiodun said Nigeria needs more universities to tackle the problem of access to tertiary education in the country.
The governor also advocated an increase in the carrying capacity of existing institutions.
The governor made this known during the official opening ceremony of the Aletheia University, Ago-Iwoye,...
His Excellency, Alhaji Yahaya Bello has said the goal of his administration for its newly-established university, Confluence University of Science and Technology (CUSTECH), Osara, Kogi State, was to make it a world-class citadel of learning that will groom graduates grounded in science and technology.
He said this on Thursday during...
The Federal Ministry of Education has directed the closure of all Federal Government Colleges, FGCs, in Abuja following security threats on the unity colleges located in the FCT.
The Director of Press, Federal Ministry of Education, Ben Goong, confirmed to newsmen in Abuja on Monday that the ministry had ordered...
The Minister of Education, Mallam Adamu Adamu, has reiterated that no tertiary institution will admit candidates outside the Central Admission Process System (CAPS) of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
The minister stated this in his address at the commissioning of JAMB’s New General Services Department building on Monday...
In a move towards enhancing educational access and excellence, the Bauchi State Government, facilitated by the Ministry of Education, has disbursed N396.9 million to cover examination fees for 14,170 SS3 students across public schools in the state for the 2023/2024 academic session.
Commissioner for Education, Jamila Mohammed Dahiru, announced this...
