Omoregie Tina The National Universities Commission has granted provisional licences to 20 newly established private universities. They received their licences from the Minister of Education, Adamu Ada in Abuja on Thursday. With the approval, Nigeria now has 99 private universities.…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has described the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE), as the fastest growing young university in Nigeria. The NUC team, led by Prof. Saint Gbilekaa, said this on Thursday while on an accreditation visit to three…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo As part of efforts to improving Technology in the twenty-first Century, the State Ministry of Education has commenced a Science Competition among public Schools in the State , with a view to identify and groom the brilliant …
Tina Omoregie Director-General of National Youth Service Corps(NYSC), Brigadier General Shuaibu Ibrahim has appealed to State Governments to constitute and empower NYSC State Governing Boards to perform their roles in order to enhance the success of the Scheme’s programmes. He…
…As FG charges NUC on improved quality assurance mechanism By Omoregie Tina The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu, said the federal government has approved, offered provisional licences to 20 new private universities while urging National University Commission(NUC) on the…
The Ogun government says all libraries in the state will soon be upgraded to e-libraries, in order to attract and encourage seekers of knowledge. Prof. Abayomi Arigbabu, the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, made this known during a monitoring…
The JAMB is to clampdown on some cybercafes and tutorial centres who specialise in defrauding unsuspecting candidates during registration for the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME). The warning is contained in the board’s weekly bulletin – Vol. 2, No 18,…
Akinlabi Afolabi, Ibadan The Executive Chairman, Oyo State Universal Basic Education Board, Dr. Nureni Aderemi Adeniran paid an on-the-spot visit to school, in Ido Local Government, promised to implement one of the proactive steps of Oyo State Government in revamping…
Abimbola Abatta, Osogbo The Management of Osun State University received, with shock, the passing of the immediate past Provost of the College of Science, Engineering and Technology, Professor Samson Ranti Akinola. A release by the university’s PRO, Ademola Adesoji, stated…
Hussaini James, Chairman, Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa, chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Polytechnics (ASUP) has urged parents to “reason with the union’’ as it began a nationwide indefinite strike. ASUP declared an indefinite strike on Tuesday to demand…
