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,...
The Faculty of Clinical Sciences, University of Ilorin, has introduced electronic attendance registration for students at lecture rooms and clinical activities.
Prof. Ibrahim Katibi, the Dean of the faculty, told newsmen on Monday that the e-attendance register was introduced to address students’ absenteeism and lateness to class.
Katibi said that learning...
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...
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 National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved the commencement of Masters and Doctorate degree programmes in five departments of the Caleb University, Imota, Lagos, effective 2019/2020 academic session.
Dr Elvis Otobo, the university`s spokesman, made the disclosure in a statement made available to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday...
The Authorities of the Ekiti State University (EKSU) Ado-Ekiti have announced the reinstatement of no fewer than 365 workers of the institution sacked last year.
It would be recalled that the management of the university had on December 5, 2019, announced the disengagement of over 600 workers saying their employment...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) on Monday extended its six-month-old strike indefinitely until the Federal Government meets its demands.
A member of the union, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the development to Channels Television following a National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the striking varsity teachers at the University...
as Institution Matriculates Its Inaugural Set of Students…
Kogi State Governor His Excellency Yahaya Bello, CON, on Tuesday attended the official opening and maiden matriculation ceremony of the Kogi State University, Kabba at the University’s Campus in Kabba.
During the ceremony, the governor who was accompanied by the governor-elect, Ahmed...
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has again extended the ongoing strike by four weeks.
President of the union, Prof Emmanuel Osodeke who disclosed this via a statement on Monday, said the decision was to give the government enough time to resolve all outstanding issues with the lecturers.
Noting that...
Fountain University in Osogbo, Osun State, will graduate 307 students at its ninth convocation ceremony tomorrow.
At a pre-convocation lecture, Vice Chancellor Prof. Amidu Sanni said 29 of the graduating students would be awarded first class degrees.
He said: “Three hundred and seven students are graduating for the 2018/19 academic session:...
