The Executive Secretary, National Universities Commission (NUC), Professor Abubakar Adamu Rasheed, has made clarification on the controversy between the recently introduced Doctor of Medicine programme and the original Medicine by Fellowship programme, saying one can never replace the other. He…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Tuesday inspected Huda University Gusau, a pioneer private University in Zamfara. The six-member verification team was led by the Director, Establishment of Private Universities of the commission, Mrs Constance Goddy-Nnadi. The Planning and Implementation…
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has advised Nigerian Muslim students and their parents to avoid private universities owned by Christians. The body said such schools should be shunned pending the time the National Universities Commission (NUC) “sanitise them” The Director,…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has issued a letter of recognition for the take-off of the University of Ilesha, following its upgrade from Osun State College of Education, Ilesa. Professor Abubakar Abdulrasheed, the Executive Secretary of NUC, presented the provisional…
The National University Commission (NUC) has approved Management Sciences programmes for Olusegun Agagu University of Science and Technology (OAUSTECH), Okitipupa, Ondo State. This was contained in an NUC approval letter, signed by Dr N.B Saliu, Director of Academic Planning for…
The House of Representatives is to meet with the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU) and other stakeholders to find lasting solution to the lingering strike embarked by the union. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr. Yahaya…
The Executive Secretary, National Universities’ Commission (NUC) Prof. Abubakar Rasheed, has urged Nigerian universities’ Vice-Chancellors to help government end the current strike by Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU). Rasheed made the call in Abuja on Monday at the 2022…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) on Thursday in Abuja presented provisional licences to 12 new private universities. The Minister of Education, Malam Adamu Adamu presented the licences to the each proprietor of the universities. The universities are the Pen Resource…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has reviewed the Benchmark Minimum Academic Standards, BMAS, for universities, revising it to Core Curriculum Minimum Academic Standards, CCMAS. The reform will soon be unveiled to the public, the regulatory body revealed on Thursday. The…
The National Universities Commission (NUC) has approved Medicine and Surgery and 18 other academic programmes at the Federal University, Dutse (FUD) in Jigawa State. This is contained in a statement by the University’s Spokesman, Abdullahi Yahaya-Bello, on Saturday in Dutse.…
