Plateau State Governor Simon Bako Lalong and his Nasarawa State counterpart Engr. Abdullahi Sule were among guests that graced the 31st-38th Combined Convocation ceremony of the Plateau State Polytechnic Barkin Ladi with a commitment to pay more attention to technical education which is the bedrock of entrepreneurship, job creation...
The Senate has successfully passed the Student Loans Access to Higher Education Act (Repeal and Re-Enactment) Bill, 2024, paving the way for significant improvements in Nigeria's higher education financing landscape. The passage of the bill, following the meticulous consideration of a report from the Committee on Tertiary Institutions and Tertiary...
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 Nasarawa State University, Keffi is set to pull out of a strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, paving way for the commencement of academic activities in the institution. Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi Sule, gave this hint on Wednesday while presiding over the fifth State Executive...
The Federal Government has given indications that the lingering tussle between it and the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) is complex. The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, said this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari. He said that in spite...
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...
The Federal Government, through the Ministry of Education, has pledged to root out Nigerians flaunting counterfeit certificates, as revealed by Prof. Tahir Mamman, the Minister of Education, SAN. During the receipt of the inter-ministerial committee's report on degree mills, Prof. Mamman expressed deep concern over the revelations, emphasizing the need...
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 Vice-Chancellor, University of Abuja (UniAbuja), Prof. Abdul-Rasheed Na-Allah, says the institution has gone tough on lecturers who are sexually harassing students, saying two professors had been dismissed for the offence. Na’Allah told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in New York that the university had introduced a...
We are amazed at governor’s proactiveness, concern - Undergraduates The administration of #Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has safely evacuated 135 indigenes of the state who are students of University of Jos (UNIJOS) from the school to their respective homes and destinations following the recent crisis that erupted...